Anthony Gonzalez CW Final

Anthony Gonzalez

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Police Brutality

        Police Brutality is a problem that has been going on for decades in America. The problem is that police have too much power and they feel the need to abuse their power instead of protecting the people. Not all police are bad but a majority of today's police take advantage of what they have. Instead of serving and protecting the nation they're hurting the nation and many cases show that. Recently what's been going on with the news is police officers have been seen and recorded arresting civilians and trying to calm down crowds. The problem with all this is they're not only arresting people but they're brutally arresting them with excessive force and very unacceptable behavior. There has been unfortunate events where the police think it's okay to gun down civilians because they're "chasing down the suspect" and as they proceed to gun down victims they know before hand that the victim either didn't have any weapons, the victim wasn't resisting arrest, or the officer was well aware that excessive force was being used during the procedure, but as police officers they believe they have every right to "do their duty" and harm and or murder the victim. This isn't right what so ever. Not only are the police killing civilians but they're affecting the victim's loved ones. In recent time riots have broken out for cases like Freddie Gray in Baltimore who had his head smashed into a car by police, the teens who were arrested with extreme force in Mckinney Texas, and for teens who were shot dead by police in Chicago. Another major problem with all this is that most of the time it's a white police officer who commit these unjust crimes on African American civilians. The black community hasn't taken things very lightly and neither have other concerned American civilians. Protests that lead into riots goes to show how much the people are willing to take and that isn't much more. Anarchy is no answer to anything but a sign of horrible things to come if the police don't quit their non-sense. The people of America have more reasons to not feel safe on the streets and that new reason is that civilians don't want to be murdered because police officers feel it's the right thing to do. Officers that commit these crimes rarely receive the justice they deserve and it sickens many people. This proves that these specific police officers are the real criminals. Keep in mind not every police officer is bad because that's not true at all but many officers are just as bad the "criminals" roaming the streets and the only difference is that officers are protected by their badge and their gun. All in all the main problem in America is police brutality and the only way for things to get better is for the government to demand that all police officers have cameras in their cars and uniforms to ensure that only the real criminals serve time and not defenseless civilians.