| We are living in world of fear and uncertainty. The | | | | complaints filed against police officers between 2002 |
| advent of the 9/11 attack in the United States has | | | | and 2004. However of the said cases of complaints, |
| created this fear and uncertainty. It has led to | | | | only 18 led to meaningful disciplinary actions. Further |
| tougher laws, legislation and law enforcement to | | | | In Milwaukee last year, Frank Jude and Lovell Harris |
| ensure that the life of every citizen in our land is not | | | | were brutally beaten by three police officers who |
| put on the line. | | | | were not convicted. This led to public outrage in the |
| Today, we can see law enforcers ubiquitously. We | | | | city. |
| see police chiefs roaming around and checking all | | | | Going back to Chicago, police brutality initiated by |
| corners of our cities to ensure that our feeling of | | | | police officers has really become an issue of concern. |
| fear and uncertainty is allayed. In this scenario they | | | | According to the University of Chicago report entitled |
| play their role as vanguard of the people. | | | | "The Chicago Police Department's Broken System", |
| There are times, however, that this is not the case. | | | | police officers in Chicago received more police |
| Due to their exaggerated duty to ensure security as | | | | brutality complaints per police officer than the national |
| an aftermath of 9/11, police officers tend to do | | | | average. It is not surprising that the Amnesty |
| everything to eliminate all crime plaguing the country | | | | International used the high incidence rate of police |
| and the whole world as a whole. The other face of | | | | brutality in Chicago to discredit it as a possible host |
| the coin in this new attitude of the police however is | | | | of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. |
| police brutality. We often see cases of police brutality | | | | Police brutality is only one form of police misconduct. |
| on television nowadays. Statistics show that it has | | | | This is serious issue confronting not only Chicago but |
| risen in recent years. | | | | other cities in the United States. Although it is quite |
| According to the Department of Justice, cases | | | | hard to convict police officers for police brutality, |
| where police, prison guards and other law enforcers | | | | getting a good and experience civil rights lawyer |
| have used excessive force to violate victim's civil | | | | might be a key to a successful conviction or |
| rights have seen an increase over the last seven | | | | disciplinary action for the culprits. |
| years. In Chicago alone there were more than 10,000 | | | | |