Police brutality on African Americans in USA: citizen security risks

Ovaj diplomski rad bavi se proučavanjem osobne sigurnosti Afroamerikanaca na području SAD-a, a po pitanju policijske brutalnosti. Cilj istraživanja bio je prikazati da se građanska prava Afroamerikanca i dalje krše, unatoč njihovoj dugogodišnjoj borbi za svoja temeljna ljudska prava i jednakost. Hipoteza rada glasi da je osobna sigurnost Afroamerikanaca na području SAD-a ugrožena, koja je na temelju opširno provedenog istraživanja i potvrđena. Unutar teorijskog okvira navodi se niz autora čiji su se radovi analizirali te pojmovi koji se koriste u radu, poput rasne segregacije, institucionalnog rasizma, osobne sigurnosti, negrofobije te tzv. force continuum. Osim toga, rad daje u uvid niz važnih događaja koji su se dogodili u nekoliko posljednjih godina, a koji su uvelike utjecali na život Afroamerikanaca.This graduate thesis analyzes personal safety of African Americans in the U.S., in terms of police brutality. The aim of this research was to show that human rights of African Americans are still being violated, despite their long struggle for their fundamental human rights and equality. The hypothesis of this paper is that the personal safety of African Americans in the U.S. is at risk, which has been confirmed. Theoretical framework outlines number of authors whose works have been analyzed, as well as terms used in this thesis, such as racial segregation, institutional racism, human security, negrophobia, as well as force continuum. The paper also provides a number of important events that have taken place in recent years that have greatly impacted the lives of African Americans