Media Bias Against Police: An Unfair Representation

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The police have been treated poorly by the news. The news is always saying the negative things about the police and it's not fair towards them. The cops do a lot to help people and when they do something bad the news just brings it up. You just hear how the cops are shooting people and not hear how they are helping people around their community. “When Officer Joe Hutson spotted a man in a wheelchair trying to mow his lawn, he and his partner, Officer John Khillah, decided to take over the job. After sending Officer Khillah to pick up a mower, weed trimmer and leaf blower from the Kalamazoo Public Safety station, the two got to work helping the Michigan man achieve grassy greatness.” Another way the police are being treated poorly is because the police that do bad things ruin the name for all the other police. You see on the news that a police shoots a black person because they are racist so the news makes it look like all the police are racist. They always say that they shot an unarmed man or woman but what the news doesn't know is what actually happened. They don't know if the person made a sudden movement. Or tried to attack the officer. “Police officers are very, very upset at what’s going …show more content…

Because people just think that police are just here to shoot people and do bad things because they’re “racist”. Police are here to help with crime all over the world and here to protect you. “Boston Police officer Luis Lopez has not received any fire training in his 20 years with the department. But when he saw a raging house fire just blocks from his precinct on April 30, his instincts took over, and he rushed into the three-story home to get people out.” This shows that police will do whatever they can to help save a life.

This is why the police are being treated. It’s not that they are “racist killers” or “bad people” they are just people that would do anything to help save someone like

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