{"id":5238,"date":"2017-09-13T17:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/?post_type=essay-writing-blog&#038;p=5238"},"modified":"2020-09-18T13:52:31","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T20:52:31","slug":"police-brutality-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/police-brutality-essay\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Articles to Support Your Police Brutality Essay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police brutality, unfortunately, has been all too prevalent in the news lately. With it being such a controversial topic, chances are you\u2019ll be writing about it in at least one of your classes.<\/p>\n<p>The subject of police brutality isn\u2019t exclusive to criminal justice courses. You might write about the topic in a number of classes, including history, psychology, sociology, and of course, English.<\/p>\n<p>Your paper doesn\u2019t have to be a standard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/how-to-write-a-winning-argument-essay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">argument essay<\/a>, either. You might write various types of papers, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/how-to-write-a-compare-and-contrast-essay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">compare and contrast essay<\/a>, a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/how-to-write-a-problem-solution-essay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> problem-solution essay<\/a>, or an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/opinion-essay-everything-need-know-make-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opinion essay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever type of paper you\u2019re writing, here are 12&nbsp;articles to get you started with the&nbsp;research for a police brutality essay.<\/p>\n<h2>12 Articles to Support Your Police Brutality Essay<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5514\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5514\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2335725459_7ee40daf2f_z.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2335725459_7ee40daf2f_z.jpg\" alt=\"police brutality essay\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2335725459_7ee40daf2f_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2335725459_7ee40daf2f_z-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5514 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20500%20375%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"police brutality essay\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20500%20375%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2335725459_7ee40daf2f_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2335725459_7ee40daf2f_z-300x225.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2335725459_7ee40daf2f_z.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cMontreal police brutality protest\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ygingras\/2335725459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yannick Gingras<\/a>, Flickr.com (<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I\u2019ve divided the articles in this list into the following three categories based on subtopics related to police brutality:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Law enforcement perspective<\/li>\n<li>Historical perspective<\/li>\n<li>Psychological perspective<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019ve also included an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/how-to-write-mla-citations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MLA citation<\/a>&nbsp;and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/how-to-write-apa-citations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APA citation<\/a> to help you cite the articles in case you decide to cite any of them in your own police brutality essay. (Just remember to change any &#8220;Retrieved&#8221; dates in APA citations to the date you actually read the article online.)<\/p>\n<h3>Police brutality articles: Law enforcement perspective<\/h3>\n<h4>Article #1: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/posteverything\/wp\/2014\/12\/06\/i-was-a-st-louis-cop-my-peers-were-racist-and-violent-and-theres-only-one-fix\/?utm_term=.58c34515cfd6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Being A Cop Showed Me Just How Racist and Violent The Police Are. There\u2019s Only One Fix.<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>In this article, writer Redditt Hudson, a former police officer, explains how the danger, stress, and sometimes already-present institutional racism within a police force can perpetuate racism and make officers calloused.&nbsp;He argues that the only way to stop such racism and brutality is to enforce stricter punishments of officers.<\/p>\n<p>Hudson now works for the NAACP and chairs the board of the Ethics Project. This article was published in a&nbsp;respected news source, <i>The Washington Post.<\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><i>MLA 8 Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">Hudson, Redditt. \u201cBeing a Cop Showed Me Just How Racist and Violent the Police Are. There&#8217;s Only One Fix.\u201d <i>The Washington Post<\/i>, 6 Dec. 2014, www.washingtonpost.com\/posteverything\/wp\/2014\/12\/06\/i-was-a-st-louis-cop-my-peers-were-racist-and-violent-and-theres-only-one-fix\/?utm_term=.d14ddebd459d.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>APA Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">Redditt, H. (2014, December 6). Being a cop showed me just how racist and violent the police are. There&#8217;s only one fix. <i>The Washington Post. <\/i>Retrieved from http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/posteverything\/wp\/ 2014\/12\/06\/i-was-a-st-louis-cop-my-peers-were-racist-and-violent-and-theres-only-one-fix\/?utm_term=.d14ddebd459d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>Article #2: <a href=\"http:\/\/harvardpolitics.com\/online\/statistical-police-investigation-viewing-police-brutality-data-driven-lens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Police Brutality: A Statistical Perspective<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/stats.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5879\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/stats.jpg\" alt=\"police brutality essay\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/stats.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/stats-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5879 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20500%20353%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"police brutality essay\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20500%20353%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/stats.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/stats-300x212.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/stats.