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    review: police brutality Cameron Howze April 28,2016 Intro to criminal justice: section 02 Tameka Vaught NCCU   1 Abstract This paper will be about the problems we face on police brutality. Also it will show the impacts it has had on different communities and what we could do to help solve these problems that brutality has caused. This paper also focuses on the troubles of a corrupt system that is plaguing the society we reside in. 2 What is police brutality

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    However, the breaking down of the levees was the beginning of the communication problem because the city’s residents and the National Guard were unaware they were down until it was too late. With the flood soon engulfing the city of New Orleans its vital resources fell by the waste side as communications, transportation, supplies and manpower were rapidly besieged (Walters and Kettl 2005). This lack of communication resulted in the emergency response teams in a desperately attempt to save

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    Hurricane Katrina Essay

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    areas left under water following the storm. The area that was seriously affected by Katrina was New Orleans. New Orleans suffered a large number of casualties, a lack of drinkable water, severe property damage, electrical outages and many more difficulties as a result of hurricane Katrina. After the disaster, thousands of people who had lost their homes were forced to seek shelter at the New Orleans Superdome. Many others broke in to the Convention Center to find safety there. These structures

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    However, the breaking down of the levees was the beginning of the communication problem because the city’s residents and the National Guard were unaware they were down until it was too late. With the flood soon engulfing the city of New Orleans it’s vital resources fell in a time of need as communications, transportation, supplies and manpower were rapidly besieged by the unforgiving waters (Walters and Kettl 2005). This lack of communication resulted in the emergency response team’s desperate

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    the Bridges family sharecropped for a living. When Ruby was 4 years old, her family moved to New Orleans, Louisiana hoping for a chance at a better life. Her father worked at a gas station and her mother worked night shifts cleaning a bank to keep the family going. Ruby had two younger brothers and a sister. When Ruby was 6, she was the first African-American to attend an all-white school in New Orleans,LA. Ruby was required to take a test before she could enter the all-white school, William Frantz

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    Bibliography Ronald Weitzer “Incidents of police misconduct and public opinion” Department of Sociology, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA . This article is explaining how the misconduct of police is different big cities like New York City and Los Angeles. It also brought up when a police shooting happens, what do other races think of the police, with that being said, this is also talking about 2 shootings of Patrick dorismond in New York and Amadou Diall, the author tracks

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    deadliest hurricane to ever hit the nation. It was one of the strongest to hit the coast in the last 100 years. Katrina caused as widespread of devastation along the Gulf Coast states and cities such as Mobile, AL, Gulfport, MS and the worst being New Orleans, LA. Although many people were prepared for the hurricane, no one would imagine the damage it would cause and the many lives it would take. Katrina started off as a tropical depression over the Bahamas on August 23rd and by the 25th it had made

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    The issue of gun violence has been plaguing American society for an extensive period of time. In just this year, there have 1,957 people that have died with the use of a gun, and a sizeable portion of that problem is the ease of accessibility. President Obama is tightening restrictions on who can acquire guns, and he is tracking illegal channels where criminals acquire their weapons. Because of his executive order, there has been mass controversy as result since many conceive of his proposal as infringing

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    Police Corruption

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    Police Corruption Second Essay for AJ 101 Krystal Lamas Victor Valley Community College Author Note This paper was prepared for AJ 101 for Mr. Ronald M. Field .M.A. Abstract Police corruption is a complex issue. Police corruption or the abuse of authority by a police officer, acting officially to fulfill personal needs or wants, is a growing problem in the United States today. Things such as an Internal Affairs department, a strong leadership organization, and community support are just

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    Trayvon Martin’s murderer, George Zimmerman, was dismissed for his crime. This movement emerged in response to the institutionalized racism within our society. Whether it 's black on black crime, police brutality or any form of ferocity actions its moral spurious. The past few months there has been a growth in police brutality, resulting in the deaths of many, predominantly those of african descent. We focus on how to improve the relationship with these officers in the black community and cease all racial

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