Police Brutality Argumentative Essay

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    After reading Staple’s essay I was no surprised to learn that by him just being black caused him to give off a bad vibe. The essay is relevant to our current theme because it talks about how your skin color makes people perceive you in a positive or negative way. The fact that it was written in 1986 makes it no less relevant in the present because it still happens and it is more relevant now to see the progression of the stereotype that a black male walking in a hoodie at night is associated with

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    INTRODUCTION: This incident involves the suspect taking the victim’s cellular telephone, without his permission from a restaurant table in violation of PC 484(a)-Petty Theft. LOCATION DESCRIPTION: This incident occurred in the restaurants outer dinner area. LOSS: • Black IPhone 7 cellular phone worth approximately $700.00. • Black IPhone case worth approximately $50.00. EVIDENCE: None INVESTIGATION: On 10-21-16 at approximately 2134 hours, Officer Locklin #5300 and I were dispatched to

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    Corruption is rampant in many parts of city government from city hall to the Baltimore police department. Baltimore has been plagued with numerous allegations of corrupt city officials some of which resulted in convictions. Notable persons mentioned were former mayor Donald Schaefer, former Baltimore city police commissioner Ed Norris and the recently resigned Mayor of Baltimore, Sheila Dixon among other high profile city officials. Despite Baltimore’s record of corruption, many citizens of Baltimore

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    The author says that yes, police lives do need to be protected, but they also need to be held accountable. Similarly, black lives should be protected as well, but they should not be “provided justice for their wrongful termination.” In other words, both lives should be protected

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    Distrust In Police

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    In recent years, society has heard cases of police brutality at an increasingly shocking rate, thus creating a sense of distrust among communities towards police officers and other authority figures. As the first line of defense against crimes such as home invasions or crimes against persons, police officers are expected to be an ally towards victims; however, it seems that society is now viewing officers as the perpetrators of crimes as opposed to the protectors. This has already posed an issue

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    Police brutality has become a trend as police officers are patronized for the crimes they have committed and remained on the law enforcement after being set free without the family getting justice for they're lost and injured ones. . .along with gun violence and discrimination, Citizens are starting to get out of hand because too many children, fathers, and mothers have died for looking suspicious or “reaching for a weapon.” Most police officers who’ve been associated with police brutalities lately

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    All forensic scientists are obligated to tell the truth and are not misleading the jury, but there is no single ethical code that applies to all disciplines, but there are two organizations that develop ethical codes for forensic testimony and presentation in the U.S, The American Board of Criminalistics(ABC) and The American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS). The ABC code requires each certified member to ¨ensure that the opinions rendered with regard to their analyses are done so only to the

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    Tackling difficult topics such as Rape, sexual assault, and overall violent crimes is an uncommon topic for a television shows to address. Law and order special victims unit is an exceptional show because of its ability to make taboo subjects a little easier to talk about. Law and order special victims unit is one of the best shows because it allows victims to be heard and helps start conversations that will help to provide more information and encourage victims and bystanders to speak up. To

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    white police officer. Black Lives Matter was started because so many people claim that African Americans are often shot by the police and killed more than whites. However the truth is blacks are more likely to kill a cop than to be killed by cops, according to FBI data. Another fact is that more whites and Hispanics died from police homicides than blacks. Twelve percent of white and Hispanic deaths were due to police officer's. Only four percent of black homicides we're committed by police officer's

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    Living in America people learn to live amongst some of the most corrupt human-being known to humankind. Anyone can be corrupt, weather he or she is a corrupt cook working for Burger King stealing money from the cash register to pay bills, or a corrupt politician who votes to raise his or her earnings while committing white-collar crimes against the American public. Theodore Roosevelt could not have been more precise when he said, “When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether

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