Police Brutality in the United States

Police Brutality and The United States
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Police Brutality and The United States
The essay’s argument and thesis support the use of excessive force in some situations. The author describes the history of policing to give the reader an understanding of the nature of policing. The author argues that most police misconduct costs are because they maltreat addicts and the mentally sick. Several police officers find it challenging to reason with a person grappling with mental health. Hence this explains why most police officers utilize force to get a person to comply. The key strength of the essay is that the author uses examples of the recent case of police brutality to support the calls to defund the police (Cobbina-Dungy et al., 2021). Another strength is that the essay suggests reallocating some of the financing to underserved communities, police training, communities confronting health disparities, and external police department audit instead of defunding the police. In addition, the essay describes the history of policing to show readers why the police use force in some instances.
The author might improve the essay by having topics and sub-topics supporting the points discussed. This will make the essay format look more organized and have some coherent flow. It was also necessary to ensure every paragraph was cited. This entails citing the primary and secondary sources used to inform the argument to avoid plagiarism. Failure to appropriately cite the essay translates to academic dishonesty. In addition, the author needed to incorporate a theory to support...