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published by <i>Harvard Political Review<\/i>, this article compares the reality of police brutality to the perceptions of police brutality. The writer discusses the importance of data and how it is used in analysis. The author also acknowledges that data alone cannot explain brutality.<\/p>\n<p>This article easily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/apply-craap-test-essay-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passes the CRAAP Test<\/a>&nbsp;because it is timely, written by a respected source, and contains current, unbiased content.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><i>MLA 8 Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">Suresh, Anirudh. \u201cPolice Brutality: A Statistical Perspective.\u201d <i>Harvard Political Review<\/i>, 4 Mar. 2017, harvardpolitics.com\/online\/statistical-police-investigation-viewing-police-brutality-data-driven-lens\/.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>APA Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">Suresh, A. (2017, March 4). Police brutality: A statistical perspective. <i>Harvard Political Review.<\/i>&nbsp;Retrieved from http:\/\/www.harvardpolitics.com\/online\/ statistical-police-investigation-viewing-police-brutality-data-driven-lens\/<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>Article #3: <a href=\"https:\/\/journalistsresource.org\/studies\/government\/criminal-justice\/police-reasonable-force-brutality-race-research-review-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Excessive or Reasonable Force by Police? Research on Law Enforcement and Racial Conflict<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>This article examines the issue of excessive force by officers and includes a discussion of minority communities\u2019 views of police and the importance of officer training.&nbsp;The article also reviews the media\u2019s role in highlighting (and often distorting) individual cases.<\/p>\n<p><i>Journalist\u2019s Resource, <\/i>part of Harvard\u2019s<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hks.harvard.edu\/presspol\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy<\/a>, publishes timely, peer-reviewed articles.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><i>MLA 8 Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">Wihbey, John, and Walter Kille Leighton. \u201cExcessive or Reasonable Force by Police? Research on Law Enforcement and Racial Conflict.\u201d <i>Journalist&#8217;s Resource<\/i>, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, journalistsresource.org\/studies\/government\/criminal-justice\/police-reasonable-force-brutality-race-research-review-statistics.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>APA Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">Wihbey, J, &amp; Leighton, W. K. (n.d.). Excessive or reasonable force by police? Research on law enforcement and racial conflict. Retrieved September 13, 2017, from https:\/\/journalistsresource.org\/studies\/government\/criminal-justice\/police-reasonable-force-brutality-race-research-review-statistics<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>Article #4: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/democracyinamerica\/2015\/04\/policing-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What the Cops Say<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The writer of this article summarizes interviews with six police officers in the United States. The writer notes the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Police feel the media often treats them unfairly by over-publicizing negative actions and minimizing the good that officers do.<\/li>\n<li>Police believe many people underestimate the stress of their jobs and the fact that they often face threats to their lives while on the job.<\/li>\n<li>Police feel many people have unreasonable expectations of them as officers cannot solve social problems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The writer also discusses potential solutions to the problem of stigma against police, such as community policing and changing police assessment procedures.<\/p>\n<p>This article can be considered credible. It is published by <i>The Economist<\/i>, an established news source in publication since September 1843.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><i>MLA 8 Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">D.K. \u201cWhat the Cops Say.\u201d <i>The Economist<\/i>, 27 Apr. 2015, www.economist.com\/blogs\/democracyinamerica\/2015\/04\/policing-america.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>APA Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">D.K. (2015, April 27). What the cops say [Blog post]. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/democracyinamerica\/2015\/04\/policing-america<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Police brutality articles: Historical perspective<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5515\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5515\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/645px-WI_Police_Dog.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5515 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/645px-WI_Police_Dog.jpg\" alt=\"police brutality essay\" width=\"500\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/645px-WI_Police_Dog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/645px-WI_Police_Dog-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5515 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20500%20464%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"police brutality essay\" width=\"500\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20500%20464%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/645px-WI_Police_Dog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/645px-WI_Police_Dog-300x278.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/645px-WI_Police_Dog.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cPolice Dog\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/53332339@N00\/2853844526\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Pereckas<\/a>,&nbsp;Flickr.com (<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>Article #5: <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.psu.edu\/violenceinamerica\/2015\/02\/12\/the-history-of-police-brutality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The History of Police Brutality<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>This article examines racism and prejudice of the 1800s and police brutality from the mid-1900s to today.<\/p>\n<p>It touches on a few key cases and the Cause of Action, which is a \u201c&#8230;code [that] gave more power to the Justice Department with filing suits against police departments that engaged in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><i>MLA 8 Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">Cosgrove, Abigail Louise. \u201cThe History of Police Brutality.\u201d <i>It\u2019s a Mad World,<\/i>&nbsp;Penn State Sites, 12 Feb. 2015, sites.psu.edu\/violenceinamerica\/2015\/ 02\/12\/the-history-of-police-brutality\/.