framework, a participant of the police brutality conflict can comprehensively examine the entirety of both the conflict and the negotiation. The nine elements include identifying (1) parties, (2) interests, (3) issues, (4) options, (5) standards of legitimacy, (6) alternatives, (7) relationships, (8) communication, and (9) the final commitment. No. 1 - Parties: When addressing the issue of police brutality, several parties must be considered, including: the police force, decision-makers in local
Marshall Lewis Mrs. Gallos English 3 March 20, 2018 Police Brutality I have done my research on police brutality. Even though there isn't enough being done, Police brutality should be more heavily enforced against because cases of brutality are way too common. Police brutality has become a growing problem all over the country but it is not just in America, cases of police brutality can be found worldwide.The biggest problem with police brutality is that too many officers are getting away with
that police brutality is more prevalent today than it was in the past. This, however, is not the case. Police brutality has been a long standing problem in the United States. The only difference today is that an act of police brutality has a chance of being caught on camera. Thus, it is not the violence that is new-It is the cameras. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, “Police brutality in the United States is the unwarranted or excessive use of force against civilians by U.S. police officers
Rodney King was a black taxi driver who became a symbol of racial tension for the United States in the early 1990’s. Forced out of his car and brutally beaten to a pulp by four white Los Angeles police officers on tape, King suffered 11 skull fractures, kidney damage and physical/emotional trauma. Charged with use of excessive force on King, the officers’ jury consisted of ten white people, one Latino person and one Asian person. All of the officers were initially acquitted of their charges, sparking
towards an entity they do not find desirable. Mass hysteria can even be considered a psychosomatic disorder that eventually seeps into the start of a riot. However, it is seen that police brutality is a factor to the start of mass hysteria, riots, and psychological detriments to the victims. The continuation of police misconduct can and will lead the community to not trust and seek aid from the very people
On March 3, 1991, Rodney King was caught by Los Angeles police after a high speed car chase. Police officers dragged him from his car and brutally beat him, a beating which was caught on tape and immediately seen by the country’s population. The four LAPD officers were indicted on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and excessive force. After a three month long trial, the jury acquitted the officers, sparking the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The beating of Rodney King was a watershed moment in American
lootings that occurred in 1992 in the Los Angeles County of California. The riots broke out after the acquittal of the police officers on trial for police brutality incident that was videotaped and widely-covered. But that moment was the climatic peak from years of tension between the black community, LAPD, political disagreement between Mayor Tom Bradley and Chief of Police Daryl Gates and it dramatically changed Los Angeles’s geography, especially ethnical and residentially. Many geographer’s
really put Los Angeles on the map. On April 3, 1991 police stopped a car who was apparently going over the speed limit. This car was driven by Rodney King. He was 34 years old at that time. Police called Rodney King out of the car and when he proceeded to do so, the police officers beat him. The police officers involved said that King got out in a way showing he was going to attack them so they beat him in self-defense. On April 29, 1992 the police involved were freed on the brutality charges. Just
Riots In The Streets of Miami In May of 1980 as the summer heat was just flooding the streets of Florida, something else flooded the streets as well. Angry race rioters swept through the streets of the Miami-Dade area, angry over the death of their own, motorcyclist Arthur McDuffie. Nine years later, not far into the new year, another motorcyclist was killed. These race rioters ran rampant through the streets of the Overtown Miami area, after the death of yet another unarmed black man. These people