We Need To Stop Police Brutality

Knowledge is Power

Knowledge is the fundamental key to ascertain peace. As cliché as it sounds, if we are aware and understand the world we live in, we will know what and what not to do in certain situations. This especially applies to police brutality. In order to end police brutality, we need to be aware of the rights we are trying to protect.

To clarify, in order to prevent police brutality, we must first understand that trying to take a heated situation into our own hands will do nothing but escalate, and complicate a situation. We must also take into account our own biases toward police officers, and control them. The eye for an eye tactic has resulted in a blood bath in America and it must cease. If we try to establish our own sense of justice with retaliation, we are no better than those who oppress. If we take the time to learn about our government and the laws that are established, we will be able to protect ourselves from a situation in which our rights are being infringed upon.

Yes. Do we have the right to defend our rights? Yes. Despite this, the people must be able to understand this without using animalistic behavior and lashing out. Instead we must learn about the laws that we have had a hand in designing. Ignorance will only get people killed. If we are able to learn and understand how our government works as a whole, police brutality will have to subdue because we have a basic understanding of the law. We must also not allow cultural, racial, and presentational bias affect our emotions toward police. Knowledge and understanding is how peace can be restored. If we can ascertain this, we can be more at peace when a police officer deicide to stop you How? We would understand how to respect a police officer, and at the same time, know what rights we have and not let that particular officer infringe on those