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Police Brutality In Young Black Men

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Gun Violence and police brutality is making it very challenging for young black men to escape poverty and violence which is leading to the downfall of black men.Police brutality is the use of excessive force by police when dealing with civilians. Most cases arise from cops who can't control their emotions in the face of insults (NewsOne Staff, 2010).This may seem as an issue of the past but it's still going on today, Last summer Sandra Bland was found hanging in her jail cell, nine people were killed in a charleston church, Freddie gray death while in police custody, Laquan Mcdonald who was shot 16 times by cops. People are still being targeted based on their physical appearance and what they wear. In Order to move forward as a society one

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