William Bratton Research Paper

Every Sunday my mother would force me into my church dress with the itchy lace, and white ankle-socks with the big, puff bow. We would walk into St. John A.M.E. Church and sit in age-old pews, singing Negro Spirituals that I had not yet learned to appreciate. Growing up, church consisted of sermons, praise, and family. For years I would automatically participate in the church activities and youth-group service projects, taking the many lectures about education a grain of salt. However, I never understood the true meaning of service and the importance of education until I learned about the history of Huntsville, Alabama. The founder of St. John African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church, and the founder of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (AAMU), William Hooper Councill, truly exemplified what it meant to serve his community.

The shooting occurred at the Fruitvale train station on January 1st, 2009. At the station, a fight broke out in one of the trains and when the train stopped the fight started again outside of the train at one of the stops. While they were fighting on the train the BART officers were called. The officers came and arrested everyone that was in the fight. A guy named Oscar Grant was in the fight and was also arrested (Meyer). While Grant was being arrested by Officer Mehserle, he resisted the officer’s attempts. Since Grant was resisting he was pushed onto the ground on his stomach to be handcuffed. Johannes Mehserle was having trouble handcuffing Grant so the other BART officers helped him. When Grant was on the ground Mehserle was going to tase him since he would not stop resisting. When Mehserle thought he pulled out his TASER, he instead pulled out his gun. Mehserle accidentally shot Grant with his gun since he thought he pulled out his TASER (Bulwa).

The group’s first album, Life, reached Billboard’s chart of top 10 gospel albums including the songs, No Way and Everything. Their next album, Victory Live!, hit the number one spot in the gospel album chart and also number one in the with the song, Victory.

The officers were investigating a burglary when they happened upon the multi-millionaire and Notre Dame graduate. An investigation by the family's attorney revealed that DuBose cooperated with the officers' investigation until they began to "harass and intimidate" him (Amnesty International 1999a). The officers claimed that DuBose charged at them with a pair of nunchakus sticks, a martial arts weapon that he allegedly wrestled away from one of them. Several onlookers said DuBose was shot in the back (Perry A3). To add insult to injury after shooting DuBose the officers stood over his body for more than ten minutes before calling an ambulance (Amnesty International 1999c). An autopsy report revealed that DuBose was shot twelve times, six in the back (Perry A3). When asked to explain how a young man of DuBose's stature could end up being killed in this manner San Diego's police chief called it an isolated incident--an aberration (Jeffries, 2001)

Liu was a seven-year veteran of the NYPD who was recently married two months before

James Butler Bonham was a American soldier that battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. He was the second cousin of William B. Travis was a messenger to the battle of the Alamo.His younger brother, Milledge Luke Bonham, was a Brigidier general in the Confederate states Army in the American Civil War, and served as Govenor of south Carolina from 1862 to

Caleb Logan Bratayley had a big smile and a heart of gold. The member of the Bratayley family was seen by viewers around the world as he performed on video for the masses to watch YouTube fans and pop culture junkies were devastated to hear that the promising entertainer has died. According to US Weekly on Monday, Caleb Logan passed away over the weekend from natural causes.

Benjamin Hall and Eliza after spending time in the employment of a large landholder by the name of Samuel Clift at his property at Wallis Creek, Maitland, the couple made the decision to strike out on their own and establish a cattle and horse farm where in 1838 as a toddler, Ben Hall was relocated from his birthplace of Maitland, NSW, to a remote farm in the vacinity an area referred to today as Ben Hall's Creek. The family travelling by bullock dray, including their chattels and stock, the journey lasting three weeks. Upon arrival at Ben Hall's Creek, which is situated close to 'Ben Hall Gap National Park', roughly 90 miles north of Maitland. Furthermore, Ben Hall's Creek flowed into the Barnard River, and the area was known as a very wild and inhospitable place with extreme cold during the winter, often covered in snow, and far removed from civilization.

