Broken Window Theory

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To those apart of Black lives matter and those that follow the events of police brutality, it is no surprise that once again African Americans and people of color are the target of police brutality. There have been multiple instances in the past year of murder of American men at the hand of white police officers, who received no punishment for murder. In these few pages i am going to explore the case of Eric Garner, and go into depth of the possible reasons of how police brutality came about and how it continues in the law enforcement. In the twenty first century there have been numerous cases in which African Americans are being shot while unarmed and when these cases go on trial the officer in questioning is still relieved of punishment. …show more content…

In the late 1990’s the Broken window theory was developed in New York. The theory states that by the best way to decrease crime is to patrol areas in which crime is high. This Broken window theory then leads to the legalization of stop and frisk, zero tolerance and community policing. Most of the people affected by the policies of Broken Window theory are African Americans. This theory allows racial discrimination to be practiced legally (why baltimore blew up,2015). The prevalence of the Broken Window theory in the institution of law enforcement leads police to practice discriminatory actions towards African Americans, without being punished.This institutional training leads to the police brutality in society towards African …show more content…

Stop and frisk, is when the police stop a person they believe to be a criminal and question that person and then searched by the police. Reverend Al Sharpton, discusses how in the year of 2011 685,724 people were stopped and frisked and eighty seven percent were men men of color. Out of the eighty seven percent of men of color that were frisked, eighty eight percent were innocent. Due to these high numbers in which men of color are being frisked,but are innocent; shows that the NYPD is racially profiling and discriminating towards men of color (Sharpton, 2012). The continuance of stop and frisk allows police to racially profile discriminate against African American males, because police only stop and frisk those who appear as criminals. In America to “appear as a criminal” is based off of the stereotype that men of color are all criminals based on the way they dress. The perpetuation of this type of discrimination and racial profiling that is not being confronted by higher authorities, allows police enforcement to be comfortable in racially profiling and discriminating against men of color until it becomes the norm. Once this is the norm for law enforcement, police begin to abuse their power , which later develops into police brutality and the majority of people affected by police brutality are men of color. Overall the tactic of stop and frisk that

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