Essays on Police Brutality

On seeing your own precious child die wrongfully in the hands of four racially motivated police officers, Loretta Prater started to feel fear and distrust against police officers. In “Excessive Use of Force: One Mothers Struggle against Police Brutality and Misconduct, ” Prater explained that...

What is the Criminal Justice system? “The Criminal Justice system is a set of agencies established by the government to control crime and impose penalties on those who violate the laws”. The Criminal Justice system has been facing a significant amount of issues as a...

The Rule of Law’s principle of due process states that “laws must be administered impartially”; there must be procedures in place to ensure fair treatment between all people (Fox). The current debate surrounding police brutality violates the principle of due process through its inconsistency between...

Photos have the ability and power to change the world, they play a significant part in the wokeness of the people. In the photo Colin Kaepernick and two other players are kneeling during the anthem, the simple act that made him lose everything and become...

According to the CNN’s article that I’ve read, Amber Guyger — a Dallas Police Department’s officer — has committed a manslaughter while she was off-duty, returning back from her shift late. “How everyday racial profiling hurts everyone,” says Amber Guyger, who was already involved in...

When we look at Starr and Chris together we think of them as a cute couple on the outside with him making grand gestures to make her laugh or feel better, but on the inside they have problems. Chris comes from an entirely different world...

Some may argue that there is a rise in police brutality towards blacks since the shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. Members of the Black Lives Matter movement believe that police officers are specifically targeting black men during routine traffic stops or for other...