Fred Buchanan is an 18 year old high school graduate, preparing to go to college. He was a resident of "The Block" in Australia, up until the age of five. The block was not the most beautiful place to live. Fred says, "all the houses were like the same, they all look the same actually, all broken down with writing all over and stuff". Fred's cousin, TJ Hickey lost his life to police brutality and it really took a toll on Fred. He says "supposedly the police were chasing him and they hit his bike and he fell off his bike then landed onto the fence at Waterloo". After this tragic event, of course Fred grew to dislike the police. The whole neighborhood was unhappy with the police for what they had done to TJ. Their anger lead to a series of riots in the neighborhood. The riots did nothing but fuel the fire for the police. The police began to harass everyone and got away with it simply because they are the law enforcers and the people on the block were just the people on the block.
Things like this aren't only happening in Australia, It's happening everywhere. People have to live in bad neighborhoods every where and people have to deal with police brutality everywhere. On a daily basis someone is being harassed by law enforcement. In an article on AlterNet titled 12 shocking Examples of Police Brutality...Just this month, they stated "In city after city, the crackdown on drug crime has expanded police power and pointed it straight at minorities and the poor". This shows that police are really just picking on the people in these poor neighborhoods. While there are so many major crimes happening, police are wasting time harassing minorities and the poor while neglecting more serious problems in need of their assistance. In an article on Thinking About Philosophy titled, Know Your Rights-Police Brutality Statistics In the US they explain, "Sometimes your rights just aren't enough to protect you." The statistics of police brutality are extremely too high. Police brutality needs to stop!
http://www.alternet.org/police-brutality?page=0%2C0
http://thinkingaboutphilosophy.blogspot.com/2013/03/know-your-rights-police-brutality.html
http://www.sbs.com.au/theblock/#/fred/
it needs to end
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