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Video Killed Trust In Police Officers Summary

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I chose to read the article “Video Killed Trust in Police Officers.” This article was written by Conor Friedersdorf, in which he gives his take on the exsisting trust our communities have on police officers, and the events that have led to the trust rate. Friedersdorf’s article talks about the glossy, perfect image of what he believed police officers to be. He grew up with the belief that police officers were like heroes, helping members of the community who were in need. However, he soon learned that this was not always the case. He tells the readers, “...but I started to believe that there were good cops and bad cops.” This opinion shift occurred due to experience. Throughout the rest of the article, Friedersdorf goes on to explain how first-hand, and indirect experience with …show more content…

He tells how many of these issues often are associated with racism, and how the public can hope to handle this situation. I believe that when Friedersdorf wrote, “there were good cops and bad cops,” he could not have come up with a truer statement. I have no doubt that there are bad police officers out there. There are police officers who are racist. There are police officers who are violent, and there are police officers that are both. Some of them make poor decisions and abuse their power. Analyzing specific events where police officers have abused their power, there is a frequent pattern of these incidents occurring against black people. It is no wonder why the black community fails to have trust in police officers. How can they when they have been raised with the images of police officers beating on people that are just like them! However, I do not believe that this issue is so black and white. Police officers are people. They are people with strong power and authority, but they are people none the less. Just like regular people, every single

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