d. No more innocent lives need to be taken away by the hands of the police. We can no longer be harassed, bullied, beaten or even killed by the same people who are supposed to be protecting us. We have to protect ourselves from them. The way to prevent more events from occurring is to be informed. No more being irrgroant to the world around you. In the cases at point, I agree with Mumia Abu-Jamal when he said, “They don’t serve the poor, the powerless nor the uninfluential, they never have.” (Refuse and Resist 2)The fact is there are many cases of police brutality and corruption. Some not good enough to make it to the front page of the newspaper or to the news. Not enough is being done; lack of community efforts are being made to help. There are good cops and there are bad cops. In this thesis, I have not focused on those who do their job well or right, but instead it’s focused on those who use illegal tactics, excessive force, involved in drug trafficking and even killing innocent unarmed people. Is there a need to beat to death, or charge 50,000 volts through another’s body, fire 41 shots at an unarmed man, stick a wooden stick up a man’s rectum, or even keep a man from having a fair trial. Is the system treating these cases fairly or just pushing them to the wayside? Why are so many cases that are reported regarding police brutality are directed towards minorities groups? So little is being done to prevent this from happening. Justice has to be served. The “Code of Silence” needs to be broken. Cops need to be put behind bars. The only way to clean up the city or community is to clean up all the dirty cops. Police brutality is a cruel, inhumane injustice that can be prohibited. No more people need to be afraid or be worried about being intimidated by police, about coming forth with information. If we work together as group things can be accomplished.My thoughts on po...
