Police

Brutality

Background
The term police brutality has
been used in press as early as
1872 (in the Chicago Tribune)
A majority of public will agree
that people in power abuse
their power
victims of police brutality often
belong to minorities (PoC, the
disabled, the young, and the
poor)

In The United States

From January 2010 through December 2010 the National Police Misconduct
Statistics and Reporting Project recorded these numbers. The statistics have
only risen since.
4,861 Unique reports of police misconduct tracked
6,613 - Number of sworn law enforcement officers involved (354 were
agency leaders such as chiefs or sheriffs)
6,826 - Number of alleged victims involved
247 Number of fatalities associated with tracked reports

The Focus
Each month more and
more PoC are abused or
murdered by police.
Only recently has media
covered these cases
against minorities

New York City

After the New York City grand jury declined to indict the police officer who put
Eric Garner in the chokehold that led to his death, CNN reports, hundreds of
demonstrators gathered at various points in Manhattan... marching peacefully
north as crowds formed near Rockefeller Center for the lighting of the
Christmas tree. No Justice. No peace, they chanted. No racist police.
The chant means that as long as injustice prevails, acting peacefully is a moral
impossibility.

Ferguson
In August, a very young man was shot,
multiple times, and killed by a police officer.
His body had remained in the streets for
hours before any medical teams got to him.
This occasion had sparked something in
the United States - the people became one,
they worked their hardest to get justice for
the murdered child.
Peaceful protests took place, but only
became riots when police had got involved
by throwing gases and bullets at protesters.

Get Involved
These are six ways you can easily, and peacefully
fight against police brutality:
1. Protest
2. Record police in their wrong-doing
3. Vote out politicians who excuse the brutality
4. Work things out with PDs
5. Take legal action
6. Raise awareness