POLICE BRUTALITY AND THE EFFECT IT IS HAVING ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
Black and brown lives are being killed, tested, and ignored. A closer look into brutality cases, and the justice system. THE ROOT OF IT ALL Police brutality is a misconduct by officials who disregard rules which cause excessive or deadly force toward civilians. Other forms of police brutality are verbal, false arrest and racial profiling. Police brutality in America has ranged over 50 years according to the Smithsonian. African Americans make up 13 percent of the U.S population and are victims of police brutality 40 percent of the time. Several different studies report that Black men are nine to 16 times likely to be killed by police than anyone else. Several cops beats Rodney King on Sunday, March 3, 1991. No conviction was ever grated in this case. During the Civil Rights Movement in the 60's more than half of the protest and sit-ins were peaceful, but due laws such as Jim Crow, officers used aggressive tactics such as water canons an...
