Causes Of Police Brutality

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For the past many years police brutality has risen in numbers. Police brutality is

one of several forms of police misconduct, which include: false arrest; intimidation;

racial profiling; political repression; surveillance abuse; sexual abuse; and police

corruption.

Some may ask, what causes law enforcement to react to the citizens as they do?

But with some cases there is just no answer. While reading the article, “The Other

Cultural Forces behind Police Brutality” it’s very clear that racism is the most common.

Stated in the article, “Ramparts” it said again, “following bounty: $10,000 for

information leading to the arrest and conviction of any cop who has murdered a black

man.” Now 46 years later after the ramparts there still …show more content…

There had been a taped video from a man on

his balcony that was then sent to worldwide TV news channels. In his Bibliography

online it stated that, “King was kicked and hit 56 times with police batons and

electrically shocked using Taser guns. In addition to the three officers personally

involved, 24 other law enforcement officers watched the beating. April 29, 1992, the

officers were acquitted by a jury in a verdict that shocked much of the country. The

verdict triggered massive rioting in Los Angeles which left hundreds of buildings severely

damaged or destroyed and dozens dead. Then on August 4, a federal judge sentenced

LAPD officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating

King's civil rights. The other officers were not convicted and there was no

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