By THERESE BALDERAS
Staff Writer
There are many cases where a police officer kills an innocent person over a foolish excuse or lie for doing it. In the month of October, this year, a woman from Bakersfield named Leticia de la Rosa has her own story with the law-enforcement. Her son James was shot and killed by the police. He wasn’t causing any harm, nor was he armed. Leticia stated that she kept asking the policemen why they shot James and they continued to not give any logical answer. Another unfair incident is about a 24-year-old man named Ryan Twyman, who’s a father of three, got fired at 34 times. He was in a parked car, unarmed. This all took place in Los Angeles this year. Before Ryan’s death, there were about 5 other people who were killed by police officers in the last 24 hours. Ryan’s family was very hurt and they questioned why there needed to be violence when in the footage he obviously didn’t do anything that needed to be dealt with crazed gunfire. There are many families that deserve justice due to their loved one dying because of police brutality.
Being in a society where citizens are scared of the police due to how they take advantage of their badge, how they take advantage of their power, and how they take advantage of their firearm. The fact that people who aren’t even criminals fear them due to their skin color… something that no one has control over. Not all cops are like this, but police brutality has always been a big problem and it has been continuing. It will continue to increase unless the government puts a stop to it. The government has the power to make it decrease. Will they make it happen? Will they help make today’s society feel safer? Will they make citizens of any color feel safe when encountering an officer? If police brutality doesn’t decrease soon, it will just continue to get worse and there will be more families will never get the justice they deserve.