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>APA Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">Cosgrove, A. L. (2015, February 12). The history of police brutality [Blog]. Retrieved from https:\/\/sites.psu.edu\/violenceinamerica\/2015\/02\/12\/the-history-of-police-brutality\/<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>Article #6: <a style=\"font-size: 1.2em;\" href=\"http:\/\/peoplesjustice.org\/police-violence\/timeline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Police Violence Timeline<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>This timeline is posted by Peoples\u2019 Justice for Community Control and Police Accountability, which is \u201ca New York City coalition of grassroots organizations working in Black, Latino\/a and Asian communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The timeline begins in 1845 with the founding of the NYPD and ends in 2014 with Eric Garner\u2019s death. (He was choked to death by an NYPD officer.) The timeline includes a number of brief descriptions of important concerns regarding the NYPD and police brutality.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><i>MLA 8 Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">\u201cPolice Violence Timeline.\u201d <i>Peoples&#8217; Justice for Community Control and Police Accountability<\/i>, peoplesjustice.org\/police-violence\/timeline.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>APA Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">Police violence timeline. (n.d.).&nbsp;Retrieved September 13, 2017, from&nbsp;http:\/\/www.peoplesjustice.org\/police-violence\/timeline<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>Article #7: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/08\/23\/police-brutality-michael-brown_n_5700970.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Police Violence Has Been Going On Forever. No Wonder People Are Fed Up With It.<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/enough.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/enough.jpg\" alt=\"police brutality essay\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/enough.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/enough-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5880 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20500%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"police brutality essay\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20500%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/enough.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/enough-300x180.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/enough.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published by the well-respected <i>Huffington Post<\/i>, this article details a number of examples of police brutality in recent decades. The article also includes videos and a link to a more in-depth discussion of the killing of Michael Brown.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><i>MLA 8 Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">Bach, Natasha. \u201cPolice Violence Has Been Going On Forever. No Wonder People Are Fed Up With It.\u201d <i>The Huffington Post<\/i>, 23 Aug. 2014, www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/08\/23\/police-brutality-michael-brown_n_5700970.html.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>APA Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">Bach, N. (2014, August 23). Police violence has been going on forever. No wonder people are fed up with it. <i>The Huffington Post<\/i>. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/08\/23\/police-brutality-michael-brown_n_5700970.html<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>Article #8: <a href=\"http:\/\/court.rchp.com\/long-history-of-police-brutality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Long History of Police Brutality<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>This article examines police brutality across decades. The article includes a discussion of key events, such as the Watts Riots, the Black Panther movement, and the L.A. Riots. A number of related videos are also embedded in the article.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><i>MLA 8 Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">MuniCourts. \u201cLong History of Police Brutality.\u201d <em>Court.rchp.com<\/em>, 17 Nov.&nbsp;2015, court.rchp.com\/long-history-of-police-brutality\/.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>APA Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">MuniCourts. (2015). Long history of police brutality. Retrieved September 13, 2017, from http:\/\/www.court.rchp.com\/long-history-of-police-brutality\/<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/polic-brutality-Wattsriots-policearrest-loc.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/polic-brutality-Wattsriots-policearrest-loc.jpg\" alt=\"police brutality essay\" width=\"500\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/polic-brutality-Wattsriots-policearrest-loc.jpg 726w, https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/polic-brutality-Wattsriots-policearrest-loc-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5477 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20500%20583%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"police brutality essay\" width=\"500\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20500%20583%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/polic-brutality-Wattsriots-policearrest-loc.jpg 726w, https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/polic-brutality-Wattsriots-policearrest-loc-257x300.jpg 257w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/polic-brutality-Wattsriots-policearrest-loc.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Police brutality articles: Psychological perspective<\/h3>\n<h4>Article #9: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/09\/opinion\/the-cop-mind.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Cop Mind<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Published by <i>The New York Times, <\/i>this op-ed argues that, although police must be held accountable for their actions, the public must also realize the emotional and psychological difficulties officers face on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><i>MLA 8 Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">Brooks, David. \u201cThe Cop Mind.\u201d <i>The New York Times<\/i>, 8 Dec. 2014, www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/09\/opinion\/the-cop-mind.html?_r=0<i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>APA Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">Brooks, D. (2014, December 8). The cop mind. <i>The New York Times<\/i>. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/09\/opinion\/the-cop-mind.html?_r=0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>Article #10: <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.lehigh.edu\/news\/psychological-perspective-police-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Psychological Perspective on Police Violence<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The writer of this article references Dr. Moscowitz, a social psychologist, who asserts that it is fear, rather than overt racism, that causes police to act as they do.