Colin Ferguson Research Paper

On December 20, 2014, both Liu and Ramos were sitting in their patrol car in Brooklyn when they were shot at point-blank range. Neither officer had the opportunity to draw their weapon as they were killed with no warning. The mentally derange killer traveled from Baltimore vowing to kill NYPD officers in retaliation for Eric Garner cases. After the ambush assassination, the killer fled the scene and onto a subway station. He killed himself as officers were closing

Patrick Lee Riley, Jr, was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. He grew up loving the game of baseball . He played on the varsity baseball team at Hickman Mills High School and after his graduation in 2007 he received a athletic scholarship from Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska were he received his bachelors of Psychology . Patrick's goals at that time was to pursue his childhood goal of playing in the NBA. He had an opportunity to go over seas to play professional basketball but the Lord had taken control of his heart and his love for Christ and to do his will superseded is desire to chase his childhood dream of playing professional basketball. So Patrick yielded his life to Christ completely and he is currently taking courses

Jamar clark African American, 24 years old was shot by the minneapolis police on november 15 2015. Two officers were involved Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze, protestants of black life matters and other institutions that support civil rights are unsatisfied because no charges were pressed against the two officer. In my opinion the death of Jamar Clark is not justified with enough evidence that proves the innocence of the officers.

NSW Gay and Lesbian Association of the Deaf and the National Australian Gay & Lesbian Association of the Deaf. He worked alongside these groups for 4 years from 1886 to 1890

“That’s one pain that will never go away until the day you die,” she said. “You have to live with that pain. There’s no closure. There’s no nothing. Especially when the person or child was so violently taken away from you.” said Juanita Young, mother of Malcom Ferguson, who 's son was killed by the result of police brutality. He is not the first or last person of the black minority to be cheated by the justice system. Today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against African Americans(Alexander). The justice system in America was set up to protect citizens while upholding social control and deterring crime. But the poor guidance within the system has caused racial disparities to persist at every level of the U.S. criminal justice system. All across the country, African Americans receive racial discrimination in the justice system ranging from bias drug arrests, police brutality, to incarceration.

According to our lecture,“Racism and discrimination are what we call a ‘root problem’ in society because it also affects the way we discuss” various social topics such as violence (Reali, 2018). Hence, the stereotype that young African-American men are violent, which is most likely why the policemen automatically detained Grant and his friends for violent behavior. As for discrimination, the policemen also treated these Black men in an unfair manner by using the N-word, pushing, and physically harming them. It brings up the question of “What would have happened if these men were white,?” and if things would have turned out differently if they were. Furthermore, the gunshot that killed Oscar Grant is another example of the policemen’s prejudice and discrimination towards African-Americans, since he allowed a prejudgement thought influence his actions, even though there was no need to use violence (Reali, 2018). In my opinion, this goes back to the prejudice and discrimination that has lasted hundreds of years against African-Americans that still continues to affect these minorities. One of the characteristics of this minority groups is the unequal treatment they experience with having “less power over their lives than members of a dominant group have over their own lives,” clearly being the case, in which Grant had no power over the fate of his life. (Reali,

Ferguson, was arrested and convicted on manslaughter charges for the shooting his neighbor, William Freas, following a series of altercations between the two. Long before the incident in question, however, Mr. Ferguson’s suffered from a number of paranoid delusions about his neighbor, honestly believing that Mr. Freas was conspiring against him. For example, Mr. Ferguson stated that Mr. Freas was continually making moves on his wife and that the neighbor had broken into his home and stolen a number of his things. However, there was little evidence to these claims since Mr. Ferguson did not trust the police department either. In court, Mr. Ferguson testified that he felt enormous amounts of anxiety and stress leading up to the incident because of the ongoing tension between him and Mr. Freas (State v. Ferguson, 2008). The incident that initiated the shooting, however, was when Mr. Ferguson went to Mr. Freas’ home to confront his neighbor about the alleged break-in and he decidedly tried to intimidate the neighbor by shooting his pistol into the air. When the neighbor came out the home, a somewhat physical confrontation ensued between the two, which accidentally caused Mr. Ferguson’s pistol to fire off the fatal shot to Mr. Freas’

What I would like to point out here is the fact that we must view what has happened in this situation as a microcosm of a much larger and enigmatic issue. Although it may be rarer in suburbia, it is a reality for many blacks throughout this nation, and it is a way of life for blacks who reside in inner city neighborhoods. The fact that there is a racial divide in the manner in which the details are being reported is also not surprising. No one ever wants to discuss race, and anyone who does is immediately accused of race baiting or playing the race card. The truth of the matter is that race is still a major issue in this country, pervading every area of existence, including work, marriage, sex, political environment, socioeconomic status, etc. Until we seriously engage this issue from a platform of truth, it will remain a festering problem.

