Zeitoun Quotes

We can also see the abuse of power in the following event. In early spring, a piece of news that Snowball was back astonished everyone and meanwhile, a strange thing happened. “He stole the corn, he upset the milk-pails, he broke the eggs, he trampled the

I read the short story, The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell. In this story a man named Rainsford falls off of a boat by a deserted-looking island. He finds a creepy man named Zaroff that lives on the island, and Zaroff hunts people that he traps on his island. In this journal, I will be evaluating the character of Zaroff.

“All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” is a quote from Lord John Dalberg-Acton, explaining that any amount of power can corrupt the mind, but absolute power will take over. This is represented throughout history: in politics, monarchies and times like the french revolution. Many writers have used this theme in their works. One work that includes this theme is William Shakespeare's Macbeth. The play Macbeth follows Macbeth, a brave warrior as he gains power from his deeds both good and bad. By killing the Duncan, the former king, Macbeth rises to power and takes control of his country. With every bit of power that the Macbeth’s gain, they become more and more corrupt.

The power of a certain individual can be used in valuable ways or used to overpower rules and laws. In most cases, power is used to show off what you have, but some people in society choose to abuse that power and overrule laws. In the novel Montana 1948, the author Larry Watson chooses to have certain people overstep boundaries. The sons of Julian Hayden misused their job positions for some disgusting actions. Frank abused his power as a doctor when he used Native American women for his pleasure, and Wesley abused his power as a sheriff where he broke laws for his own brother. Their actions would eventually cost the life of the beloved war hero, Frank.

Power is defined as “the possession of control or command over others; authority...” (Dictionary.com), and all people have power, whether they notice it or not. Though some employ their power for respectable reasons, often times power is not used in honorable ways. The matter of abuse of authority is prevalent in the story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Steinbeck illustrates that those who have power abuse it exceedingly often, as shown by Curley attacking countless others, including Lennie, a mentally disabled man, Curley’s wife mistreating the men of the ranch, and Curley’s wife making demeaning comments about Crooks, the African American stable buck.

Police officers including approximately six armed members of the “Special Emergency Response Team” forcibly entered the appellants’ (Bulsey & Anor) house. Bulsey was taken from his bed, placed on the floor, handcuffed and dragged out to the street and later charged with riotous assembly and destruction of a building. In subsequent committal proceedings, the respondent conceded it did not have a case against the first appellant. He was discharged. Bulsey (the first appellant) sued the respondent for damages for trespass to the person (assault, battery and false imprisonment). Anor (the second appellant) sued the respondent for damages for assault and false imprisonment. The trial judge dismissed the appellants’ claims with costs, with judgments in favour of the respondent.

Day 1911 Truman and Marlon are talking in front of a sunset and Marlon says “That's the big guy. Quite a paint brush he's got.” This quote is important because when Marlon says this Marlon is talking about Christof but when Marlon says this to Truman, Truman immediately think God. Another quote that stood out to me was when one of the directors states “That will win the rating period.” This quote is important because this is the time where Marlon “found” Truman’s dad and Truman says “Dad,” everyone rejoices because they know that they locked him in to stay and they say that the “This will win the rating period,” because in causality Truman’s life is a movie. Simen says The whole

The Great Louie Zamperini’s Journey What would you do if you were stuck on a punctured life raft for forty-seven days with two other men with shriveled up skin due to the sun, with a grumbling, vacant stomach in the middle of the Pacific ocean after a miserable plane crash? Well, before this all happened to Louie Zamperini, he was a troublemaker as a young boy and turned into an astonishing Olympic runner. Nobody would have ever thought a troubled boy from a small town of Torrance would end up at a Prison camp after multiple depressing days on a life raft. You will see appearances of the novel Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand.

In the article, Ferguson Police Committed Human Rights Abuses, Rights Group Says by Carey Gillam, an international human rights organization said that police in Ferguson, Missouri committed human rights abuses when they tried to stop a peaceful protest about the death of an unarmed black teenager by a white officers in August. Amnesty International said that the U.S. authorities should investigate Ferguson law enforcement because of alleged abuses during the weeks of racially based protests (Gillam, 2014). A grand jury is placed with the task of deciding if Officer Wilson should be charged with Michael Brown’s death. In anticipation of unrest due to the probability that Officer Wilson wouldn’t be charged, Missouri police had stocked up on riot gear.

“The first thing you must realise is that power is collective. The individual only has power in so far as he ceases to be an individual.” (Orwell).

Recently we have seen the events of Ferguson, Missouri unfold and it has brought into question the validity of the United States use of paramilitary tactics within the police force. While I will be primarily focusing on Furgeson to grant an easy visual aid to the situation, the true nature of paramilitary tactics is way beyond one incident. First we must look at what paramilitary police action is and what has given them the ability to use such tactics. Then we must look at how the decisions revolving around the allowance of police to use such force, and the instances where they were used have affected society.

as four civilians accused of having fired from the window of the Customs House. The soldiers of the twenty-ninth regiment accused of

used force and violence for unknown reasons. The police officers are people of the government

Those in power are often never satisfied with the power that they already hold but rather seek the flaws in other

On August 8, 2015, Officer Onoja witnessed a large group of individuals, which he estimated to be over six individuals including Mr. Alexander, standing and blocking a passage (204:21-22; 205:1-9). The group was standing in a way that completely blocked the free flow of traffic, and Officer Onoja witnessed people being unable to walk down the sidewalk as a result of the group standing in the way (205:16-22; 206:1). The officer gave the entire group a dispersal order (205: 10-12; 206:8-10). The group acknowledged the order and dispersed; however, Mr. Alexander returned and stood at the same location that he was ordered to leave still completely blocking the entrance at 1044 Bladensburg (206:11-22). Joseph Alexander was arrested for blocking a passage (204:14-17). Officer Onoja was not investigated for his arrest of Mr. Alexander.