In what seemed to be a miraculous coincidence, I got to attend the “Black Lives Matter and Racial Policing” presentation at the Constitution Day conference. I was really hoping to attend this particular presentation because as a minority, I was somewhat familiar with the topics and concepts. I knew the speakers would deepen my understanding and talk about situations that would hit home. Unfortunately, it was scheduled for the exact time frame as a class I couldn’t miss, but my teacher called in sick, and I had never been more grateful for a cancelled class. After the presentation and looking through my notes, I found somewhat related aspects in the topics discussed and class discussions.
The first speaker, Dr. Guzman, eased into the presentation …show more content…
“Che” Rodriguez, the second speaker, really went in depth with the inner workings of a police department. He talked about how Police Unions lobby to influence laws and criminal justice policy to make them work in their favor. He tried to demonstrate that when one cop commits an act of injustice, the responsibility is shared because of how the police unions work. He also talked about a group called “Los Panchos.” Los Panchos are a group of people in Mexico who basically have their own city. That own city has its own laws, beliefs, way of life, protections, and live having the least amount of outside interference as possible. When someone with authority, like a police officer wants to enter their place, he has to surrender his weapons to the people who are in charge of Los Panchos and then be escorted through the property. I found this really interesting because Los Panchos didn’t agree with how the country they were living in was run, so they made their own society and implemented what they thought was necessary. Los Panchos, at least in my view, can kind of be considered as a situation like Hart’s giant land crabs, where only laws that are necessary are created and …show more content…
She told her son’s story and the hardships she went through trying to get justice for him. The main thing she emphasized near the end was that laws needed to change. She said that reforming the Police Bill of Rights required almost an act of Congress. In the end, the reform that was put in place – for officers to wear body cameras all the time – was only a portion of what she wanted, but it was better than
The first speaker, Dr. Guzman, eased into the presentation …show more content…
“Che” Rodriguez, the second speaker, really went in depth with the inner workings of a police department. He talked about how Police Unions lobby to influence laws and criminal justice policy to make them work in their favor. He tried to demonstrate that when one cop commits an act of injustice, the responsibility is shared because of how the police unions work. He also talked about a group called “Los Panchos.” Los Panchos are a group of people in Mexico who basically have their own city. That own city has its own laws, beliefs, way of life, protections, and live having the least amount of outside interference as possible. When someone with authority, like a police officer wants to enter their place, he has to surrender his weapons to the people who are in charge of Los Panchos and then be escorted through the property. I found this really interesting because Los Panchos didn’t agree with how the country they were living in was run, so they made their own society and implemented what they thought was necessary. Los Panchos, at least in my view, can kind of be considered as a situation like Hart’s giant land crabs, where only laws that are necessary are created and …show more content…
She told her son’s story and the hardships she went through trying to get justice for him. The main thing she emphasized near the end was that laws needed to change. She said that reforming the Police Bill of Rights required almost an act of Congress. In the end, the reform that was put in place – for officers to wear body cameras all the time – was only a portion of what she wanted, but it was better than