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Police Brutality And Community Relations
Management of Law Enforcement AL318 Police brutality and poor community relations continues to plague racial and sociological groups throughout United States, which proves that law enforcement management needs to implement better community relations policies and procedures. The Watts Riots of 1965 was the peak of police brutality at its worst that was documented by video. At the time, California had adopted Proposition 14. This proposition moved to block the fair housing element of the Civil Rights Act which created feelings of injustice and second-class citizenship among minorities, particularly Blacks, in the Los Angeles area. According to http://www.history.acusd.edu/, Watts was “known as the ‘duck pond’ where police could stop anyone, at any time for any reason; one study showed 90% of juveniles arrested never had charges filed.” On August 11, 1965 a ‘routine’ traffic stop in South Central Los Angeles of a suspected drunk driver is what started the Watts Riots. Apparently, the Black community had enough of the constant harassment that preceded this event and Proposition 14 did not help. The riots began and lasted for six days thereafter. By the end of the riot of 1965, 36 people (mostly Blacks) were slaughtered by police, 1,032 injured, 3,436 jailed, and $40 million dollars in property destroyed according to http://www.occawlonline.pearsoned.com/. According to Rev. James Edward Jones, this was not a “riot” but a "protest" by people not allowed to participate in mainstream of society Los Angeles. Police Chief William Parker contributed greatly to this tragedy by ordering police to use “justifiable homicide” to stop the riots. If community and minority relations were good during that time, this riot would have not happened. Chief Parker was a proponent of military-style policing as opposed to community policing. This style of policing was very threateni... Please login to view comments from other users.
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