Students are standing together against police brutality. We must take a stand because we represent the generation being criminalized by this epidemic of police brutality. Each of us know at least one instance of brutality or injustice perpetrated against an innocent victim. To promote the abolition of police brutality, Oct. 22 was declared National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation. This national campaign aims to bring forward a powerful presence against police who abuse their authority in our communities.
Police abuse takes place in the public streets and in the prison system.
The epidemic must stop today. In recent examples across the nation, police have used excessive force that shatters the peace. Unfortunately, there are over 2,000 cases of people killed by law enforcement in the 1990s. Let's make sure we bring down this staggering statistic in the next decade. Under the Police Accountability Act provisions of the 1994 Crime Control Act, the Justice Department is required to compile and publish regularly detailed national data on police use of force.