America is a nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice...for whom? Just ask America 's police, the ones who abuse their authority and forget their duty to justice for everyone. For years, the police system has forgotten their purpose: to protect and serve justice. Though we may not know it, examples of police abuse are ever-evident.
Let us first call to mind one of the best examples of police abuse in American history: the Civil Rights Movement. Seen in this picture, a black man was viciously attacked by two police dogs. Moments like these were common during the 1950's and 1960's, when segregation and discrimination were at their peak. Yet, police misconduct has not stopped here; it continues today. In June of 2010, the New York Times wrote that a New York City police officer was testified in court for using excessive force after he had beat a man to the ground and then threatened to kill him. Earlier that year in February, the New York Times also wrote about a 2008 arrest in Brooklyn, on a case that "recalled some of the city's most notorious police brutality episodes." Here, a police officer had sexually assaulted a man with his metal baton.
In American, police brutality diminishes our country's pride and honor, and their practice is an abuse of authority. Abuse in the justice system is no justice at all, and American police should take into mind the words they utter when their hands cross their hearts. With eyes set upon the American flag, dishonor hangs from their words when they say "with liberty, and justice for all."
I totally agree with that, and it's not just america, is almost the same in everywhere... what should people do?...
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