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    Police Brutality White police officers are infamous for using excess force towards young African-American especially in larger cities such as Chicago. It has become a controversial topic among communities that have seen police brutality take place in front of their homes.$1,800,000,000 is estimated to be the annual cost of police misconduct to taxpayers. Although the misconduct isn’t strictly towards police brutality, $1,800,000,000 is incredibly outrageous. There may be a reason to why African-Americans

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    Position Paper A big controversy now a day is with police brutality. There are hundreds of people dying each day due to some association with police officers. This position is not necessarily about who’s side to pick, it’s about the use of body cameras on police officers. These cameras would solve a lot of stories of he said she said. Especially with all the hate going around these days. People could be lying about certain incidents and the world may never know because there is no footage between

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    Robert Williams. Robert Williams is a 35-year-old teacher who works at Canadian Secondary School. Robert is a very popular teacher, most students do like him. Robert is a very determined man who reaches for his goals and achievements in life. As the police are investigating the death of the local shopkeeper, there are news reporters

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    Firefighters are killed and injured at incidents that are not initially reported as violent, so it is important to always expect the worst when responding to an incident (Ford, 2012). It is impossible to think of all the dangers that a responder will encounter at an emergency scene. Emergency responders will respond to scene where there is a potential for violence due to the nature of the call, and they may even respond to a call where violence was premeditated and meant for the responders. There

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    Coming from the perspective of the student, the police were overly forced and he was being arrested for asking a question that he was called on and had the opportunity to speak freely. In this question, he asked if the senator was a part of any secret society. In his mind, he is asking a question he feels is important to him and the community. The question only required a simple yes or no when being answered. Saying a side comment that was away from the microphone, so it was unclear but perhaps what

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    A real world agenda-setting problem is the current exposure of police brutality and the very little to no coverage of the inequalities that coexist with and accompany the reasoning behind the force. While the U.S. has had a very long history of police brutality, most of the cruelty still goes unreported; while more relevant and high profile cases seem to be creating the necessary exposure amongst media outlets. However, the brutality that is being experienced is much deeper then what the media allows

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    Police officers are the people who protect the community. Lately we had a couple pf incidents with police officers and citizens. Many citizens are now freighted by police officers. We have some citizens who do attacks against police officers, causing the loss of innocent lives. Police officers should be required to wear body cameras because the videos could be used for evidence at trial, and police officers can look back at the videos to evaluate themselves. One reason police officers should wear

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    Transgender Police Profiling Police profiling is far from a thing of the past. Recent events in American society have exposed not only racial profiling, but now discrimination and bias-based arrests on transgender individuals. While many corrections officers believe they are doing their jobs by arresting transgender people that they perceive as criminal or engaging in illegal activity, at times some officers take their harrassment too far and use their force in a bias-based manor. It is the responsibility

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    The Battle of Police Misconduct The war on crime fought on the streets is far too often waged against innocent individuals unaware of, or intimidated into surrendering their constitutional rights. Police officers often make bad judgment calls on a possible offender and resort to using more force than needed. With the two parties involved in the situation, misunderstandings of communication play’s a major role in why police misconduct is becoming more and more of an issue. As minority citizens are

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    In recent discussions of police force, a controversial issue has been whether or not cops are using too much of it. On the one hand, some argue that most people aren’t looking at the bigger question: was the situation avoidable? On the other hand, however, others argue that there is only a handful of “less honorable” cops who use too much deadly force. In sum, then, the issue is the choice between whether or not cops are on the citizen’s sides. While many people assume that all cops are generally

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