Police officers' goals are: to maintain peace, enforce laws, and protect the American general public. Police officers in some situations must use physical force in order to eliminate threats to public. The constant use of force police officers use has resulted in a controversy in society today. The media continues to emphasize the amount of force police officers use as excessive force and a form of police brutality. Police brutality is the misconduct of police officers such as police brutality, police corruption, harassment and discrimination. Videos of police officers using physical force against perpetrators circulate throughout America on various social networks such as Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, and Vine. It is imperative that the American general public is aware about the arguments centering around possible police brutality cases because it has no restrictions it affects all races, classes, genders, and ages. The rate of police brutality is increasing. This issue can only be addressed if citizens are aware of the underlying causes of police brutality, so that the number of future victims can be reduced, and this problem can be eventually eliminated. This website
will present three potential causes of police brutality, which are: a corrupt law enforcement system, racial profiling, and inadequate training.