Rosenberger's Journal Policing And Society

The study by Valerie Callanan and Jared Rosenberger, was submitted to the journal Policing and Society. The research conducted by Callanan and Rosenberger focused primarily on racial and personal experience factors into perception of the police. The researchers used two different approaches to justify their study, Instrumental and Procedural. Instrumental deals with the idea of when police are effective in their work, the community will gain more confidence in the institution (Callanan & Rosenberger, 2011). The procedural method dealed with the hypothesis of positive interactions or encounters with the police, leads to a higher level of trust with police institutions. For the study, participants took interview surveys and were asked three questions. …show more content…
In Liebert’s journal, the discussion of the retaliation shootings on two New York City police officers after the Michael Brown and Eric Gardner cases (Liebert, 2015). The case demonstrates an extreme circumstance on the influence negative police media can have on an individual. Liebert did conduct a study pertaining to the misleading statistics but, the main focus for this section is the Ismaaiyl Brinsley case. Ismaaiyl Brinsley, a mentally ill man from Baltimore, committed the murders of two New York Police Departments (NYPD) officers in retaliation to the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Gardner (Liebert, 2015). Brinsley was described as a revenge-seeking gunman with a criminal history and a history of mental health issues (Liebert, 2015). Prior to the murders of the two NYPD officers, Brinsley posted threats on Instagram about killing the police (Liebert, 2015). Brinsley’s post stated, “I’m putting wings on pigs today. They take one of ours, let’s take two of theirs. #ShootThePolice #RIPEricGardner #RIPMikeBrown” (Robson, 2014). The day of Brinsley’s manic killings, Brinsley murdered his girlfriend in Baltimore before driving to New York to proceed his killings (Liebert, 2015). The Patrol Benevolent Association (PBA) chief criticized Chief Bill Bratton and Mayor Bill de Blassio for the police killings (Liebert, 2015). The PBA chief deemed the two responsible for inciting Brinsley to violence by criticizing the police for the unarmed killing of Eric Gardner (Liebert, 2015). It is believed that Brinsley’s incitement was his paranoid delusion of the police after the Eric Gardner video was released (Liebert, 2015). As quoted by Liebert (2015 pg. 73), “Images have the power to incite, especially among the mentally ill, whose rational behavior is severely compromised if not completely absent”. The theory of the murders is,