There are five stages through which force can progress and lead to brutality: Verbal persuasion, unarmed physical force, force using non-lethal weapons, force using impact weapons and deadly force, which most of the officers mentioned before fell into this stage. The deadly force stage is only to be used only when an officer's life or another person's life is in danger. The deadly force stage should be terminated, if not made illegal in the United States. By having the "deadly force" stage, by law you are permitting someone to commit a murder, and basically saying that it is just. ...

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Officers have no reason to beat a person to death with sprays, electric shocks, guns, batons and other lethal weapons, especially when the person is handcuffed and laid on the ground. ... So, in this case the police use of deadly force with the criminal was essential. ... But, others are more restrictive, and limited the use of deadly force on suspects having committed "forcible" acts such as robbery (U.S. ... And, there is a rule that claims that "deadly force may not be used unless it is necessary to prevent the escape and the officer has probable cause to believe that the sus...

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Such forms of abuse include "excessive use of deadly force, excessive use of physical force, discriminatory patterns of arrest, patterns of harassment of vulnerable groups, discriminatory use of the "stop and frisk-, overly harsh enforcement, verbal abuse - (ClarisLaw, et al.). ... As well as fingerprints were not on either of the weapons, "nor did tests show that either suspect had fired a weapon-. ... Solutions: Possible solutions for police to resist the more physical to the deadly part of their every day job that is considered "brutality/misconduct- would maybe be more trainin...

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Officers too frequently bombard their weapons in a procedure and in certain conditions that place an innocent onlooker in danger; accidentally firing their fire arms, sometimes fortuitously hitting nothing and other times shooting innocent people and severely injuring them. ... Using maximum force has become a routine, for example, investigators found incidents of police officers firing their guns at individuals who do not pose an immediate threat of death or serious bodily injuries to others and using guns in a inconsiderate and dangerous manner, this involves thumping people in the head with...

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In many cases the situation (according to police accounts) has rapidly escalated to a point where police feel the need to use deadly force. ... This was done for longer than necessary to ascertain whether or not she carried a weapon. ...

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There were 309 officer deaths reported during that period, and it was most deadly for the officers with 0-4 years' experience and between 30-39 years old (Tucker-Gail et al., 2010). ... In a more recent study on assault and homicide, Brandl and Stroshine (2012) examined the risk of police work and associated murders and assaults of law enforcement officers, deadly auto accidents, and other injuries comparing frequency and rate of injuries. ...

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