Black & Blue The relations between police officers and black Americans will never improve until officers stop using excessive force and black Americans start complying with officers. The reason why I say that officers should stop be using excessive force is because in the cases of Eric Garner, who died after being held in a choke hold for too long, and Freddie Gray, who died from a spinal cord injury after cops were careless, could have been prevented if cops would have resorted to talking rather than jumping the gun. Black Americans also need to start complying with officers because it is the officers job to defuse the situation no matter the cost and it is also the citizens job to listen to the officers and abide by the law. For example,