police brutality by Matt regan

Background

swimmatt — 2015-04-13 17:20:19 UTC

Many of you have probably heard of the shooting of Walter Scott, a black man, by a Furgosun police officer. You may also know that the shooting was caught on tape. It was very clear that the officer had no reason to shoot the man, but shot him anyways. this evidence supports the charge of murder against the officer. this is just one of the many cases about police officers being curupt. Many people say they are racist, others say they are not trained aproperiatly. Obviously in this case, the outcome could have been avoided. But many others shooting have taken place where witnesses say there was no other opsion. Every case is different, but the bottom line remains the same: is the police system curupt?

http://www.newsweek.com/south-carolina-police-fire-officer-charged-killing-walter-scott-320878

Positive 1

swimmatt — 2015-04-14 17:10:23 UTC

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/09/03/the-big-lie-about-police-brutality/

Positive 2

swimmatt — 2015-04-14 17:19:37 UTC

http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/media/cop-writes-washington-post-op-ed-defending-police-brutality.php

Dayron Fuller/ April 16

DayronFuller — 2015-04-16 18:46:08 UTC

I like how you believe that not every police brutality case is the same. I agree Micheal Browns murder was horrific but every other case is not Micheal's. Do you believe the media is using this to get viewer's from the minority demographic? or could we being seeing the Black demographic blaming the cops as revenge for past mistakes?

Negative 1

swimmatt — 2015-04-20 17:15:23 UTC

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/08/us/south-carolina-officer-charged-with-murder/

Negative 2

swimmatt — 2015-04-21 17:18:29 UTC

http://www.ehow.com/info_8551538_negative-outcomes-associated-police-brutality.html

Reflection 1

swimmatt — 2015-04-23 16:51:05 UTC

I think the entire group agreed that it would be unfair for police officers to investigate their colleagues. However, many of us had different ideas atls to how the investigation should be handled. Some felt that the government should be in charge of investigating precincts. That could work, but a state or local government should be used, not the federal government. Some people suggested a random third party, but how would people who have never worked in a police office know what should and should not be done? My favorite idea was by Kenny, who suggested retired police man come and investigate. This allows for experienced people to judge without fear of bias.

Art Post

swimmatt — 2015-04-23 17:07:56 UTC

https://www.google.com/search?q=police+brutality+art&client=ms-android-verizon&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=QiY5Vf3CEMbZsAWaiIHgDw&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=360&bih=559#imgrc=gdVxOaElbgc-zM%253A%3BHncyzihwGrEfeM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fassets.vice.com%252Fcontent-images%252Fcontentimage%252F177418%252Fwto.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.vice.com%252Fread%252Fa-former-police-chief-speaks-out-against-police-brutality-818%3B640%3B389

Image of police pepper spraying citizens.

Art post

swimmatt — 2015-04-24 16:55:04 UTC

https://www.google.com/search?q=police+brutality+art&client=ms-android-verizon&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=QiY5Vf3CEMbZsAWaiIHgDw&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=360&bih=559#imgrc=Mc7t7Y56A5hQwM%253A%3Bp_JRx91a95jd9M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fcdn.zmescience.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2011%252F10%252Fpolice-brutality.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.zmescience.com%252Ftech%252Fgoogle-police-brutality-31102011%252F%3B400%3B295

Dayron Fuller/Art Comment

DayronFuller — 2015-04-24 18:34:07 UTC

I really like your picture. The way it shows how violent the police can be to unarmed civilians. But it makes me wonder is there another side of the story that we don't know about? What if someone else took this picture? Would it be the same?

Question/Police

swimmatt — 2015-05-04 17:06:44 UTC

Should the police in Baltimore be more involved in controlling the riots then they already are?

Miaysha Bryant / Answer

miayshab — 2015-05-05 13:19:38 UTC

I dont think the police should be more involved with the riots because I feel like another bad situation could occur within the riots going on. The Police in Baltimore are already known for police brutality so I think they did the right thing by not trying to get too involved.

Hunter Lyerly/ Answer

hunterlyerly — 2015-05-05 13:42:18 UTC

In Baltimore there is so much going on that everything is going out of control. Police in Baltimore are doing what they can, but there needs to be a higher rank of armed guards to control the riots. I say that the armed forces should be brought in to control the problem. If the rioting hasn't been stopped yet by the police that are there then those police aren't going to be able to put an end to the rioting.

JON KELLEY/ANSWER

JonKelley — 2015-05-05 15:08:44 UTC

In my opinion, I think that the police should NOT take a more active roles than they are in Baltimore. If they do, who knows what could happen as a result? Yes, peace could be a result, but how long does that peace last? What cost does that peace come at? If the police the try to force the people into submission, the people will just get angrier and retaliate more aggressively. And, if history has proven anything, there is strength in numbers.

Kenny Springs/ ANSWER

kenny_2015 — 2015-05-05 18:37:45 UTC

I believe the officers in baltimore took their mission and failed to control the crowds.... those officers lost control of.the citizens which costed a lot of people to do more crime and loose more respect towards those with authority

Andrew Bowen/ Answer

robertocataldo — 2015-05-05 19:12:05 UTC

I think that if the police got more involved that it would have made things worse. and cops that where not being brutal would also get hurt.

Andrew Cuthrell/Answer

daltonpendry — 2015-05-06 15:09:16 UTC

i feel like if police got more involved there would be a lot more of them getting killed . i think the more police get involved the more violent the riots get.

May 5

swimmatt — 2015-05-06 16:50:39 UTC

1. Cinco de Miyo

May

swimmatt — 2015-05-06 16:51:30 UTC

1. Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican indipendance day.

2. It celebrates a battle with France in 1862.

3. Cinco de Mayo is celebrated more in America then it is in Mexico.

Jordan Kelley/ Answer 5

JordanKelley — 2015-05-08 03:15:40 UTC

It would not be wise for the police to get more involved in Baltimore. People are angry enough, and so far the police have not been successful at trying to "control" the situation. I think it will be a while before Baltimore calms down and adding cops to the all ready tense situation will result in more people getting hurt.