Police Brutality In The Usa Compare And Contrast

John F. Kennedy once said, “The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.” The book, “1984”, had the frightening Thought Police who controlled and watched people's’ every move. For the modern world, the United States’ police have become more frightening than ever, however, both have somewhat different ways of showing it. Police Brutality is shown in both the book, “1984”, with the Thought Police and in the modern world with the United States’ police force. However, the Thought Police have evolved into more of a psychological way of brutality, while the police force in the United States uses physical brutality.

The Thought Police have a very special way of catching people in the act of what they call

However, the police force in the United States uses more of a physical way of brutality. Though police brutality has been no new information about the police force, it has however become a very big issue in recent years. For the past few years according to the USA Today article, “The trauma of police brutality”, Americans have watched the news about police brutality very closely, and have seen that each victim of their violence was unarmed or they haven’t even done anything wrong. In the article, they explain about one instance, “Last year, Valdez was pinned to the floor and handcuffed by a police officer in a Houston mall. The officer pressed a taser and pushed a knee into his back. Valdez says he was slammed to the floor simply for questioning the mall's policy on riding hoverboards inside the facility.” Some instances have even connected the police force to racial profiling because most of the victims are of minority races such as blacks, while the police officer who tortures them is of the white race. This has left the citizens of America frightened and unable to trust police officers who are supposed to protect them instead of abusing