inherent right to life.Article 7: No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishments.Article 10: All persons deprived of the liberty shall be treated with humanity and with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person.Article 26: All persons are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to the equal protection of the law.Source: Amnesty International Report. United States of America Police Brutaility and Excessive Force in the New York City Police Department. [online] Availablehttp://www.amnesty.it/Ailibtop/1996/AMR/25103696.htm 42-43. June 1996.Knowing all this, these are the guidelines, which the police are supposed to follow. Why isn’t police brutality being prevented? “The average police officer in America is never going to draw his gun during his entire career.” Said a former NYC Commissioner of police (Rockwell 1).Yes it’s understood force is sometimes necessary to refrain criminals when they get out of line, or put the police officers life endanger but: “The idea of inherent criminality, the belief that people who commit crimes are animals and incapable of rehabilitation leads police to treat people brutally. By refusing to prosecute police the justice system promotes police brutality” (Rockwell 2).The majority of the victims of police brutality are blacks and Latinos, males and are unarmed. Their deaths range anywhere from shootings, excessive force, while in custody, suicide by cop, domestic violence, and high speed chases. Statistics show that police brutality is definality a real problem that is wide spread, not just in the United States but worldwide. With minorities being the highest at risk. Why are minorities, the poor, the young, and the powerless at so much more risk of being brutalized by police? A question with an answer that still remains unknown.“We live in a society where a murder occurs e...
