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Police Brutality Papers

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“I realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality, but I can try to use that as a positive for haling and restraint.” – Rodney King. Why is police brutality against blacks a re- occurring problem in America? On March 3, 1991, Rodney King was driving his car in the city of Los Angeles, California. Bryant Allen was a passenger in the back seat. King didn 't stop when signaled by a police car behind him, but instead, sped up and increased his speed. It is estimated that King drove at speeds reaching 100 miles per hour for 7.8 miles. When King finally stopped the car, officers of the LA Police Dept., Delivered 56 baton blows and six kicks to King in a period of two minutes, result in eleven skull fractures, brain damage, …show more content…

In 2014, the UN Committee against Torture reprobated police brutality and inordinate use of force by law enforcement in the US, and highlighted the "steady and recurrent police shootings or fatal pursuits of unarmed black individuals. “According to a 2016 report by the United Nations ' Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, "contemporary police killings and the trauma that they create are evocative of the past racial terror of murder. There are many reasons as to why police officers can sometimes be overly combative. It is thought that some personality traits make some officers more predisposed to the use of excessive force than others. In one study, police psychologists were surveyed on officers who had used excessive force. The information obtained allowed the researchers to develop five specific types of officers, only one of which was similar to the bad apple stereotype. These include personality disorders, previous painful job-related experience, young inexperienced or macho officers; officers who learn improper patrol styles, and officers with personal …show more content…

There are clips that reference the police brutality that the African American community has become all too familiar with. Beyoncé uses this vision to express how this is an issue that has existed in the past and is not yet respelled. The lyrics that stand out to me are the ones that describe stereotypic African American features, such as afros, “negro nose,” and others. I found these lyrics interesting in

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