very 24 minutes, a rape every 6 minutes, a robbery every 55 seconds, aggravated assault every 33 seconds, motor vehicle theft every 20 second and a burglary every 10 second” (Policing the Police 61).Just because blacks make up 14% of the population in America and are 63% of the prison population (Rockwell 2) doesn’t make it right for police to harass them more. As many lives are beaten and killed by the officers in blue hardly anything is done to stop them. People are shot and killed with little or no provocation. Dying from chokeholds, hog tying, pepper spray, beatings, and high-speed chases. These people are sometimes left on the streets to die, in their own homes, jails or prisons, and even in police stations. In 1995 Congress ordered Janet Reno to complete a national statistics on police brutality, but she failed to do so (Rockwell 1). It is understood that police put their lives on the line everyday they step out into the world with their blue uniform and that sometimes they are put in the position to make split-second life or death decisions on what to do with people who appear unpredictable and dangerous. According to Officer Gary Hankins member of FOP: “With combat goes stress. Because of the special nature of their jobs (p) olice officers die younger, suffer more injuries and stress related disabilities then the average American” (Policing 63).Does those factors justify police brutality or corruption among cops?“The patrol guide states: preserve human life and use deadly force as a last resort, to not cock back guns, to not shoot fire warnings, to not endanger innocent people, and if do have to shoot warning shots you, must use verbal warnings” (Amnesty International Report 25).Police brutality and corruption within cops doesn’t seem to be happening in the small suburban towns where the rich and the powerful stay. “Police brutality seemed to occur in varying degrees where...
