Argumentative Essay On Police Brutality

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According to (Kristian, 2014) police brutality is a thing of the policing system, not circumstantial. She points out one of the most obvious reasons, which is the lack of training that officers receive to identify what is the appropriate amount of force. Kristian also identifies the lack of training officers receive in regards to domesticated pets. The most important part of Kristian’s argument is that the policing system is targeting minorities, with some city police’s procedures explicitly stating that. What constitutes brutality is also not a widely outlined thing and this causes most cases of police brutality to go unpunished. Those who are punished receive a very small punishment. Her reasoning and examples leads the reader to conclude that police brutality is systematic and not anecdotal.
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We all wonder why police officers get such a bad name. Most police arrest and conflicts do not involve the use of force. The ones that do require force fall into a pattern between the officer and the citizen. Surveys and research have been done to prove these statements. This book talks about the suspects perspective, and gives reasoning on why officers use force and are often retaliated with force by citizens.
This book “Brotherhood of Corruption: A Cop Breaks the Silence on Police Abuse, Brutality, and Racial Profiling” (Juarez, 2004). It discusses the trends and patterns behind police brutality and the brotherhood and bond officers have for one another when they cover for each other. This book was written to raise public awareness about the criminal mischief that goes on unreported behind the scenes of policing. The author was a cop himself and he goes into detail of his 7 year raid of being a dirty cop and the horrific things he had seen while an officer (Juarez,

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