For my research essay i will be examining the true depths of racially connected police brutality deaths. For the past 3 years the common american consensus has been that police officers are targeting unarmed black males and falsely arresting or killing them. The movement called “Black Lives Matter” has really sparked an uprising in the United States. Rally’s and protests have become a common thing as well as destruction to communities and police officers. Some say its as bad or worse than the Rodney King beatings of the 90’s.

Although, does all of this really make sense or is it easy for us to jump to conclusions based off race? The race card is a very powerful tool and has been used to win arguments for years. There may be an issue involving police brutality, but is it a race issue? This is why i wish to conduct my research on this topic; hopefully it will open some eyes.

1. “5 Things You Need to Know About Cops Killing Blacks” http://www.dailywire.com/news/7264/5-statistics-you-need-know-about-cops-killing-aaron-bandle

The Essentil Content Of The Article: This article from The Daily Wire mostly discusses the common misconceptions with police officers and black civilians. The 5 points that are presented have to do with black civilians, Hispanic civilians, white/black/Hispanic cops as well as death rate and crime. The author proves with accurate statistics his argument on black hate crime.

What it proves: The article proves that the statements made about cops killing blacks isnt reality. Through research the author proves with statistics that in fact more whites are killed by cops rather than blacks. The data suggests that 50% of all fatalities by cops are white while 26% is black. The article goes on further to debunk the conspiracy that it is still a racist act because blacks only make up 13% of our population while whites make up 60%. However, blacks commit 75% of our crime and most of the crime involve shootings or murder. The final 4 points of the article paint a picture of our society, our true society. According to the article it is more likely for a black man to kill a cop than the other way around, black/Hispanic officers are more likely to fire at a black than a white and finally many black related deaths involve some case of trying to harm an officer.

2. “Is biased media coverage of police shootings of blacks creating a false narrative of an epidemic of white racist cops murdering innocent blacks?”

The Essential Content of the Article: This article talks about the media and its role in coverage of racist white cops and how they heighten the issue. It talks bout biased media especially African American run media. Finally, it brings up a new concept of justified arrests or killings even from technically innocent people.

What it proves: The article proves that killings by officers in certain situations have been going on for years but have been recently heightened by the news media to direct it in a racism way. It also proves that even with  low population more than half the officers killed have been by African Americans and that most black kills have been on murders and rapists.

3. “Philando Castile shooting: What happened when filming stopped?”

The Essential Content of the Article: This article talks about 2 cases in which police are being scrutinized for using excessive force, that is the Sterling case as well as the Castile case. The article talks about what happened after the Castile case when the cameras cut and later that night. We also hear the side of the officers in the Sterling case.

What It Proves: The article proves that cops do whatever they can to save victims and help families. Once the cameras cut the officers performed CPR on the victim and tried to save his life, and later that night comforted the family and daughter. This shows they aren’t animals. It also expresses the biggest concern in all of these cases, was the victim truly innocent. It proves in the Sterling case the officers tried many different ways to take him down but with no response and knowledge that he had and reached for a gun they had no choice but to fire.

4. “Police Brutality is Not a Racial Issue”

The Essential Content of the Article: This article chronicles the case of Zachory Hammond an unarmed white male that was shot to death by police officers.

What It Proves: The main point of the article is to show that a case like that of Hammond isn’t publicized enough because it doesn’t fit the racial standard. Many people don’t know about it because its a white death. It is easy to create tension and stir thing up if the victim is of a different race. Therefore, its just another way of how the media manipulates the public into thinking just African Americans are being killed by officers.

5. “Police Shootings and Race”

The Essential Content of the Article: Article gives substantial statistics of police shootings and racial involvement as well as the crime rate of races that are being killed. Its argues that measurements should be made off of crime rate rather than race because crime rate is the deciding factor to where and how many officers are stationed in certain places Statistics show that most crime ridden places are towns with large minority classes.

What It Proves: The article as a whole simply proves the Black lives Matter movement is misconstrued and falsely developed. Statistics prove their claims to be wrong.