Police Shootings

“Frequent exposure to media reports of police abuse or corruption is a strong predictor of perceptions of misconduct and supports the belief that is common.” (France-Respers 1). But unfortunately, it also brings me disheartened feelings. Recently, I was on twitter and I stumbled across a video of a young white male who was roughly about twenty to twenty-five years of age who was being handled so aggressively by about six officers while he was NOT resisting.

Erica Garner is the daughter of Eric Garner who was killed by an officer of the NYPD in July of 2014. Garner died after a police officer tried to arrest him for selling single cigarettes illegally. The police officer used a chokehold on Garner, which the NYPD does not

He often uses his hands to exemplify his point that he has done nothing wrong and that the officers are targeting him based on their own prejudices. Garner never steps towards the officers, and he never makes attempts to physically harm anyone in the video. His body language also portrays that he felt cornered by the eight surrounding officers. Garner was backed against a wall, as multiple police officers persistently questioned him about selling illegal cigarettes. The circle of officers then encloses around Garner.

Pantaleo had Garner in a chokehold and knocked him out, while unconscious other police officers got on top of him during the restraint, compressing his chest even more. Officers came to Garner with suspicion of Garner selling cigarettes, though Garner expressed that he was doing no such thing. When the officer moved in to arrest him, Garner swiped his hand away. At that time, Pantaleo put his arm around Garner’s neck and pulled him down to the ground. After choking him for several seconds, other police officers went to restrain Garner.

Eric Garner was a 43 year old black man who lived in New York City. In July of 2014 Garner was suspected of selling untaxed cigarettes. (Eversley) Police at the scene forced Garner to the ground. The officer who was controlling the scene,

Content analysis of news articles, video’s, surveys, and interviews with the Chief of Police in Sherwood, North Little Rock, and Sheriff of Pulaski County is the methodology used in this research. I have read many articles online so far about police shootings on African Americans. My frame of study for my research is going to be the past 10 years. All of the articles that are used for my research analysis that the local police departments are racist and the shootings of African American males are race related. There will be roughly 200 articles that will be used for this study.

One of the most controversial subjects not only in the realm of law enforcement, but in the United States today is that police are out of control with their “use of force” tactics. It is always a tragedy when someone has to lose their life at the hand of police, but sometimes a little respect and compliance can go a long way. The case with Eric Garner is no different. “On July 17,2014 in Staten Island in New York, Eric Garner was approached by NYPD officers about selling illegal cigarettes. At this point Garner becomes very irritable yelling at police for always trying to arrest him over petty deviant acts.

He was an African American male who was choked to death. In an attempt to sell cigarettes on the street Garner caught the police’s attention. As the police were trying to arrest him one of them decided to bring him down by his neck. In the video Garner can clearly an repeatedly be herd saying that he couldn’t breathe. You’d think that if you told them that you couldn’t breathe they would at least ease up on you a little.

Eric Garner, 43 died while being held in chokehold by plainclothes officers on camera. Court Verdict: No indictment. John Crawford, 22 shot dead in walmart by police officers who received a call saying he was holding a gun and pointing at people, later to find out it was a toy gun that he picked up off the shelf of walmart. Court Verdict: No indictment.

Police over the USA pursue a huge number of individuals every year for the most part for traffic criminal offenses or minor crimes regularly making drivers dash away neglectfully. The Justice Department called chases the most unsafe of all common police exercises in 1990 and encouraged police offices to embrace approaches posting precisely when officers can and can 't chase after somebody. Significantly the department stated that more police vehicle pursues happen every year than police shootings. Police pursues have executed almost the same number of individuals as reasonable police shootings, as per government figures, which are broadly thought to under check lethal shootings. Notwithstanding the Justice Department 's notice, the quantity

Confrontations between law enforcement and civilians are never a welcome thing. But, during the last year many of those confrontations have turned violent. Police shootings ignited a public outcry for justice, plus the number of police officers shot and killed stood at 60 fatalities as of Thanksgiving Day, twenty of those ambush situations. People are dying on both sides. While the number of shootings dropped over the recent holiday season, the Blue Lives Matter Organization is a voice growing in popularity across America.

In recent years, police brutality has become an issue, and in

As a result, there is a drastic increase of violent outburst between both sides. For the last years, it was reported that 51.5 percent of black were killed by police officers (ibtimes.com). On the other hand, there have been 51,548 assaults against law enforcement and it resulted in 14,453 injuries in 2015 alone (nleomf.org). In the United States, recently, police brutality has been a popular subject all over the news and social media.

[ Imagine this scenario: you are complying with the police that are screaming at you, guns pointed at you, screaming “please don 't shoot” and trying your best to do what the police are asking. Daniel Shaver was an unarmed man fatally shot for no good reason. He was complying with the police officers orders and was begging for his life, screaming “please don’t shoot,” before he was fatally shot 5 times. Unfortunately, this is just one example of police brutality, an instance when police use unnecessary force when either they are unarmed or are complying with orders. Today I want to tell you of the injustice of police brutality, the people it affects, and how just asking the right questions could make sure that police are punished for their crimes.

Police try the best that they can every day to make the world a safer place. In the process, many question their methods and cover up it up as “misconduct.” Our opinions of police in America are heavily influenced by the news every day in such a negative way that for some it’s hard to even believe that they are there to help anymore; police are now viewed as the “villains” in certain parts of the world. We question if police use too much force when dealing with the public and the answer is that they do not. They are put in difficult situations and given weapons that should be used in the army rather than on your average citizen.