Police brutality has been present in our society for quite some time now. There have been many reported cases of people being suffocated while they were being put under arrest, and in some worst cases even death. There are many arguments on both sides of this issue. Some say that the men and women of the police force are simply being cautious and they simply do not want to take any chances. However, the majority of the people who fall victim to these attacks were unarmed civilians.

According to statistics from April 2009 to June 2010, approximately 6,000 cases were reported and a total of about 400 people died due to police brutality. About 60% of these people were shot dead and 25% of them died due to some form of physical action taken by the police. For example, on the 12th of August, 2014, an 18 year old black man by the name of Michael Brown, in a St. Louis suburb. Before this incident only just a month ago Eric Garner, another black man died from an illegal police chokehold in Staten Island, New York.

It was eventually discovered that the police academy doesn’t provide adequate training in nonviolent solutions. And most importantly, the consequences for these type of behavior are minimal. Obviously, there is no easy solution to this problem. However, in California, the police are now required to wear a video camera while they are on duty. This serves to be a very effective method because after this has been implemented it has lowered use of force by almost 60% and complaints have almost dropped by 80% in one year. Many people feel that the use of non violent weapons should be introduced. Too many people are being harmed from the polices use of tasers and guns. Something has to change.