POLICE BRUTALITY PERSUASIVE 

I. Police brutality is constantly made known to us all through mass media, but I hadn’t ever taken the time to truly grasp the severity of it until it hit close to home.

A. Three weeks ago, a close family friend was brutally beaten in front of his children at a family gathering by the police.

B. My purpose is to persuade my audience that police brutality should be regulated with greater strength and objectivity.

C. Today I will discuss how police brutality is a major problem throughout the United States, as well as two of its main causes and how this problem requires us to deal with both of these causes.

TRANSITION I will now discuss my first main point.