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The Rotten Apple Theory.
Police departments use the ‘Rotten Apple Theory’ to describe police deviance, police gratuity, kickbacks, bribery, and shakedowns of business owners (Police Crimes, 2005). According to the Christopher Commission’s (1991) article on police crimes, it stated that white police officers were somewhat more likely to use excessive force against African Americans and watchdog groups like the American Civil Liberties Unions (ACLU, 2016). Kwon (2012) stated in his “Theoretical Understanding of Police Brutality’ paper why there are only a “few bad apples”, and the reasons behind why excessive force is used toward certain citizens using the following theories: (1) Social Conflict Theory, (2) Symbolic Interactionism, and (3) …show more content…

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