<\/p>\n<p>Moscowitz states that individuals evaluate potential threats within 200 milliseconds. Further, he argues it is within this \u201csplit second [that] one would have to decide whether one should shoot or hold fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This source can be considered credible because it is an academic source published by Lehigh University.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><i>MLA 8 Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">Stralo, Lauren. \u201cA Psychological Perspective on Police Violence.\u201d <i>Lehigh University<\/i>, 11 Dec. 2014, www1.lehigh.edu\/news\/psychological-perspective-police-violence.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>APA Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">Stralo, L. (2014). A psychological perspective on police violence.\u201d Retrieved from https:\/\/www1.lehigh.edu\/news\/psychological-perspective-police-violence<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>Article #11: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/police-psychologist-qa-texas-pool-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inside the Mind of an Angry Cop<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>This article, published in <i>GQ<\/i>, is an interview with police psychologist David J. Thomas. One of the key takeaways in this interview is that police departments do not provide sufficient psychological testing or support for officers.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><i>MLA 8 Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">Ramsey, Donovan X. \u201cInside the Mind of an Angry Cop.\u201d <i>GQ<\/i>, 8 June 2015, www.gq.com\/story\/police-psychologist-qa-texas-pool-party<i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>APA Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">Ramsey, D. X. (2015, June 8). Inside the mind of an angry cop. <i>GQ<\/i>. http:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/police-psychologist-qa-texas-pool-party<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>Article #12: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.policeone.com\/health-fitness\/articles\/8104031-When-cops-kill-The-psychology-of-deadly-force-encounters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">When Cops Kill: The Psychology of Deadly-Force Encounters<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The writer of this article, Dr. Laurence Miller, explains that many people wrongly assume that deadly force means the officer has reacted with excessive force. Miller examines a variety of police scenarios to explain how and why officers react to specific situations.<\/p>\n<p>He argues that \u201cit is unfair and unproductive for citizens to assume that all adverse outcomes of police-citizen encounters automatically signal callousness or maliciousness on the part of the officers involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This article is published in PoliceOne, \u201cthe most comprehensive and trusted online destination for law enforcement agencies and police departments worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><i>MLA 8 Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">Miller, Laurence. \u201cWhen Cops Kill: The Psychology of Deadly-Force Encounters.\u201d <i>PoliceOne<\/i>, 12 Jan. 2015, www.policeone.com\/health-fitness\/articles\/8104031-When-cops-kill-The-psychology-of-deadly-force-encounters\/.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>APA Citation<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;\">Miller, L. (2015, January 12). When cops kill: The psychology of deadly-force encounters. <i>PoliceOne<\/i>. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.policeone.com\/health-fitness\/articles\/8104031-When-cops-kill-The-psychology-of-deadly-force-encounters\/<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Assignment Complete<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5516\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5516\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/9275115968_8602ec9b58_z.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5516 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/9275115968_8602ec9b58_z.jpg\" alt=\"police brutality essay\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/9275115968_8602ec9b58_z.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/9275115968_8602ec9b58_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5516 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20500%20334%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"police brutality essay\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20500%20334%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/9275115968_8602ec9b58_z.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/9275115968_8602ec9b58_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/9275115968_8602ec9b58_z.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cProtest Against Police Brutality\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fibonacciblue\/9275115968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fibonacci Blue<\/a>,&nbsp;Flickr.com (<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even though you\u2019ve reached the end of <i>this <\/i>list of resources, you may still need to complete additional research for your police brutality essay. Need a little help with research? Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/writing-a-research-paper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5 Best Resources to Help With Writing a Research Paper<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For help to put it all together, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/how-to-write-a-research-paper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Write a Research Paper: A Step-by-Step Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re still not sure what your finished paper will look like, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-examples\/legal-studies-and-law\/policing-and-police-8701\/police-brutality-3977\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">read a few example essays<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re paper is drafted and (almost) ready to turn in, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-editing-proofreading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">let our editors<\/a> help put the finishing touches on your police brutality essay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police brutality, unfortunately, has been all too prevalent in the news lately. With it being such a controversial topic, chances are you\u2019ll be writing about it in at least one of your classes. The subject of police brutality isn\u2019t exclusive to criminal justice courses. 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