Police Brutality and the Black Lives Matter Movement
Post #9 - October 8, 2020 POLICE BRUTALITY - AN OBJECTIVE POINT OF VIEW YOU HAVEN'T HEARD With the recent protests in Louisville Kentucky, Portland Oregon, Los Angeles California, and other big cities around the country, police brutality is still in the headlines. The recent cases that have garnered the most headlines are the police killings of Breonna Taylor and Rashard Brooks; the deaths of George Floyd, Elijah McCain, and Daniel Prude while in police custody; and the shooting of Jacob Blake that did not result in his death. The death of any individual involving the use of force by police is a tragedy. But it is clear from the mob like mentality of many of those protesting police brutality and the support and encouragement they appear to be receiving from mostly Democratic politicians and the liberal media makes it difficult to resolve this complex problem. The issue of police brutality has been framed around the narrative that police are killing large numbers of unar...