Police Brutality

Police Brutality is the intentional use of excessive force, usually physical, but also in the form of verbal attacks or psychological intimidation. Probably the most well known case of police brutality is the Rodney Glen King's case. On March 3, 1991 Rodney King was stopped for speeding and then beaten by LAPD officers, Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno and Sergent Stacy Koon. While a bystandard, George Holiday, videotaped it. After that the four officers were tried in a state court for using excessive force, but were acquitted.

A CNN Report Of Rodney King

The Top picture is a picture of the the 1968 Democratic Convention where the CPD yet again brutalized citizen of the area, who were only trying to protest. 

Here is a Link to more info

Warren, a high profile attorney who has been practicing law for 28 years, said: "We saw a young kid being chased by a horde of policemen across a McDonald's parking lot. They tackled him and immediately put handcuffs on him. Then Sgt. Talvy, who appeared to be in charge, began kicking him in the head and ribs and stomping him on the neck." The other police officers followed suit. "They literally gave this kid a beating which was unconscionable."

Just another reported case of police brutality

Below are a few videos of police brutality and the victims feelings of what happened and how the government dealt with the situation.

Police brutality is a terrible thing. The people who are chosen to "Serve and Protect", as it is proudly stated on CPD units, are doing the exact opposite and beating on civilians and innocent bystanders. Then our elected officials who are supposed to not make that happen, and even if it does fire the officers who do it, are not helping get rid of the few terrible people who are deciding they would rather abuse their power then protect the citizens. I truthfully think that anyone who does that should be sent to prison and serve a minimum of 5 years. The reason i say that is because if it's against the law for us it's against the law for them. Not even the police are above the law. 

To stop this from happening the people need to protest, pay tribute to those who were brutalized, and bear witness to this, because it is a hate movement.

Here are ways to stop police brutality

And another

Please take head to this because it really needs to be stopped before more innocent people get hurt.

Gela Seksztajn

Gela Seksztajn was a Jewish women who was transfered and lived in the Warsaw ghetto. She was an artist and the picture above is a self portrait that she drew. She wrote a will, which was preserved with her water colors, in the underground achieves of the Warsaw Ghetto. She also wrote " I am now standing at the boundaries between life and death. I already for certain know that I must die and that is why I want to bid farewell to my friends and my work. Farewell, comrades and friends. Jews! Do everything that such a tragedy will never be repeated."




Above:a movie of Warsaw Ghetto pictures


Link To A Jewish Historical Institute Site

As a reflection to what I have learned for this assignment, is that when you hear numbers as big as 6 million to 12 million people is that you can't imagine that number very well. When people tell you about the Holocaust and how many people died in it you can't imagine that many people and all the terrible things that the Nazi's did to people they didn't like. In this blog I wanted to show you one persons point of view of what happened because if you can't imagine one person you definitely can't imagine 6 million people getting killed.