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Police Brutality In The South: Research Paper

" In 2009, the city agreed with court complaints that it had trampled citizens' protected rights to free speech by forcing marchers back from planned protests and then settled out of court with Amnesty International, the filer of the suit (Porter, 2010). Evidentally, walking while holding a protest sign is still not a criminal offense, but tell that to arresting Miami police officers who are lauded publicly while privately settling court complaints and acknowledging that they systematically violated individual constitutional rights. If you do not yell too loudly in pain while you cowering and being tasered by police, you might just win at your court date. While these incidents could and in many cases are mirrored in many other parts of America outside of the South, it is clear from all of these incidents is that police in places like Jackson, Mississippi and Miami, Florida are acting in typical fashion. Their actions are habitual and systematic and reflect decades of historical and flagrant disrespect for constitutional rights in a country that supposedly protects and holds dear the ideals of the Fourth Amendment and other Amendments in the Bill of Rights. Such incidents reflect the reality on the streets of America where such radical actions as "driving while black" habitually results in traffic stops and arrests that are really too numerous to catalog.

To this author's dismay, things are likely to simply get worse. Recording police brutality may become a crime soon in and of itself. A flood of Youtube, Twitter, Facebook and other posted videos and photographs depicting incidents of police brutality have outraged police and has led three states to make it illegal to record officers under surveillance...

An Illinois case is typical. Recently, an Illinois judge rejected a motion to dismiss a criminal eavesdropping charge against Christopher Drew. Drew had the temerity to record his own arrest for selling his one-dollar artworks on the fair streets of Chicago. While the misdemeanor charges for not having a peddler's license and peddling in a prohibited area have been dropped, Mr. Drew is being prosecuted for illegal recording, a Class I felony punishable by 4 to 15 years in prison in Illinois (McElroy).
It is sad to contemplate where all of this will lead next. With the proliferation of photographic recording devices and access to the internet, a posting may get you arrested. Big Brother is watching and recording you, but it is not a good idea to try this at home by yourself and certainly without a license.

Works Cited

Jackson state. (2001, May 4). Retrieved 13 July, 2010 from http://www.may41970.com/Jackson%20State/jackson_state_may_1970.htm.

Owens, Simon. (2010, June 16). An Internet activist's war against police brutalit.

Retrieved 13 July 2010 from http://themoderatevoice.com/76749/an-internet-activists-war-against-police-brutality/.

Lendman, Stephen. (2010, July 13). Police brutality in America. Retrieved 13 July 2010

http://mathaba.net/news/?x=623890.

McElroy, Wendy. Are Cameras the new guns? Retrieved 13 July 2010 from

http://gizmodo.com/5553765/are-cameras-the-new-guns

Miller, Carlos. (2010, January 8). Miami beach 411 reporter arrested for taking photos of police. Retrieved 13 July 2010 from http://www.miamibeach411.com/news/index.php?/news/comments/reporter

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Works Cited

Jackson state. (2001, May 4). Retrieved 13 July, 2010 from http://www.may41970.com/Jackson%20State/jackson_state_may_1970.htm.

Owens, Simon. (2010, June 16). An Internet activist's war against police brutalit.

Retrieved 13 July 2010 from http://themoderatevoice.com/76749/an-internet-activists-war-against-police-brutality/.

Lendman, Stephen. (2010, July 13). Police brutality in America. Retrieved 13 July 2010
http://mathaba.net/news/?x=623890.
http://gizmodo.com/5553765/are-cameras-the-new-guns
Miller, Carlos. (2010, January 8). Miami beach 411 reporter arrested for taking photos of police. Retrieved 13 July 2010 from http://www.miamibeach411.com/news/index.php?/news/comments/reporter
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