When I ask you to imagine war, what do you see? Do you see the bloodshed, the reports on the news, the military, or do you see a far off place? To many war is relevant, but at the same time, it is also something that resides far from people’s minds. It is in a far-off land and so for many, it can be hard to imagine the truth. That is to say, war is very close to your front door. It is not traditional by means of weapons, but the harm is very real. This is a war of police, and it is not on crime, drugs, or gangs. The war is on the police and it is being instigated by the media. In recent years the media has highlighted many of the one in a million negatives of the police force. From brutality to racism, the news is not skipping a beat when it comes to putting the blame on the police. Though these one-sided views seem to be outlandish they have gained the support of the public. From sit-ins on …show more content…
One such Idea held by many who view the media to be biased to varying degrees is to instill regulation that removes the commercial and political bias from news entirely. Such action would also, in turn, remove some of the biased angled toward the police by the papers. This solution seeks to the cure the problem of the media, but another outlet that needs to be handled is the public as a whole. To solve this problem many have considered the use of the very item that resulted in the ousting of law enforcement. The idea, which has become slightly more popular in recent years, is the use of body cameras. Which would act as a means to “protect police against false accusations of abuse”(Stanley). Footage provided by the body cameras would ultimately be used as a means of proving an officer's side of the story. Though this method stops the public, police are not required to wear body cams and this solution has little effect on the production of news