Summary Of Stand Your Ground By Eric Walters

Patrick and Hall in “In Defense of Self and Others” write, "If effective law enforcement is to be maintained, the race must not be to the swift. The fleeing criminal, regardless of his offense, must be considered the author of his own misfortune.” Policemen only use force in response to the situation they are in. Day to day Police men and women have to make difficult choices. The decisions they make often lead to controversy. Two sides are then created. On one side, there are people that believe police are bullies that do as they wish; the other side believes officers act as they see fit and do the best they can to keep the public out of harm's way. “The Etiquette of Police Brutality” by Rion Amalcar Scott represents the first view and

Within the chapter “How to Tell a True War Story,” O’Brien writes about a story that Mitchell Sanders recounts to be true. The surrealist part is when Sanders talks about how they heard noises within the forests of Nam. Sanders says, “...but after a while they start hearing -you won’t believe this- they hear chamber music… Then after a while they hear gook opera and a glee club…” (Pg. 71). When he says this he is really adding details to pad the story up. Like when Sanders say, “The whole country. Vietnam. The place talks. It talks. Understand? Nam - it truly talks.” (Pg. 71). He means to say that he added those things that they heard because there were sounds they heard that couldn’t be explained. Later on he says that those things they heard

It was from here that he moved to Paris and went on to pursue his passion of being a writer. It was very difficult at first. He spent many months writing, but he struggled to sell his work; he would often go hungry, and when he ran out of money he had to resort to menial work like being a dishwasher. Soon Blair would move back to London and slip deeper into poverty. He lived for months with many of the poorest in both London and Paris, associating with them because of his own poverty, and comments that their “way of life” was interesting to him. For a total of two years, unbeknownst to anyone but himself, Blair had been writing a book about his experiences as a “down and out.” The book was called Down and Out in Paris and London by, not Eric Blair but his new name, George Orwell. It was published by a left-wing publisher called Gollancz and it was Orwell’s first

Police work is a dangerous job, and police are more than likely to be put into situations when excessive force is needed. But, sometimes police use excessive force for their own personal reasons, such as, racism. The issue of police officers using excessive force may or may not be of great concern, but it should be looked into by both the police and the public. Because some officers use excessive force in situations when it is not needed, police brutality should be addressed.

When a law enforcement officer uses force on a subject it will be classified into one of three main categories which are, justifiable, excessive, and deadly force. The authority for law enforcement officers to use force comes from the United States Constitution (case law), state statutes, and department policy. Law enforcement use of force is very important because it involves the patrolman on the street, the corrections officer in jails and prisons, and the courts where excessive use of force cases are held.

In certain situations, the police may have to act quickly on their instincts. Sometimes, a situation is unpredictable and a decision needs to be made in a split second. The quick decision may to be to take a person down physically with the officer’s own hands, or to use deadly force, unfortunately. Anything can happen and the officer needs to be ready for every scenario. The different levels of force can be anywhere from just a police officer being present, to having to kill someone to prevent him or her from hurting anyone else. It’s a harsh reality, but sometimes the officer needs to make the decision to die or to protect him and do what he needs to do.

Huey Newton co-founder of the Panther Party preaches to the minority communities that, “Black power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their own destiny” which is movement that formed for self defense against the U.S government. The Black Power Movement established itself in the 1950’s branching off of the nonviolent groups established during the Civil Rights Movement. Two major Black Power groups in history were Malcolm X and Black Panther Party that focused on justice for the black communities. These groups primarily fought against police brutality in their communities. At this time the United States that was gripped by white supremacy. During this time, Flores Alexander Forbes a fifteen year old boy had been running at his football stadium to make weight for a game. He was blindsided by several police officers that kicked and continuously struck him with clubs until he was identified as a student. This is one of many unjust stories from the book Police Brutality written by Jill Nelson that describes the life of African Americans. The Black power is an important part of the African American experience because it explores racial movement groups and the connection with police brutality.

