Should men and women be afraid of those that are suppose to serve and protect us ?
What is Police brutality ? Police brutality is the use of excessive force and/or unnecessary force by police when dealing with civilians, which means a force well beyond what 's necessary. Police brutality has people of today 's society questioning the general practices of police and how their arresting procedure is done. Police brutality is a everyday occurrence in cities especially, where large communities of color are concerned. Maybe this is why you hear so much hate against the police? Society doesn’t realize that Police brutality happens for one or more reasons. Police brutality must be stop because it is a way of unlawful death, a racial issue, accountability and it 's also against human rights. For an example, Eric Garner was a 43 year old black male who was put in what has been described as a chokehold by officers while they were arresting him. The officers arrested him because it was said that he was selling cigarettes and Garner basically was saying that he was tired of being harassed and that he didn’t recall selling any cigarettes and that 's when they arrested him. When they approached Garner grabbing his arms , and putting his wrist behind his back Garner slap his arm away. Then the officer Daniel Pantaleo put his arm around Garner 's neck and was pulling him to the ground while four officers went to restrained him. He constantly repeated “i can 't breathe” while he was lying