Mall Cop - Original Writing

The shopkeeper’s privilege does not protect Walmart from liability under the circumstances of the case. Although Navarro had the right to exercise shopkeeper’s privilege, Navarro had not enough evidence to consider Cockrell as a suspect and it is not reasonable that Navarro asked Cockrell to take off the bandage. According to the merchant protection statutes, merchants can stop, detain, and investigate suspected shoplifters without being held liable for false imprisonment if (1) there are reasonable grounds for the suspicion, (2) suspects are detained for only reasonable time, and (3) investigations are conducted in a reasonable manner (Cheeseman, 2015, P.87). Navarro was not fulfilled for the third condition because the investigation is unreasonable on putting the suspect in a risk of death. Since there was a risk of bacterial infection and it may cause death after the wound area exposed under the air, Navarro should

Would you believe me if I told you a child was suspended for humming the national anthem? In the book Nothing but the Truth by Avi, that is exactly what happens to 9th grader Philip Malloy. Philip Malloy’s rights were violated because, he has the right to freedom of speech, he was suspended from school and he has the right to express his patriotism and in the book he was not allowed to do these things.

In the movie, Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks plays an intellectually handicapped man named Forrest Gump from Greenbow, Alabama. The majority of the movie took place through his recounting of his memories from early childhood all the way up to his current age. This paper looks at Forrest’s ability to communicate, his diligence in a relationship, ability to cope, and his self-perception.

The Georgia Shopkeeper’s Defense statute bars the Plaintiff’s suit. The statute bars recovery for false imprisonment by merchants or their agents when all of its elements are met. The Shopkeeper’s Defense statute provides in order to preclude recover the following three elements must be present: (1) reasonable suspicion of shoplifting, (2) reasonable time of detention, and (3) reasonable manner of detention. Ga. Code Ann. § 51-7-60 (2015). The Plaintiff and Defendant have agreed that the Plaintiff’s behavior on September 29, 2015, was sufficient to cause a reasonable person to suspect her of shoplifting, and that the length of the Plaintiff’s detention was reasonable. Therefore, the only element in dispute is the reasonableness of the manner in which the Plaintiff was detained. As such, R-Mart should be protected under the statute and the Plaintiff could only recover for false imprisonment if the facts alleged in the complaint demonstrates the manner was unreasonable.

I attended the District Court at 201 West Picacho Ave on March 7, 2011. I sat in on judge Mike Murphy's court. Judge Murphy started court promptly at 9:00 a.m. but before I got into the court I had to wait in a long line of about 30 people. then when I finally got to the court house door I had to go through a metal detector where I had to take off my belt and shoes and everything metal on my persons. Then I asked one of the officers working the metal dictator how I could ask to sit in on a criminal court that was going on this morning. She then directed me to court room four. I asked the bailiff if it was ok for me to sit in on court today for my criminal justice class, and if the case where criminal matters. The bailiff then told me that

Both the family, and the Wal-Mart acknowledge that the family was detained. The Wal-Mart associates believed that they had the right to stop the family based on the assumption of shoplifting, although they should not have physically restrained the family from advancing out of the store, nor denied Debra McCann’s offer of verifying the family’s identity.

In this case, speaking up should not be feared; those under surveillance need to render the courage to stand up and tell police officers that they cannot unreasonably search belongings because these actions lead to unprovoked arrests and loss of fourth amendment rights.

One of the main powers law enforcement officers carry is the authority to make citizens involuntarily give up their rights. Most people when confronted by police get mild to moderate panic reaction, can become nervous or anxious, and do as much as possible to limit the time spent with the officer. Due to the difference in power between a citizen and a police officer, citizens often unknowingly, give up their constitutional rights when an officer acts tough or bullies them (Guidelines?1).

Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in Staten Island, Tamir Rice in Cleveland, Walter Scott in North Charleston and, most recently, Freddie Gray in Baltimore have dominated the headlines this entire school year. These men and their stories provide the basis for claims of racially discriminatory treatment of African Americans at the hands of the police. It is true that each of the stories surrounding these men is different, but the one unifying theme is that police around the country are interpreting our Constitutional rights in a way that is insufficient to protect African Americans and the population in general. This paper will explore one Constitutional right— the 4th Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizures--and examine how one Supreme Court decision that narrowed the scope of the 4th Amendment and unintentionally created a mechanism by which the rights of citizens could be unfairly impeded by police.

A neighbor guardian who was given clear direction not to seek after a “criminal” by police kills a 17-year-old kid, yet they need to know why we protest? Stunning. This is the moment when you got so angry all you could do is laugh. Its astounding to see how many people are willing to step over the corpse of African Americans and not change an expression but send a kid who rapes an unconscious black woman to jail for 3 months and its the saddest moment in history. Thinking back to when Jesse Williams spoke words of color when he said, "Just because we're magic, doesn't mean we're not real" I realize that we truly are magic and to them; it's a threat that we're learning that. The more we learn about ourselves and the more we see through the corrupt of the government and the more we will beat a system that was never implied for us. Malcolm X once said, "If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything". Malcolm was assassinated in 1965 and these words speak volumes today just as much as it did 51 years ago. It is absolutely clear that as a black individual living in this United States of America, you are always at

Mr. Graham was later released when the officer establishes that nothing had happened in the store. Graham then sued the police department, claiming his Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure was violated. The Supreme Court later ruled that the police officers be held accountable under the Constitution and federal law for using excessive force on Graham. The court also ruled that such liability must base on the standard of objective sensibleness. (Carmen,

The district court dismissed his claim, but the court of appeals reversed the decision, noting that an individual’s personal appearance is part of the individual liberty, which is protected by the Fourteenth amendment. The court required the police department to provide a legitimate public need in order to regulate personal

In modern society it is a fundamental right not to be discriminated against based on race, ethnicity and gender. This situation deprived the storeowner of his personal liberty subjecting him to social injustice. The storeowner has not forfeited his legal rights by giving them up freely; he has been unjustly deprived of them.

Some contend that this specific case isn't noteworthy because the shopping mall is a private institution. The police asking him to leave the shopping mall, according to some, are like a private residence asking somebody to leave their home. A weak argument is what this is, but even if it is legitimate, then how would somebody support the activities of Bellbrook High School, when a student got sent home for wearing a t-shirt with contradictory remarks about President Bush on it? Even the method of doublethink isn't too far from the reality at times. How many young children are educated that Christopher Columbus was a hero? That Abraham Lincoln battled the South in order to free the slaves? Concepts such as these are put in our minds as young children and teach us to have a certain pride in our homeland, but later on we learn, there is more to the reality than what we were being told. Clearly, disturbing similarities can be seen in the actions of our modern day government and the world of 1984.

When I first moved to America, on our second day in San Antonio my parents went to HEB to gets some groceries for the apartment. They were talking about what to get and they saw a passion fruit something we don 't have back home. One of the associate won’t stop staring at my parent, because how loud they were, you can literally hear them from accross the store and the HEB on I-10 is pretty big. In my family, we talk with our hand all over the place so it looked like my dad was about to put his hand on my mom, which he would never do. but when people started gathering around us and the cop saw what he was doing, they came towards my dad and arrested my dad. My Father was so confused on what was going, couldn 't understand why they put him in cuffs. We had to call our caseworker to explain that he is not at all abusive and he is no threat to my family or mother and this was all a