Does the movie Training Day depict true aspects of policing or is it truly unrealistic? In the movie, Jake Hoyt- Ethan Hawak is a rookie cop that just got assigned to Alonzo Harris- Denzel Washington's elite unit of narcotics officers and during his first day he sees just how far Alonzo will go to fulfill his desires and to control the law he has supposedly sworn to uphold. Jake Hoyt follows Alonzo around and sees his partner do very unethical and sometimes illegal things to seek justice. For example at one point in the movie Jake Hoyt sees a women getting raped and steps in and helps the woman to safety but Alonzo threatens the rapist with prison and punches and kicks him after the woman is safely out of harm's way. This is an example of “excessive force that is a degree that is more than justified to effect a legitimate function” (Roberg Novack 325). This tells me
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The type of person Jake Hoyt is would have a very negative effect on my city because some of the things he does are so unethical it rises to the level of criminality. Jake Hoyt would not be welcome in my city because it seems like it is difficult for him to differenciate between right and wrong. For instance, he follows Alonzo and it's not until the end of the movie that he somewhat redeems himself by protecting Alonzo's family from Alonzo himself. This is the only time in the movie where it is clear to me that he honestly tries to protect someone other than himself. Besides that, he is blindly following Alonzo because he so desperately wants to be a part of this unit that he momentarily loses sight of why he wants to become a policeman in the first place. Several times he does not read suspects their Miranda warnings, which are legal rights that give suspects protection from illegal acts by the police (72). This is one more example of how Alonzo operates outside of the law and Jake follows along
The type of person Jake Hoyt is would have a very negative effect on my city because some of the things he does are so unethical it rises to the level of criminality. Jake Hoyt would not be welcome in my city because it seems like it is difficult for him to differenciate between right and wrong. For instance, he follows Alonzo and it's not until the end of the movie that he somewhat redeems himself by protecting Alonzo's family from Alonzo himself. This is the only time in the movie where it is clear to me that he honestly tries to protect someone other than himself. Besides that, he is blindly following Alonzo because he so desperately wants to be a part of this unit that he momentarily loses sight of why he wants to become a policeman in the first place. Several times he does not read suspects their Miranda warnings, which are legal rights that give suspects protection from illegal acts by the police (72). This is one more example of how Alonzo operates outside of the law and Jake follows along