
          Throughout the history of the U.S. the rights and civil liberties of African Americans have been questioned and not been given equally. The purpose of my project is to shed light onto a subject that is fairly familiar to us all as a modern society. The issue of police brutality in America has not really changed in a sense it has gotten better but the media controls what we see as citizens and I do not doubt that more incidents than reported have occurred. Good points to be made in articles I have used as sources discuss the history of police brutality against minorities in the U.S. since the 1960s, the use of excessive force by police as a means of quieting the disenfranchised. Reasons why police commit these acts and the repercussions they face, are unruly as it is and discussion of why they make the rash decisions that they do when facing tough situations

        

            The journal used touches on the aspect of “what if?”. It reaches onto the topic of what possible changes might have been made in the country overall because of one case that blew up and had the attention of the entire country. The Rodney King case had the potential to prove that police officers cannot get away with the abuse of their authority. This Article examines the violence and abuse perpetrated by police in their private lives, against their intimate partners. Although the public and private overlap, the power and training provided to police officers by the state makes them significantly more dangerous as abusers. Intimate partner abuse by police officers is a systemic, structural issue created and fueled by the ways in which police officers are socialized and trained. Police officers are more likely than others to abuse their partners, and as a result of their training and their state imprimatur, police abuse of partners is more problematic and potentially more dangerous than abuse by civilians. The newspaper article examines the incrimination and death of an immigrant due to the actions of a police officer. The article summarizes the effect on the community after the violent occurrence that took place in their neighborhood. 

     An article used to contradict my stand point and give support to officers was necessary to give another perspective from the topic at hand. Every officer is not a racist and every officer is not using their duty as an abuse of power to be above the law and get away with killing African Americans. It is important that we as a nation pay attention to those similarities of those that are found in these cases between officers and excessive force against suspects. In the article it is noted that those officers that were found in these issues between civilians did not have personal intimate families. It is a statistic that the officers in more violent occurrences are more likely to not have a family of their own compared to officers that do have a family. The family oriented officers were known to be less risky when it came to their job because of the though of a greater responsibility to take care of their families. The symmetry I am presenting is maybe a filter to keep those officers on different responsibilities to avoid violent situations, but that also presents loopholes. 

            

           A TedTalk given by a current police officer who has been on duty for many years. He reaches out into the aspects of what needs to be changed in order to actually have an effect on the issues that are big problems in our society between police officers and civilians. He believes with the trust of the communities the relationships between police and communities can be rebuilt. The article examines laws concerning police brutality and minority prosecution in the U.S. Topics discussed include killing of Michael Brown, African-American teenager by a Darren Wilson, a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri; social climate related to police brutality and legal framework surrounding jury instructions about police testimony. The article summarizes an incident that exploded in the media and became the staple for another civil rights movement in modern society. My research project is based on the simple subject of police brutality against African Americans and the many different effects the issue has had on the social system of the U.S. The issue has had relevance in our country for my entire lifetime and in a broad span, since there has been any type of relationship between those in authority and African Americans. The problem is easy to relate to being that I am a black American male in this current society we are living in that has not been serving as the safest place for me or my family. Within our country we have experienced the issue of police brutality between police officers and African Americans; this issue is a prevalent subject that should no longer be swept under the rug until another occurrence reaches the media. There should be a resolution to this constant problem that has a become a bit too familiar to our society. There are several methods mentioned, and the way that they have been effective in helping the cause of police brutality; by resulting to some type of punishment or re-enforcement of the law of those who are supposed to abide and enforce the laws themselves. The use of the non-text based source brings forth a different aspect towards the issue, because it is someone actually talking about the issue that can relate because they experience the issue from both sides. The individual in the TedTalk is an African American male that is also a police officer. The non-text based source is merely an example of how a source can change the opinion or bring forth another type of effective way to reach those listening and those seeking positive ways to find change.

