Police Brutality Paper
Police brutality has been an issue as long as we have entrusted power and enforcement of the law to
humans. In psychology there have been many experiments trying to understand this. While there are
thousands of police officers who do their job to protect the citizens of the country everyday, and do it
very well, there are a select few who garner all of the attention. Just in the summer of 2012 there was
an instance in Saginaw of police brutality where the officers were not convicted of any crimes. Today
you are researching a police brutality case. I have four listed below for you. You are free to select any
other case you want as long as it deals with police brutality. For each of the four, I have 3 articles that
you will need to read. Then, write a paper response to the situation you selected.
Here are some ideas of what to include:
 History of Police Brutality
 Events
 Laws involved
 Police instructions
 Why is this considered brutality?
 Public Response
 Criminal Charges (if any)
 Outcome of Trial
 Response to Trial
Your paper needs to be 12 point font, double spaced. It should be around 1 1/2 – 3 pages. If you think
you might need more to write be sure to let me know. If you need to use outside sources, be sure to
reference these. If you are using quotes from an article, make sure you use quotations. Ex. (I couldn't
believe the public response from the Argus-Press as Mr. Jones reported that “We all want to big, big
stars. But we’ve got different reasons for that.” (Argus-Press).
We will be in the library working on a later date as well. We will discuss due date then.
This paper will be worth 30 points.
Sean Bell – New York City
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nypd_scapegoat_never_had_shot_cJvG5uKY2BLbZS2ZiZF9vO
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/28/new-york-police-shooting-payout
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2007/03/three_officers_charged_in_sean.html
Jason Kemp – Colorado
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/aclu-sues-state-troopers-over-man-s-shooting-death
http://kdvr.com/2013/01/07/colorado-state-patrol-will-pay-1-million-for-wrongful-shooting-death/
http://reason.com/blog/2011/05/25/would-meek-compliance-have-sav
Milton Hall – Saginaw
http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2012/09/milton_hall_was_shot_and_kille.html
http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2012/08/michigan_civil_rights_leader_c.html
http://www.minbcnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=801328
Kelly Thomas - California
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/oct/12/local/la-me-1012-kelly-thomas-20121012
http://www.ocregister.com/news/thomas-374271-jury-wolfe.html
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/thomas-372930-wolfe-ramos.html