- Working Hypothesis
Police brutality is falsely represented in media and therefore gives officers a bad rep.
2. Working Hypothesis
Statistics show that police brutality in retrospect to racial profiling actually has very minimal correlation to each other.
Arguments:
Classification- All isn’t lost in retrieving police officers respect from the African American community or any minority community n that matter. There has been plenty of stories and example of officers helping out under privileged civilians. There have been many cases where a white officer looked out for and stuck by a black males side during hardship. This brings us back to the social media issue and news stations They only cover what seems to be controversial stories because those are what stir things up. So if the media changes its outlooks the perspective of the public may change too.
Cause/Effect- Since the death toll by police on African Americans in somewhere around 25% but the general population percentage of African Americans is much lower that makes people think though by statistics whites are killed more by police the black communities suffer more because they population deteriorates.
Current State Of Research Paper:
I believe my research has been plausible and concrete. The data I have collected is compelling; it shows how much the modern day media is wrong. I feel the research and paper itself is developing well. The final product of my research paper should prove that 1. the media dramatizes news and selects certain stories to keep public perspective a certain way and 2. the real notion of police brutality is that whites actually fall victim to police shootings more than any race. I hope the paper is an eye opener.
Rowan Counterintuitive 