The Harsh Reality of Police Brutality: A Systemic Issue in America

[Name] Student’s Name Institution Affiliation Instructors’ Name Course Number Date Introduction Police brutality is an unprecedented truth in American democracy, and it is horrifying, yet it has not received sufficient attention for many decades. The government and its institutions are less concerned with police integrity and misconduct derailing public trust and confidence in policing. The various forms of police brutality include battery, murder, abuse, harassment, mayhem, intimidation, and torture. Statistics show that Americans of all ethnicities, ages, gender and class have been subjected to police brutality (Schwartz, 2020). However, dispropo