Integrity (def’n: a person with integrity is prepared to stand up for what he or she believes in). In your opinion, do the police officers featured in the film display integrity? Why or why not? Does Pat McGinness display integrity in the film? If so, how? (In each case, provide specific examples from the film)
Through analyzing the film entitled Murder on a Sunday Morning, it is palpable that the featured Police Offices have displayed absolutely no aspects of integrity throughout the entire film. As people it is apparent that Police Officers have taken oaths in devoting their lifestyles to serving and protecting us. However, the tables have turned and the real question is whether or not we as citizen can rely on these authoritative members.
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In a case like this, what do you think should be done to restore the faith of the public?
The ethical transgressions of public officials destroy the public’s faith in public agencies by completely contradicting their very purpose. The purpose of the public officials is to serve, protect, and uphold the law at all costs. However these specific officials have done the complete opposite. The public officials in this film have proven that there is corruption throughout law enforcement. Characteristic such as lying, false accusations, failure to conduct a thorough investigation and physical abuse are all but some of the many things that these corrupted public official have exhibited amongst Brenton Butler.
In order to restore the faith of the public, each and every one of the corrupted officers involved in the film, ought to be fired and given legal punishment. Not only will this allow this public official to once again understand that no man is above the law, despite ones social status, but also exhibit that there is absolutely no tolerance for such behaviour. By doing this society will also understand that when such falters do occur within the system, agencies will acknowledge and address them in an appropriate
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Acts such as intentionally luring 15 year old Brenton Butler into a fairly dark forest with intentions of physically harming him, forcefully allowing Brenton to sign a piece of paper proving that he was guilty, exposing that there had been missed evidence from the crime scene and questioning them about the lack of investigating that they had done were some of the many ways he battled the case. Attorney McGinness also strategically pointed out Officer Glover’s past by exposing his love for football and “liking to hit them hard.” Lastly Mr. McGinness also deliberately refused to address Officer Darnell and Officer Glover by their titles “detective and officer”. By doing this he somewhat diminished their social status and disrespected their positions. As he stated “I do not find them to be honorable
Now that I have presented a brief understanding and background of the case against the five officers and the struggles police officers and the community face in South Camden, NJ, I will examine how five officers steered off of a virtuous path by the failures of the individuals and the environmental role in their demise. Specifically, I will identify the unethical behavior and contributing factors, provide my ethical opinion on the situation, the effects on the community, and how the
Brenton Butler who was a minor, was presented in a show-up without his knowledge, identified and immediately arrested on the grounds of that identification. While in the interrogation room, Butler was questioned alone without an adult in the room and was not given a lawyer after he was “promised” one by detective Williams questioning him. Last but most definitely not least we are faced with the fact that Brenton was taken to the woods and abused by Detective Glover in an attempt to illicit a
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The correctional officer chose to become whistle Blowers after the death of inmate Preston Tate, and after the other officer said that he was the attacker in this situation. However, the correctional officers main allegations was of “brutality that the correctional officer were exploiting racial tensions to stage fights between inmates for entertainment of the prison guards (Holding, 2009)”. The prison tape shows all of this illegal behavior going on, and the two whistle blower watch other officer cohorts their coworkers in how to alter their reports to make it justifiable for the shooting that took place in the recreation yards.
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