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Research paper thumbnail of How Criminal Justice System Bias and Police Brutality Affect People of Color? This paper is prepared for Diversity in Criminal Justice System CJ635 taught by Professor Mick

Gibril Sesay, 2016

The United States law enforcement agencies have been subjected to extreme cynicism by the African... more The United States law enforcement agencies have been subjected to extreme cynicism by the African-American minority group over alleged police malpractices that targeted Africans or people of color on trivial infractions that often resulted in extreme police brutalities, imprisonment, and harassment by law enforcement personnel across the nation. From Rodney King and Amadu Diallo to Michael Brown in Ferguson Missouri. Black men in America are constantly being beaten, murdered, and treated unjustly by law enforcement that had sworn to protect and serve them is “raising concerns about how police treat citizens” Ross (2013). Police brutalities against African-Americans under the color of the law have become disconcerting as State penitentiaries are filling up with African American men, creating fatherless and dysfunctional homes in African Communities. According to Taylor (2013) “The idea that killable bodies are in fact (re)produced by the law is fundamental to understanding how the deadly side of bio-politics manifests and mobilizes itself against African Americans”.

Research paper thumbnail of How Criminal Justice System Bias and Police Brutality Affect People of Color? This paper is prepared for Diversity in Criminal Justice System CJ635 taught by Professor Mick

Gibril Sesay, 2016

The United States law enforcement agencies have been subjected to extreme cynicism by the African... more The United States law enforcement agencies have been subjected to extreme cynicism by the African-American minority group over alleged police malpractices that targeted Africans or people of color on trivial infractions that often resulted in extreme police brutalities, imprisonment, and harassment by law enforcement personnel across the nation. From Rodney King and Amadu Diallo to Michael Brown in Ferguson Missouri. Black men in America are constantly being beaten, murdered, and treated unjustly by law enforcement that had sworn to protect and serve them is “raising concerns about how police treat citizens” Ross (2013). Police brutalities against African-Americans under the color of the law have become disconcerting as State penitentiaries are filling up with African American men, creating fatherless and dysfunctional homes in African Communities. According to Taylor (2013) “The idea that killable bodies are in fact (re)produced by the law is fundamental to understanding how the deadly side of bio-politics manifests and mobilizes itself against African Americans”.

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