Police brutality is a very controversial topic, but there are many different aspects to it and ways to go about it. Many people can mutually agree that police brutality is wrong, but there is still not enough justice being put into place against it. Lately though, there has been an incentive to give police officers a just sentence for their actions. Social media has brought attention towards police brutality in a way nothing had before it has. The impact that social media has had includes things such as accountability, awareness, and providing first-hand reports on things that are happening in real life. Police brutality is an issue that affects global affairs because with social media’s help, there are eyes from all around the world on us. Waiting to see how our justice system will respond to the evidence shown.
Social media and its effect on police brutality has mainly been a result of the younger generation and their activism. They are shining a light on actions that crooked cops do, by retweeting, sharing, and liking: they are holding people accountable for their actions and wanting justice for the victims. For example, when Michael Brown was shot and murdered, people rallied behind his family and rioted or shared their
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In Sinan Ülgen’s (2013) article on The Huffington Post, he discusses social media’s affect on police brutality and how it is playing a part of helping reduce police brutality as well as just holding law enforcement accountable. It also mentions how social media cannot prevent police brutality on its own and that there are many different factors that would need to be set into place before police brutality can be virtually nonexistent. Ülgen believes that, “This means that there should be a new initiative to revise the international principles governing the use of force by law enforcement”. Conversations are being had, now actions need to be