Over the last five years, the nation has become polarized on one issue in particular, excessive force and racial bias in policing. The use of excessive force by police officers is not a new phenomenon, and even the racial bias that has a massive impact on the manner in which police officers police specific areas, and the level of hostility used when engaging specific groups, is nothing new. However, the frequency in which this hostility leads to the use of deadly force has definitely intensified over the last five to seven years. Another point that has to be examined during the anatomization of the facts surrounding this phenomenon is the disproportionate representation of black male victims of this type of violence.
The problem is that there has been very little in the way of accountability as far as police departments are concerned. Police force accountability has to be developed as part of a culture in which officers are held accountable on every level — from the patrol officer to the police chief. Unfortunately, the Blue Wall of Silence that solidifies the unspoken code that demands that no police …show more content…
This progression towards a state of inherent hostility as it pertains to the average police officer presents the question of whether or not this is more than a number of rogue officers acting outside of boundaries of the law. There are many that believe that this behavior is indicative of a new culture in which hostility and violence against certain groups is not only acceptable, but it is