What contributes to unethical conduct?
Introduction
Clark was the victim of a gunshot that hit him while at the backyard of his grandparents’ house. The event took place on the 18th of March. According to information from the Sacramento police the responsible officers were answering an emergency 911 call with information that a man had broken the window to a car in the area. The shooting and subsequent death of Clark is just one in a series of police shootings targeted at black men in recent times. The fatal force data suggests that 264 individuals have suffered the same fate as Clark since 2018 in the hands of police officers (Washington Post’s, 2018). Of the 264 fatalities, 57 of them were revealed to be black from the news reports. According to research there are evident racial disparities advanced by the police department in their use of force. Although most of these cases are associated with systemic bias and explicit bias, research studies conducted recently have identified the existence of specific factors such as high segregation in housing and inequalities in the economy as important factors in police shootings, where they occur and whom they affect (Lockhart, 2018).
Ethical analysis
From the ethics code of law enforcement,...
Enforcement officers are also charged with maintaining peace and thwarting instances of disorder or violence. Every enforcement officer must protect constitutional rights of justice, equality and liberty of all citizens. For the Clark’s case the police shooting ignored and broke his constitutional rights.
Following the shooting the explanation given is that a police helicopter used to direct officers towards the suspect led them to Clark. Clark reacted by running for his house following a confrontation from the officers. Further, the police stated that Clark started running while his arms appeared to be holding some object (Lockhart, 2018). A different perspective from body camera video released by the police reveals that Clark was running away from officers who never identified themselves as police. Ethical concerns emerging from this issue is the truthfulness from the police against any attempt to cover up a fellow officer. Initial statements seemed to cover the mess that the police had indeed killed an innocent black man.
Secondly, body camera evidence show that police fired on suspicion that…
