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Far in the distance, the faint chewing sound of people taking their first bites into their carne asada tacos, the loud, sharp clinks of tequila glasses, and the hoarse bangs of a piñata being beaten all come hand in hand, representing a Mexican celebration in La-La Land or also known as the city of Los Angeles. The city has been nicknamed “La-La Land” due to its recognition of being a place full of fun and out of touch with reality. For the past several decades, the city of Los Angeles has increasingly

specifically by the black community (Monroe). Subsequently, the black community became outraged and festered in their anticipation of a guilty verdict for the four officers. After the trial was controversially moved to the suburb community of Simi Valley, CA to avoid distraction from the heavily involved LA community, the stage was set for a predictable, yet disastrous outcome. When the majority white jury handed down the unanimous not guilty verdict, the Los Angeles community was stunned (Oh)

As we all may realize once a crime is committed the suspect is charged and then sentenced based off the judge’s decision. As we recall a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. In other words, those who commit minor or major crimes get incarcerated depending how serious is crime. Also, in some cases suspects receive supervised probation and must be watched periodically by an assigned officer. It is understandable that those who commit crimes are held accountable for their

For as long as television has been around, racial stereotyping has plagued our screens. Most common representations of racial relations lay within sit-coms who take basic and common stereotypes and create whats known as Black situation comedies and Black humour. David Moody’s chapter The Complexity and Progression of Black Representation in Film and Television and Sasha Torres’ Television and Race both focus on Black sitcoms and their argument is that sit-coms rely upon racial stereotyping for their

Biography of Ronald Reagan Somewhere at sometime a philosopher once said, "The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who are skeptical of others until the others prove themselves, and those who assume that other people are good and decent unless proven otherwise." Ronald Reagan was one of those people who assumed that other people are good and decent until otherwise proven. However if a person was to ask another about Ronald Reagan they would give you another answer more than likely

A father purchased a toy gun as a birthday gift for his young son. His son went outside to play and and encountered a police officer who shot him seven times. This incident occurred in Sonoma County in October 2013. A similar incident occurred in November 2014 when Cleveland police killed a 12-year-old boy carrying a toy gun. Use of excessive force by police is common in impoverished "black" or "brown" communities. The website, uslegal.com, defines police brutality as: Police brutality is a civil

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The United States is facing a continuous wide spread of police brutality from the past to today. TV Networks, newspapers/magazines, bloggers and forums are getting involved into the discussion about police brutality. After a father bought a toy gun for his son for his birthday, his son went outside to play and a police officer saw him with the gun not knowing it was a toy and shot him several times. This incident occurred in Sonoma County in October 2013. Something close to that happened in November

The Beating of Rodney King The Beating of Rodney King Throughout police history in the United States and around the world there have been numerous incidents of reported police brutality and other forms of corruption including taking bribes, theft, sexual deviance, and many more. In our present time corruption has decreased significantly from what it once was decades ago but still exists. One of the most publicized cases of police brutality, if not the most, was the beating of Rodney King. Most

brutality is the use of any force exceeding that reasonably necessary to accomplish a lawful police purpose. Probably the most notorious example of police brutality is case of Rodney King. On March 2nd, 1991 King was involved in a high-speed chase with California Highway Patrol. Mr. King was under the influence of alcohol and marijuana and was trying to outrun the police because a charge of driving under the influence would of have violated his parole for previous robbery conviction. After 8 miles of high-speed