Essay On Police Brutality

Racism is the belief that all members of a race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race. Racism has always been an effect in America against blacks and it still is. Police brutality has been a big effect on African Americans. Police brutality is the use of excessive and unnecessary force by police when dealing with civilians. Police brutality can include officers using excessive physical force and the use of a weapon against a civilian. Law enforcement officers are allowed to use the force that is necessary. Their use is allowed, but only to the extent necessary to control a situation. Many cases of police brutality against African Americans has happened

I believe that black people shouldn't be mistreated just because of the color of their skin. I stand for this because there needs to be a change. I stand for this because black lives matter. I hear all the time that, all lives matter in which they do but that is taking away from the fact that black lives are the ones that are being devalued in this country. I stand for this because there needs to be justice. I stand for it because black people have always had it hard in America. I stand for this because many civil rights leaders like Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr, Thurgood Marshall and multiple slaves didn't die for this to keep continuing. It isn't right that just because of the color of my skin that I am threat to some individuals. I stand for it because I am black and I know how it feels to be black in America. To have to sit and face a teacher ask me, “Is your father not around.” Just because 57.6% of black children are living absent of their biological fathers. Does not mean mine is apart of that statistic. I stand for it because it needs to be stopped and there needs to be a change. I stand for it because God gave us all a life and a gift that he wanted us to use and it's being taken away from black people just because of the color of our skin. I stand for it because I could be the next Sandra Bland or Michael Brown. I