I strongly believe the fast pace rap song by J-Jon named C.O.P short for Criminals of Permission is a great example of a song to describe significant stories of the 21st century. It is really unfortunate to hear all these horrifying stories of police brutally all over the United states. For example Mike brown’s or Sandra Bland’s. I believe these stories should not just be skimmed ,but deeply looked at so incidents like these don’t happen again. In the song J-Jon describes how even though cops wear uniforms and badges they are still equal and they should protect citizens instead of seriously injuring them or killing them describes how people should feel protected not in fear. J-Jon says how if African American conducts murder they would get
Unfortunately that is today’s society and how it plays a role on people’s lives. Gray’s death exposed the long-simmering mistrust between the city’s cops and the African-American communities they’re sworn to protect. The resulting protests and the national attention they attracted laid bare the systemic inequalities between poor, majority-black neighborhoods like Sandown-Winchester, where Gray lived his entire brief life, and the city’s growing, majority-white neighborhoods surrounding the Inner Harbor. PD now partners with federal agencies to focus on hundreds of suspects it believes are responsible for most of the city’s crime. He’s increased arrests overall, which plummeted last summer as violence spiraled out of control.
In the article Philando Castile shooting: Dashcam video shows rapid event by Jay Croft. Croft explores the issue of police brutality. Specifically, he takes about the fatal shooting of an African American man Philando Castile who was killed by Minnesota police officer Jeronimo Yanez. This caused an uproar in the African American community because once again a man of color was fatally shoot because the officers assumed that he was going to pull out a gun. Moreover, the role of police officers is to protect members of society from threats.
These men produced songs concerning real experiences, murder, drugs, police brutality, racism and other brutally honest, realistic issues. They called it “reality rap,” as it was a true depiction of communities and their lives. One of the main focuses of this movie was the victimization and harassment of the black youth caused by police forces. This is depicted in the scene where the NWA are playing in Detroit and the police warned and told the group not to play the song, “F*** Tha Police,” but the rappers did anyway. The group of men were chased off stage by the cops and thrown to the ground of the parking lot and into a police car.
This is similar to what happened to Trayvon on the night that he was killed. African Americans know that a large number of them are involved in the criminal justice system. They also know that they are largely victims. A lot of violence in poor black communities are due to the
These videos affect how people see the police. Some black people do not feel safe around the police. Kids do not trust cops, because they feel as though the cops will kill them. It is a police officer’s job to protect, but it has hard to feel protected when they are assaulting and killing people with the same skin tone as you. A song came out in 1988 called “F tha Police” by NWA, they rap about the cops mistreating them simply because they are black.
When it comes to the topic of police reform, many agree that our country is long overdue for it, however the questions is how exactly do we, as a nation, go about changing one of the most rigid power structures that exist in the country. While some believe that reform must come from within the individually flawed police departments, others argue that the entire criminal justice system needs an overhaul. An analysis of Ta-Nehisi Coates essay “The Myth of Police Reform” reveals that the complex issues of police shootings of minors (especially African Americans) and how difficult it may be to change these problems. In “The Myth of Police Reform” the author exemplifies the use of logos, ethos and pathos therefore making the argument effective.
Although we hope our Police force will use their powers for good, but sometimes police misconduct can occur. Often, the police are under great pressure to act as quick as possible, espcially in a murder case and if the murder victime is white, a child, police officer, or prominent. For example, In the 1990’s the case of Rodney King, that not only shows a racist issue within the criminal justice system, but also the issue with abuse from police officers, but changed the country’s views on the LA police force. Twenty- Seven years ago,Rodney King was brutally beaten by Los Angeles police officers.
Third, the actions of the police historically have been a topic of concern for punk bands. Bands have a different way of expressing their beliefs, but the Subhumans have never been shy about their views. In their song “No” they state, “No, I don’t believe in the police force, police brutality isn’t a dream.” These lyrics were key on the 1980’s as punk shows were always broken up by the police which would result in arrests and members of the punk community in the hospital. This brutality by the police is more present today than ever.
N.W.A.- Fuck tha Police was made because police officers forced the group to lay face down in the street with guns to their heads. In the 80’s police brutality was at high, and young African American teens were there target.
If I’m here on TV in front of millions of american adults, it means I have something really important to tell you. Did you ever say, implicitly or explicitly, that the lyrics of African-American songs are inappropriate, especially those of rappers such as N.W.A? Statistics say that 90 percent of our population have, and most of the time it was explicitly in front of black people. Now, did you ask yourself why is the language of African-Americans inappropriate? Statistics say that 70 percent of the american population doesn’t know the reason and thinks that because we are born black, we should be bad.
In the essay titled “Police Brutality”, Danna Hernandez uses rhetorical devices to declare that police brutality is dreadful. She utilizes anecdotes to support her claim, pathos to persuade the audience to agree with her argument by producing an emotional response, and imagery to illustrate her hardships caused by police brutality. Danna does this in order to make the general public realize that police brutality is a significant issue that should not be treated as a trend. Danna Hernandez uses anecdote to support her argument. The vast majority of the essay is an anecdote that tells of the tragic death of her son due to unjustified gun usage by a police officer(which constitutes as police brutality) and the emotional consequences that followed.
Firstly, McBride claims that rappers use violent lyrics as a vehicle to bring about awareness and thus promote social change through use of violence. In a section of the essay, he talks about how rappers have made hip-hop go from something you would hear at a party to something you would hear in a local news report because rappers use violent lyrics in order to talk about the issue in their society and how these issues must be acted upon now so that it can
Of my crime family who got nuff shots to share" -Moob Deep, Shook Ones- we can see very clear how he is promoting war and maybe threat the officer and that is a negative behavior. Another example of a song that promote drugs is: "Smoked
Police officer’s reputations are reduced and they lose the public’s trust as protectors. Specifically, society talks about the act of a white police officer savagely attacking a black citizen. The black population was enraged by this act and formed activist movements to prevent any police brutality brought upon them. As the controversy rise, society starts picking a side to defend. In this case, the nation is split into two sides.
The look that all of the guys gave the African American cop were looks of disappointment. The only thing that saved the guys were their manager, a white man named Jerry. Right after this incident, Ice Cube created the song “F**k Tha Police”. That song to this day is still one, out of many, their greatest