root causes
Police brutality occurs for a number of reasons the most common is racial discrimination. 89% of the people who died in NYPD custody between the years 1990 and 1994 were African American or Hispanic (Elisha, Joshua & Zenobia, 2010). Police brutality happens because where the police officer came from and was raised. It’s a culture that they believe they have the authority they can do anything because they work with the law. What I believe is the only police officers who actually follow the law and respect the citizens are the rookie police officers because he or she hasn’t had time to get use to the fact that senior officers would rather shoot someone instead of taking a punch. That’s what i think is what causing police brutality because if you look into most cases there from senior officers who have been in the force for like 10 years.