In this chapter, we learn some basic things about the main character, Melba, and we know that she is born on December 7th, 1941. Melba's birth was a complicated one, but she eventually made a full recovery and on top of all of that, Melba also had to go through the harsh reality of segregation when she was five years old.

Eric Robert Walters was born on March 3, 1957 (age 60) in Toronto Ontario. Eric now lives in Mississauga with his wife, Anita, his 3 children, Christina, Nik, Micah and his 2 dogs, Lola and Winnie the poodle. Eric walters was an elementary grade school teacher at Vista Heights Public School in Streetsville Ontario. He was the teacher of a grade 5 class. To help and encourage his students to be more creative in their writing, he started writing his first book, “Stand Your Ground”. He now was successfully published over 80 books for youth and adults. Eric Walters has received over 20 awards including CBC choice award, National Outdoor Book Award etc, for many different books including The Pull, STARS, Trapped in Ice etc. Eric Walters is one

Under The Black Flag , a book written by David Cordingly expressed the reality and myths behind piracy. He clearly states in the introduction of the book that his aim “is to examine the popular image of pirates today, to find out where this image came from, and to compare it with the real world of the pirates” (Cordingly xiv). Along with his aim his thesis is also stated in the introduction of his book, which essentially states that the views by everyday people of pirates consists of a mixture of facts, and many other things such as romantic novels and films. He successfully informs readers of the history behind many important misconceptions of common beliefs. Although some of the things every person has learned about a pirate growing up may

What is police brutality? Police brutality is an act of misconduct done by a member law enforcement through the use of an extreme amount of force to physically, mentally, or emotionally attack a member of society. Many law enforcement officers, those sworn to protect and serve, have abused their rights and authority to ferociously assault and manipulate citizens, even if they were innocent. Citizens who have been attacked have been left with physical and emotional scars that can never go away; in some cases, it has even caused death. In a report by David Packman, prepared for the Cato Institute in 2011, states that 247 deaths were linked to police misconduct cases.(Packman 2011)

People have been interested in Sci-Fi and Horror for years, Death Troopers adds both together to create a new story using Person vs Nature to create problems for the characters. The hook relates to the essay because it explains the topic of this essay. Death Troopers is a Sci-Fi Horror book, so it mentions things that will scare the characters. There are four things in the story that relate to Person vs Nature. For the next four paragraphs I will be talking about how virus, creatures, ship, and escape relate to Person vs Nature creating problems.

Jericho Brown discusses a myriad of topics in his poems, from depression to the perils of growing old. However, one of his works stands out to me in particular. In his poem, “Bullet Points,” Brown deals with police brutality. Specifically, he says, “I promise that if you hear Of me dead anywhere near A cop, then that cop killed me.” This powerful statement asserts that the unarmed black teen we consistently hear about in the news was not the one at fault.

In the first premise, which says, “People in the military have a right to refuse to fight in a war when that conflicts with their values”. Eva and Hugh LaFollette kind of argued with that premise because they said that the people who refused should not be fired or should not lose promotions because of they refuse to fight in a war. However, Eva and Hugh LaFollette raise their objection toward the second premise which says, “A pharmacist refusing to fill a Plan B birth control prescription because it conflicts with her values is relevantly similar to a person in the military refusing to fight in a war that conflict with her values”. The objection of Eva and Hugh LaFollette in this

This is a different sort of Pressfield book. Unlike the historical fiction genre in which he’s written such best-sellers as “Gates of Fire,” “The Afghan Campaign, and “The Profession,” “The Warrior Ethos” is the culmination of years of discussions Pressfield’s been having with Marines and others who were taken with the blend of courage-under-fire and humanity shown by Leonidas, Dienekes, Matthais, Gent, and the other characters in his books. “I wanted to give something back to our men and women fighting overseas,” Pressfield told Gazette, so I put together the best anecdotes and stories from all my research about the Spartans, Alexander's Macedonians, the Romans, and Rommel.”