The Use of Deadly Force in Police Brutality and Police Force

Police Brutality and the Use of Deadly Force: Analyzing Key Issues

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Introduction

The use of police deadly force has been an issue for decades since the early 1960s when several forms of protests took center stage. The protests were centered not on the discouragement of force and use of force by the police but rather on the judgment employed by officers to make use of force. According to Levin (2015), the protests sparked interest in the law. Previously, the law allowed officers to make use of any form of force when apprehending suspects, whether such suspects were armed or not, fleeing or not. However, the Supreme Court has since voided this law, allowing prosecution of officers who are found to have made use of force unjustifiably within the workplace environment. Ross (2016) reports…