Civil Rights Violation

Police brutality has and has always been an issue in Civil Right Violations. Many of the cases have been in crime-filled cities, such as Houston. Out of the many cases Danny Thomas, Larry Moore, and Marlin Gipson were some the citizens that were brutally harmed by police that were carelessly violating the 8th and 14th amendment.

Statistics Towards Brutality

In just little bit under 9 months of 2018, there have been approximately 646 deaths caused by police brutality. Police brutality has always been a problem in the United States of America (U.S.A). Since 2000, police have killed 5600 people in the U.S.A. As of recently, it has divided us a country even more with a bigger barrier.

Claims of Justification for Their Violations

In a crime-filled city, many cases of suspected police brutality can be justified. Many cops may feel as if their lives are at risk in most cases. Police officers say, in defense, that there is always danger in their job. They say that there is always an uneasy feeling when doing a traffic stop, since they don't know if they are armed or not. When police officers see someone move strangely or hold something, their automatic instincts tell them to act, sadly resulting in these shootings. Usually, these officers have seen and had been in numerous of dangerous situations. Especially officers that are mostly in places where there is mostly nothing but crime in the area. These police officers are always prepared for the worst, and mostly always think there is danger, even when there might not be any danger present.

Cases of Brutality

Larry Moore was a victim of police brutality in Houston, Texas in 2015. He was stopped and soon been assaulted before any type of crime was even committed. He had recently come out towards the media in 2017 because of the rise of police brutality in America and its effect on the nation's wellbeing. In the early months of 2018, Danny Ray Thomas was shot and killed by police in Houston. Mr. Thomas was unarmed and was following the sheriff's directions to the best of his abilities. Granted his pants were at his ankles, that had not given the sheriff the right to shoot the human being. Marlin Gipson is an example of America's youth being harassed to the extent to where fear is the only emotion a human can express. Mr. Gipson was in a neighborhood in Houston passing out business cards for his lawn service when police officer, Alan Rosen, racially profiled him and instantly tried to arrest the young man. Marlin Gipson had suspected brutality, so he had retreated to his home nearby. Hiding in the restroom, Gipson had feared for his life. His family had let Alan Rosen in the house and soon Mr. Rosen broke down the restroom door and released a police hound to attack Marlin Gipson while he was being tased by a stun gun.

Solutions

Police should be charged with assault or any other crimes against an unarmed civilian, regardless of position in the law. The problem is that not enough police officers are being charged with violation of the 8th and 14th amendment like a normal person would be only because they represent the law. Another solution would be to allow for the citizens of America to be more aware of police brutality. By allowing for popular figures to speak out against the brutality without having any backlash. This would allow for the youth to become more aware in today's issues.

Implementation

To implement these solutions the Legislative Branch should create laws to have police officers charged more as if they were a normal person being charged with assault. The executive branch would then enforce those laws. Celebrities play a huge role in society and without a doubt many young people will follow through with what they say. Granted what they say can be misleading, if their managers are able to convince them to portray a meaningful message to the youth of America about the brutality that has started to divide them as a nation. Kendrick Lamar had produced his most successful album to date during the excessive rise of police brutality. This album was named To Pimp A Butterfly and it portrays a meaningful message towards brutality in words that the youth can understand. In the song Alright, Kendrick Lamar states, Lookin' at the world like, "Where do we go?" and we hate po-po wanna kill us dead in the street fo sho'. He received immediate backlash from the media and would be suppressed. Suppression leads to silence and when there's silence no one learns.

Conclusion

In today's America, police brutality has divided us all. Whether you support the movement or justify the cops, nevertheless we are all Americans. Police have killed many United States citizens, but for what? Failure to have proper training? Failure to conduct reasonable actions? Or is plain abuse of power that their feeble mind condones? The lives of Larry Moore, Danny Ray Thomas, and Marlin Gipson were severely scarred or even lost. Human lives are being lost every day to this brutality in Houston. Families are being torn apartThe nation is being torn apart.

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