      

        After reading into the argument presented readers will be led to ways that can develop into some type of positive re-enforcement or change that will effectively help the change of the treatment of specific individuals, and the consequences that can lead to a positive change in the relationship between police officers and African Americans. The first article: Racial Profiling: A Persistent Civil Rights Challenge Even in the Twenty-First Century is very in depth about current and past Civil Rights instances that have occurred through the maltreatment of minorities by police officers that made it to the justice system as civil cases. The Current instances from the case with Michael Brown in the state of Missouri who had a confrontation with a police officer, all the way to the Jim Crow era. Picturing Equality: Exploring Civil Rights’ Marches through Photographs goes into the aspect of history through photographs. The photos used in the article are two from the Civil Rights era during the Selma marches which was a really rough situation. The article presents information through scholarly journals and because it is information that  happened recently and the links presenting the information is relatively new and information given from news articles etc. These factors help my viewpoint of the article to be useful and they can lead to a better scope of the issue. The authors stand to gain readers, to see a different light in looking at Civil Rights, through photos as a main source. The audience is those interested in what occurred in the civil rights during a specific time. The authors associate themselves with a group interested in the equality of everyone. Viewpoints of multiple people are presented.The author associates themselves with a group of people who care about the subject of civil rights. Mostly viewpoints of the author are what’s being presented. The author provides many different sources and cites them as well, they all fit in the article and can be deemed as useful. The author provides links, and cites all credible information that is useful to the article 
and for evidence in the article. Which makes for a good source for my project. The article is credible it presents the information that is cited so it can be checked. The article presents information through context and through the analysis of the photos. The photos and information are events that occurred in history and were big points in the Civil Rights movement. The article was published the summer of 2016, it does matter that it was published so recently because a lot of events occurred in the past year. The article was published in March/April of 2015, being that it was published so recently and contains of photos of the past that way they can be compared with things occurring in today’s society. To locate my articles I searched Civil Rights in the library’s database and selected those that were peer reviewed. The first source I selected is informative because it uses information that are based on events that occurred in societies of the present and past. They are instances that are familiar but the detail within the events probably are not known in depth. Prior knowledge I had on the subject was not really the best besides knowing what general information most people know about the topic, and my views were always being interested in the topic, just never taking the time to look into them. After reading these articles my research will change in the way the I have more intel on the subject and it will make my project better. I can reference these sources in my project when wanting an example of something that occurred that made the thought of Civil Rights to arise. The questionnaire part of the second article was the most useful because they raised thoughts that I did not think of and different perspectives that the photo’s in it can be seen from. In the first source the information about past events was helpful and gave an insight that I knew about but never really looked into besides the surface level information. The article discusses police the history of brutality against minorities in the U.S. since the 1960s, focusing on the use of excessive force by police as a means of quieting the disenfranchised. Other topics include information on specific cases of police violence against African Americans including Eric Garner, Kenneth Chamberlain, and Prince Jones, reasons why police commit these acts and the repercussions they face, and a discussion of responses to police brutality during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. Americans; this issue is a prevalent subject that should no longer be swept under the rug until another occurrence reaches the media. There should be a resolution to this constant problem that has a become a bit too familiar to our society. Each source brings forth a specific instance and how it was handled by authorities. The use of several different sources brings together several different ideas that would help to reach a conclusion to solve this issue. There are several methods mentioned, and the way that they have been effective in helping the cause of police brutality; by resulting to some type of punishment or re-enforcement of the law of those who are supposed to abide and enforce the laws themselves. The use of the non-text My research project will lead into ways that can develop into some type of positive re-enforcement or change that will effectively help the change of the treatment of specific individuals, and the consequences that can lead to a positive change in the relationship between police officers and African Americans.

    

          This common issue of police brutality within America today has once again risen as a prevalent problem we experience. Different perspectives brought forth about the issue do open up another way to look at the incidents that occur and the specifics of the people involved, but that still leads to no excuse for most of the occurrences our society hears about. The sources I used to support my information and the stance I present in my argument. The instances we face today make it seem like most of these things that happen still get swept under the rug without gaining the full attention that they deserve. My stance on this issue has not improved but the main purpose of the argument presented is to bring attention forth from others who have not thought about the issue as deep as me personally.