He supported his suggestion by claiming that stop-and-frisk “worked incredibly well ” in New York City to reduce crime rates. His claim is disturbing in light of evidence that stop-and-frisk procedures enable police officers to discriminate against minority groups. Experts also disagree with President Trumps’s assessment that stop-and-frisk procedures are responsible for declining crime rates . In 2015, William Bratton, who was responsible for implementing stop-and-frisk procedures in 1990, conceded that stop-and-frisk is “not a significant factor in the crime rate of [New York City] ”. Experts instead tied the decline in New York City’s crime rates to larger national and global trends . In fact, crime rates were already in decline before stop-and-frisk procedures were even implemented

On January 28, 1842, William Yarrington was born in Norwich, VT (VT in the Civil War). Growing up, he lived in a large family, which was probably hectic, but equally memorable. His father, Joel Yarrington, was a farmer, giving him the profound role as the head of their humble homestead (1850 Census). William’s mother, Sarah Jane Newcomb, was most likely a strict, but equally wonderful women, who spent her busy days housekeeping and taking care of her many children, as many women did back then (1850 Census). These children, Kate, Harvey, Clarissa, Merrill, and Sarah, were William’s siblings (1850 & 1860 Census). Harvey being the oldest of the five, had the tiresome job of a farmer, alike to his father (1850 Census). All the other siblings, including

An analysis by the NYCLU shows that innocent New Yorkers have been subjected to police stops and and street interrogations more than 4 million times since 2002, and the Black and Latino communities are the target of these approaches. Even though the New York Police Department are cutting the crime activities by 29%, other large cities are getting better results without using the stop and frisk policy. Martial Arts Instructor, Tauren Murphy believes that the NYPD uses stop and frisk to cover it’s real intent. Murphy states “The vast majority of the time, it’s a way to harass young men of color. The shootings are unfortunate, but there should be more police in the community, working with the community and not just showing when there is trouble.” Residents of Bronx believe that if there are just more police around in general then the numbers of shooting will go down because no one is going to risk getting caught when there are so many officers around. Many people have said that they would not even go to the police for help because they distrust them that much, this “proactive policing” that is going on is just driving a deeper wedge between the police and the community. Ray Kelly, police commissioner says that “about 70 percent to 75 percent of the people described as committing violent crimes-- assault,

It was learned that former NBA center Samuel Dalembert got into handcuffs lately. He has taken a mugshot lately courtesy of the Palm Beach Sheriff's office. On Sunday, he was arrested for battery charges after hitting his girlfriend. Not only that he hits his girlfriend, but her cousin as well. After a 911 call at Dalembert's home, the woman and cousin told them that there's nothing wrong with them and Dalembert. However, the 7-foot 240-pound NBA basketball player was completely upset. You know why? It's because he already found out that his girlfriend and two kids are leaving for Orlando. As a result, he pushed away his girlfriend as what the cousin told the police. Not only that, the cousin claimed to be choked by Dalembert during intervention. For two counts of battery, Samuel Dalembert was arrested by the police at their home. However, he was released after his arrest.

On November 9, 1731, in Ellicott’s Mills, MD, Mary Banneky gave birth to Benjamin Banneker. Benjamin was the son of an ex-slave named Robert, and his mother Mary was the daughter of an Englishwoman named Molly Welsh. The both of his parents were both freed slaves and he was luckily able to escape the torture of slavery as well. His ability to read was taught by his biological grandmother when she’d read him books. He also attended a Quaker school for a very short period of time, but was primarily self-educated. At an early age, he was able to execute making an irrigation system for his family’s farm. He was had the ability to create a wooden clock that was able to compute accurate time for more than 50 years until his passing.

The ‘Police Accountability Act’ was introduced in 1991 but never enacted by Congress. However, in 2015 a bill was introduced in the House of Representatives on February 25, 2015 to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a penalty for assault or homicide committed by certain State or local law enforcement officer, and for other purposes (Congress.gov).The Center for Popular Democracy announced that the New York City Council passed two bills to ban New York Police discriminatory practices “The End Discriminatory NYPD Profiling Act” and the “Independent NYPD Oversight Act” the laws said to be the landmark of the Police Accountability Act. According to the Atlantic Magazine’s article recognizing the problem

My most favorite trip was to Yankton. We stay for five days and we had a blast. We ate tons of burgers and pop, but there was more that we ate. We went on walks during the day and did fun things like frisbee golf. But those are just some of the stuff that we did.