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Shafin, Sikder

4/5/2022

ENG 1121

Police, when we hear that word it’s supposed to strike a sense of safety and peacefulness amongst us but as days goes by more often than not when a person hears that police are coming or they have been called especially when that particular someone happens to be a black American they often start to think that their life maybe in danger even if they are innocent since so many cases have shown that if you are a person of color and decide not to cooperate with the police you might get killed even if that means giving away your rights and freedom as a human being and it gets even worse, as an everyday citizen you would go and think that police is supposed to calm the situation and bring it down which often sadly isn’t true, there has been so many times that a situation could have easily been calmed down and talked through yet the police decide to escalate the situation and which leads to the victim to their deaths. The sheer magnitude of police brutality especially towards people of color are outrages and unimaginable given how police forces are often held to such high status when it comes to reform yet time after time they go on to display their true nature to the public which is a lack of humanity that resides deep within them. My main question for this research bibliography is How has Police Brutality affected black Americans throughout New York?. The main reason why I got very interested in this question is that ever since George FLoyd death I can’t stop pondering the question of why? Why did the police officer have to put his full weight on the neck of Floyd when he could have easily done that on his back or even sit him up and put him at the back of his cruiser given there were 4 police officers I’m sure were competent enough to put a single man behind their cruiser. Why did Floyd have to die?. By the end of this research I hope to understand the logic behind the things that police officers do in simple situations which can easily be calmed and easily escalated. 

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Amanda Grahama , Murat Hanerb , Melissa M. Sloanc , Francis T. Cullend , Teresa C. Kulige , and Cheryl Lero Jonsonf. Web-B-Ebscohost-Com.citytech.ezproxy.cuny.edu. https://web-b-ebscohost-com.citytech.ezproxy.cuny.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=4. 

The source goes on to talk about how police aggression has affected black minority groups for centuries and how the suppression of black people in the early ages of recorded history is just as vibrant today but in the form of systemic oppression and physical oppression. The source also goes to highlight some major cases such as Eric Garner, and Micheal Brown. The case of Eric Garner is one that perfectly displays how simple situations can be escalated to the point of death. Eric Garner who is an African Americans and also a father of 6 was illegally selling cigarettes near a ferry, the police was called to the seen after Garner who was beloved by the community and was also known as a person who could break up fights so it doesn’t lead to further hard was doing just exactly that, on July 17, when the police was called to the seen Garner was put into an illegal chokehold by officers Daniel Pantaleo and Justin D’Amrico and pinned to the ground even though those chokehold maneuvers goes strictly against NYPD rules but the officers choose to do it anyways what’s even more shocking is the fact that even after Garner had repeatedly said to the officers that he wasn’t able to breather the officers choose to not listen to him and keep on the chokehold they had on him which eventually lead to him passing out and later dying. Erick Garner’s death had become a movement which would go down in history as one of the most influential black lives matter movements ever since it had united so many different kinds of people from different backgrounds together to rally and protest against a system which was clearly corrupt against black Americans. I agree with what the source has said since all of the points that the sources bring out regarding police brutality towards black Americans are all true and it has been portrayed countless times in famous cases. “ Even more troubling, these aggressive, proactive police practices have, on occasion, escalated to involve excessive uses of force, including police killings of unarmed Black citizens”. This quote perfectly supports the argument that police brutality does exist and has been affecting black Americans for a long time since it highlights how police have shown time after time that they are just simply incapable of de-escalating a situation when it comes to people of color. Some other information that I would still need to look up is if some of those police officers ever faced any kinds of consequences and what were those consequences. 

The main question I have about the text is that what would be a real life example on how to best solve this dire issue at hand? 

I would need to look up those specific cases to better understand the depth of the issue.

Web-P-Ebscohost-Com.citytech.ezproxy.cuny.edu. https://web-p-ebscohost-com.citytech.ezproxy.cuny.edu/ehost/resultsadvanced?vid=2&bquery=%22artificial+intellegence%22+OR+%22AI%22+AND+%22Overhead%22&bdata=JmRiPWE5aCZ0eXBlPTEmc2VhcmNoTW9kZT1TdGFuZGFyZCZzaXRlPWVob3N0LWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3D%3D. 

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The source goes on to talk about how police aggression has affected black minority groups for centuries and how the suppression of black people in the early ages of recorded history is just as vibrant today but in the form of systemic oppression and physical oppression. The source also goes to highlight some major cases that highlight such oppression by police and the sheer brutality of it for example the death of Eric Garner in the state of New York that has caused massive outrage for being so senseless, also the case of Micheal Brown in ferguson Missouri which was also another incident that resulted in the death of an unarmed black american.  

I agree with the text since the text is bringing out extremely valid points and showcasing how black Americans and other black minority groups has been oppressed for centuries now in some way shape or form.