POLICE BRUTALITY

Police Brutality

Police Brutality

Introduction

Police brutality is a fact of American life. In most major cities across the country, officers abuse their authority in the most flagrant ways. New York City and Los Angeles are the most notorious for police brutality cases. In this essay one more incident of police brutality will be discussed which took place in Oakland BART police station.

Discussion

A BART police officer struggling to handcuff a 22-year-old man stood up over the facedown Hayward resident and fired a single shot into his back while a handful of officers watched, a video taken by a train passenger ...