From the beginning of Obama’s administration, when he announced that the police officers “acted stupidly” by detaining a black professor they had reason to believe had broken into what was revealed to be his own home, he set the stage for a new, improved racially-charged drama

The great recession of the year 2007-2009 had a substantial adverse impact on the US Economy and the world. Charles Ferguson documentary narrates how politicians, bankers, and economist conspired to create a crisis that caused high unemployment, increased the United States global debt and contributed to the loss of investments and savings. He describes how banks resisted regulation in the early 1990's by CFTC and how successive regimes led to the crisis by enacting laws that supported the process.

Racism was exposed by a local police officer from New Jersey Anwar Sanders he says “I see their disgust and disappointment that a black cop is giving them this ticket, and they want to fight it and they want to complain.”(Sanders, 2015) Then he also stated to a news reporter “Just because you’re gay-friendly doesn’t mean you’re black-friendly.”(Sanders, 2015) he gained additional popularity when he made a statement about the police deaths in Dallas. He told the CNN reporter that he feels “a victim of both sides.”(2015) his statement made him want to help the other struggling African American citizens. Another thing that officer Sanders said was “Our culture just happens to be perceived as more threatening, more dangerous, and sometimes black men are bigger and stronger and more confident, and we have to be because we’re always walking around dealing with racist people.”(Sanders, 2015) The U.S. Census data from 2015, only 2.6 percent of New Mexico’s population identifies as

Riots in Ferguson, Baltimore, New York, and LA; deaths of many including Police officers who would be gunned down for doing nothing but sitting in their car. We live in a society today dominated by a “theory” and fear of racism from the police force. The fact that we had elected an African American president is outstanding and such step forward towards a society of acceptance like we had been in. In the book ‘How Barack Obama Won’ Chuck Todd and Sheldon Gawiser give us a guide on how Obama achieved his victory in each state, as well as teaching us in the process the fundamentals of the 2008 election.

In the “land of opportunity,” most white Americans feel that they have been cheated out of any chance to get ahead; to live the American dream. Having little or no job security or health insurance; pensions being taken away after working hard their entire lives; companies moving overseas; “a corporate culture rife with inside dealing, questionable accounting practices, and short-term greed; a Washington dominated by lobbyists and special interests; economic policies that favor the few over the many” (Obama, 2008, para. 36), these are valid reasons as to why whites feel anger and resentment. Also, some whites resent the fact that people of color are taking all of the good jobs or being accepted to the best colleges because of the color of their skin, or whites are being called prejudiced because of their fears of crime in their neighborhoods. Unlike black Americans, though, the white’s feelings of anger and resentment are not counterproductive. They have legitimate concerns and reasons as to why they feel the way they do, and no matter how hard they try to fight the “big boys” (aka the Government and corporations), or their prejudices, it is a losing battle and widens the racial divide in America. Obama, in his speech, also spoke about America’s racial history and the complexities of

Treasure is a Spaniard.” Treasure is the last name of his great-great grandmother’s father. This fascination with European ancestry is not new to Jamaica or the West Indies. Garvey notes in his article in the Current History Magazine in 1923 that many Jamaicans would not even consider themselves a Negros but “believe themselves white under the West Indian order of society” (Garvey, 2004). Back then, Garvey says that no one wanted to be considered black because they were from Jamaica, which shocked him. I believe this issue of the awareness of one’s race in Jamaican culture has definitely changed from the hard work of people like Marcus Garvey. My father grew up in Garveyism and subsequently had great pride in his African heritage. So much so that he used his mother’s name to sign up for the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes and planned on using that money to go to Angola and fight with the Cubans for Angola’s

Dylan Lochridge-Fletcher has had a very solid college experience that has brought her to where she is, thus far. She started her time at Texas State in the fall of 2012 and anticipates to graduate this spring, May 2016.