Police Brutality Research Paper

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a. What issue are you going to pursue?
I am going to pursue the ongoing issue of police brutality.
b. How is your issue evident in the public agenda right now?
Police brutality has always been a continuing issue but has attracted more attention in recent years. From the countless cases in which excessive force was used such as Michael Brown’s, Eric Garner’s, and Sandra Bland’s, the public has found police brutality to be an increasing problem. There have been plenty of additional situations in which cases have received a lot of media coverage, informing the public of the excessive force some police officers enforce.
c. What are people doing to get their voice heard?
Breathless accounts of police brutality have recently been made and the public has found it is time to have their voice heard. One prominent way the public has gotten their voice heard on the topic of police brutality has been to organize protests. Some organize violent protests out of anger for the innocent lives lost and others organize silent, peaceful protests.
d. What is being proposed to resolve the problem? …show more content…

Body cameras would be worn on police officers at all times in order to record events such as the shooting death of unarmed teen, Michael Brown. Body cameras would also be a way to build trust between police officers and citizens because now both parties would have to be completely honest when resolving disputes. The public sees the use of body cameras as a step in the resolution of police brutality and because of this, demands for police to wear the cameras have increased across the country after the publicity of recent