Ah, police brutality. Seems to be the huge trigger word this day and age. I for one, am 100% glad that it is. The truth of these heinous acts committed by the people our taxes pay for must come to light. However, there seems to be that very vocal bunch that say that there is no police brutality. People that rather blame the victims instead of the police. People that would rather strengthen the police force even more. Their thinking is if the police look stronger and are better equipped it would prevent people from even attempting crimes. While yes instilling fear is an effective way to cut back on crime, but does it make any sense at all to make the forces that are known to bringing harm to people they swear to protect more powerful? Do these people acknowledge there is a problem with police brutality and officers that abuse their power?

That’s what the goal of this series of proposals is. To investigate and shed new light on police brutality. Why they get away with it. How it gets covered by the media. How they get covered up. How the actions get justified through lies and cover ups.

1. Montana Police Officer Cleared in Shooting Death of Unarmed Man

Background – Just as the title says, the police officer was cleared for killing a man, Richard Ramirez, in Montana. Now how exactly was this officer capable of getting away with killing this man? There is a clip of the altercation that clearly shows him opening fire on him. (Video not for the faint of heart) The officer was justified for his action for saying that the man in the vehicle has armed with a gun himself. This was later proven false. However, because this officer said he had suspicion that the man was armed, it allowed him to open fire immediately. Many people would view that he had every right to do so because his life may have been on the line. And that is how he was able to get away with it.

Proposal – This is but just one example of how police officers can get away with brutality. It takes one magic phrase “He has a gun!” and suddenly a victim is made into public enemy number one, whether they are actually armed or not.

2. Ferguson Prosecutor Admits to Witnesses of Michael Brown Shooting Were Lying

Background – In this article, Ferguson police prosecutor, Robert McCulloch, breaks his silence on the case. He admits to letting a “witness” a woman who was not even present at the scene of the altercation testify before the grand jury. The woman in question, has bipolar disorder, that has been left untreated and has a history of racist remarks, and has donated to Darren Wilson’s fund.

Proposal – The woman is clearly not a credible witness given her history, her mental illness, and that she has donated money toward Darren Wilson. Making her biased. A perfect witness, for prosecutor McCulloch to help get the officer he has created a fund for away with murder.

3. The Great Police Cover Up

Background – This article details how the police cover up their shootings. They intentionally avoid reporting the bullets they use. They falsify police reports in general. There is even information on how officers provide false data as to people killed by their hands. This makes it hard for the nation to even prove that police officers abuse their power because they are getting false statistics, unreported police altercations.

Proposal – We can’t even trust our police officers to provide proper data. This is what our tax dollars go to. Supplying a police force that cannot be honest with their reports, do not submit their data to the FBI’s Crime Reporting Program, and keep any sort of actual evidence and date to themselves. There is obviously some kind of reason they want to cover this information up. It goes against them.

4. News Reporter Spreads False Image of Police Officer

Background – KABC reporter Larry Elder posts a fake picture of Darren Wilson’s injuries after his altercation with Michael Brown. This is proven false with a simple right click reverse image search on the photo. It turns out that was actually a picture of man involved in a faceplant motocross accident from 2006.

Proposal – This is an example of how the media will lie and spread false information in order to protect the men in blue. The man in the picture does not even resemble Darren Wilson in the slightest. However, that doesn’t seem to matter to Larry Elder, in fact for the first few days it actually worked. The image spread to most other news outlets and the man quickly became the new face of Darren Wilson. Until of course it was proven false. Proving that the media has no problem to lie to the public in order to gain support and views.