NWA says it best in arguably one of the group's most famous songs when they announce to their listeners, "***k the police!" For those who do not know, NWA is a rap group from the nineties who declared their hatred for law enforcement in this classic hip hop composition. If the future is anything like Anthony Burgess makes it appear in A Clockwork Orange, than NWA may have had the right idea when they bashed the "pigs," as NWA refers to them, of the world. When Alex is caught breaking into a home, the police come and violate his basic human rights by beating him mercisly. This is described as the trend of the future, as it is the norm in the time of A Clockwork Orange. Police brutality is an evident problem in this country and is not often dealt with. The violations persist nationwide, in rural, suburban, and urban areas of the country, committed by various law enforcement personnel including local and state police, sheriff's departments, and federal agents. As this article states, there have been a countless number of cases where cops have "engaged in unjustified shootings, severe beatings, fatal chokings, and unnecessarily rough treatment." Watch this video that was captured and placed on Youtube. It gives an eyewitness account of how rough police brutality actually is. If the problem is not fixed now, who knows if we will actually see a future like the world is presented in A Clockwork Orange.
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