Police brutality on the Blacks

Every citizen is entitled to a safe, democratic, and economic enabling surrounding. To achieve this, a roof to have things running in order is put in place. The roof here is a governing body that ensures law and order are always maintained. However, not every situation is calm, and violence arises at times. It is the responsibility of the police to man the situation and restore calmness at any given time. The police's excessive use of force has risen in recent centuries in the ‘verge to maintain law and order.' This excessive force has caused a nightmare for those who fall victim. Brutal use of force by police towards Blacks in the United States has recently stirred up the media. The use of force by the police on the Blacks dates back from the error of slavery. The absence of a defined system fails to establish the extent of the brutality. This essay aims at outlining various police brutality instances and the effects they have caused.

Often brutality is constituted of excessive use of physical violence. Research has shown that brutality goes beyond the use of excessive force; it also involves emotional, sexual, verbal assault, and psychological torture (Chaney & Robertson, 2013). Police brutality goes beyond the usual misconduct and occurs even in the absence of conscious intension. Black people have more chances to be brutalized than Whites who enjoy some protection from the governing bodies. This outlines the racial disparity practiced by the United States' governing bodies, which upholds white’s supremacy over the Blacks. The undemocratic governing in the system degrades the health of the brutality victims (Chaney & Robertson, 2013). Other key fundamentals affected by the police brutality over the Blacks are;

Police brutality has been linked to causing injuries and death to the victims. This outlines how the police brutality relates to the health of the victim. According to the data collected by the UK newspaper department, it outlined that Blacks were at higher chances of brutal police killings as compared to the Whites (Alang et al ., 2017). The core outcome of police brutality is not ultimately the victim's death, but causes bodily harm to the victim, inducing injuries while in police custody. Black’s mortality rates in the United States is largely due to police killings (Alang et al ., 2017). It is unethical for the ruling bodies in any give nation to mistreat its citizens based on their race and ethnicity. I strongly oppose police use of excessive force racially as this weakens the trust and reliability the victims have with the governing bodies. Comprehensive research in regards to lethal handling of victims is an area that needs to be addressed.

Psychological stress is another area where police brutality has been linked. Victims of police brutality suffer both emotionally and psychologically (Bor et al., 2018). This is due to exposure to harassments, witnessing fellow individuals being tortured, unwarranted searches, and the brutality victims' death. The torture outlines how devaluing of life happens in police hands who should be on the forefront in safeguarding lives. A family member witnessing mishandling of their own is traumatized and often has eliciting negative emotions in case death takes place (Bor et al., 2018). The outcomes of stress elicit hormonal production to the victims, which causes more pain than joy. Such hormonal related changes may be altered heart rates and breathing rates whose results are fatal. For a victim recuperating from the brutality, the humiliation's recurring occurrence may have lethal lifetime effects such as organ failure.

Police brutality is also related to the racist public relations between the Blacks and the Whites. An attribute of self-explanation by the blacks to the whites in defending their mistreated allies is a norm in the United States (Bor et al., 2018). This move alters the cordial relation practiced by the interacting groups as one feels lesser in the system. For instance, a situation outlining how the victim of police brutality is responsible for their untimely death may cause conflict if a heated argument ensues. Another situation weakening the public relation is when the governing bodies are against the families of the democratic protest of the victims carry out as they seek justice (Bor et al., 2018). The government should ensure justice prevails at any given time to anyone mistreated. A sickening trend is forming where mistreatment or untimely death of black life is seen as a non-issue. Without a harmonious relationship amongst the Blacks and the Whites, little developmental progress takes place. Building an economy requires mutual interactions and sharing of ideas between various people. Police should exercise fair dealing and handling of the arising differences without racial discrimination.

The overall productivity of police brutality victims is reduced. A significant drawback of police brutality is altering the health well-being of an individual (Alang et al ., 2017). When this happens, the victims' productivity is reduced as they will have to nurse the injuries induced to them. In permanent disabilities, the victim's overall life is ruined, and a dependent trend is formed. Unplanned leave from work to mourn police brutality's death is a major threat to the people's financial well-being. Some of the unplanned leave is unpaid, and hence financial constrain becomes a factor. Where death happens, the productivity of the victim is cut from the cycle (Alang et al ., 2017). The victims' economic constraint leads to poor means of livelihood, and access to quality medication is factored out, cutting an individual's productivity. To solve this, access to social amenities should not be discriminatory and should be accommodating to all. Regulating police operations and their relations to the Blacks should be forthcoming.

As much as police brutality causes more harm than good, it has helped in reconstructing of the governing bodies. Police brutality has offered researchers room for researchers to dig down into how brutality can be solved harmonious and create a zero brutal governing body (Zoorob, 2020). A major step made in solving police brutality is by having tracking devices and body cameras mounted to the police. This has helped in monitoring how the police handle those found in the wrong. Another important move made to curb police brutality is by keeping data of all the police (Zoorob, 2020). This has helped in maiming those with progressive records of doing brutal encounters. Overall this has helped in creating a democratic ruling body.

In conclusion, police brutality is a vice that should be uprooted. Police brutality is not only practiced by the use of excessive force to individuals, but it has been established to be experienced emotionally and through races as well. Creating an enabling environment for people from all races should be a factor to be given priority in every nation. All individuals' emotional and psychological well-being should be prioritized, and a democratic foundation has been given to it. To achieve a progressive economic status, access to social amenities, regulating the governing bodies should be considered. A democratic nation is a wealthy nation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

References

Alang, S., McAlpine, D., McCreedy, E., & Hardeman, R. (2017). Police brutality and black health: Setting the agenda for public health scholars. American journal of public health, 107(5), 662-665.

Bor, J., Venkataramani, A. S., Williams, D. R., & Tsai, A. C. (2018). Police killings and their spillover effects on the mental health of black Americans: a population-based, quasi-experimental study. The Lancet, 392(10144), 302-310.

Chaney, C., & Robertson, R. V. (2013). Racism and police brutality in America. Journal of African American Studies, 17(4), 480-505.

Zoorob, M. (2020). Do police brutality stories reduce 911 calls? Reassessing an important criminological finding. American Sociological Review, 85(1), 176-183.