Chokehold

After, viewing Spike Lee’s feature film Do the Right Thing (1989) a viewer might ask her/himself if Lee is exploiting race by relying on stereotypical characters or if he is using stereotypes in a positive way to expose the intricate web of problems Americans create when they use stereotypes such as skin color to define individuals. Lee’s film is set in the mixed race/class neighborhood where he grew up, Bedford Stuyvesant of Brooklyn, New York. His characters represent mainly minority races, and

Racism has always been a part of American history, but recently the question does racism still exist today has ascended due to the number of recent murders of African Americans by police officers. Victims such as Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Tamir Rice are only a few people to name that have been unjustly murdered by police. The incident at Charleston, South Carolina where nine lives were taken also contributed to the question of racism in the United States. As a

As recent incidents of police brutality plague our nation toward minority groups, especially that of African Americans, the question asked by many is if such deadly force necessary, and what other actions could have led to a better outcome? Although our primary thought is to blame police officers for death, we must realize that sometimes deadly action is necessary and anyone put in a similar situation would act the same way. According to the U.S Supreme Court in the 1985 case, Tennessee vs Garner

To this date, the erstwhile colonised peoples are still calling for reparations to be paid to them, citing moral obligations of the colonisers and/or settlers, and this call is mostly being made to the white governments in Canada and the United States and to the British government in India. Let us look at three recent cases of such demands and examine how the governments in question have consistently failed to provide “adequate reparations” (as understood by the victimised populations) to the peoples

sympathy. As you can see, they approached with eagerness. As if they were ready to launch themselves with bitterness. In particular, I was wholesome, and tall. But, even my mass can cause a disability for breathing aerosol. Immediately, I was put in a chokehold without the permission from the police. Eleven pleas for breath were all in all: from within my mouthpiece.

Racial profiling is distractive and detrimental to public safety because it poison relations between police.“Racial profiling is a sloppy, lazy substitute for actual policing. It is an abusive practice that targets innocent citizens solely because of the way they look” (Elliot). Today, African Americans are often suspected of committing crimes , which then leads to a problem. Most of the situations end up on the news. Many think of racial profiling as a recent problem that manifested in the 1980s

Michael Brown, a young African-American male who with his associate had just robbed a convenience store of some cigarillos, encounter Officer Darren Wilson of the Ferguson police department. Officer Wilson tells Mr. Brown and his associate to move to the sidewalk and he sees that Mr. Brown fits the description of a suspect in a convenience store theft. Then Officer Wilson proceeds to make a call to dispatch regarding both men, he puts his vehicle in a position to block both men as well as traffic

allows the fighter to control the movement of their opponent. This enables them to easily strike the enemy combatant due to his limited mobility. Moreover, this move can serve as a transition to other Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu moves such as armlocks or chokeholds. Due to these facts, being held in this position is one of the worst scenarios that a fighter can find themselves

used in situations where it was not necessary, sometimes even resulting in the loss of lives. “Eric Garner was killed by police” on “July 17, 2014” due to excessive force (marcus n. 54-58). “Eric Garner cried out to the officer who had him in a chokehold “I can’t breathe” eleven times before his heart gave out” (marcus n. 55). Police brutality does exist, it is not a thing of the past, Eric Garners death in 2014 shows just how recent these incidents are. A completely

Police brutality refers to the use of excessive force against a civilian. The controversies that surround the topic of police brutality relate to different definitions and expectations over what is meant by excessive force. Indeed, police officers are expressly authorized to use necessary, reasonable force to perform their duties. As Jerome Skolnick, an influential police scholar in the United States, underscores: “as long as members of society do not comply with the law and resist the police, force