Parry, Nat.
“Is Police Brutality Color-Blind?” Consortiumnews.com 22 Aug. 2014: 13 Oct. 2015 https://consortiumnews.com/2014/08/22/is-police-brutality-color-blind/
A strength of this reference is that not only does it bring up local statistics on police brutality in regards to racial minorities, but it addresses it on a national level, as well. The Consortiumnews.com author includes U.S. federal constitution facts, as well. However, the author is using too many subjective statements in here which come across to the reader as “matter-of-fact,” but really, they’re just truth surrogates; namely, the use of such terminology as 'white privilege' takes away from the need for an objective perspective on such a controversial topic. (There’s a disparity between whites and …show more content…
She writes many articles on the subject of racially-charged brutality against minorities.
Geller, Adam.28 June 2015." Is training the key?: Las Vegas' revamped police exercises could offer lessons on stemming deadly force." Chicago Tribune.
[accessible online: http://search.proquest.com/docview/1691463999?pq-origsite=summon (Links to an external site.)]In this article the story of Stanley Gibson is told, a handicapped veteran who after having run out of his psych meds has a run in with Las Vegas Metro Police.
After refusing to comply with orders given by police to exit his vehicle, the confused and unarmed Gibson is shot 4 times with an AR-15 assault rifle by officer Jesus Arevalo and killed. 115 killings over two decades have taken place in Las Vegas; of these civilians shot by police it was found that 33 were unarmed. Adam Geller is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Glassner, Barry. January 2010." The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things-Crime, Drugs, Minorities, Teen Moms, Killer Kids, Mutant Microbes, Plane Crashes, Road Rage, and So Much More." Basic Books. New York.
“Is Police Brutality Color-Blind?” Consortiumnews.com 22 Aug. 2014: 13 Oct. 2015 https://consortiumnews.com/2014/08/22/is-police-brutality-color-blind/
A strength of this reference is that not only does it bring up local statistics on police brutality in regards to racial minorities, but it addresses it on a national level, as well. The Consortiumnews.com author includes U.S. federal constitution facts, as well. However, the author is using too many subjective statements in here which come across to the reader as “matter-of-fact,” but really, they’re just truth surrogates; namely, the use of such terminology as 'white privilege' takes away from the need for an objective perspective on such a controversial topic. (There’s a disparity between whites and …show more content…
She writes many articles on the subject of racially-charged brutality against minorities.
Geller, Adam.28 June 2015." Is training the key?: Las Vegas' revamped police exercises could offer lessons on stemming deadly force." Chicago Tribune.
[accessible online: http://search.proquest.com/docview/1691463999?pq-origsite=summon (Links to an external site.)]In this article the story of Stanley Gibson is told, a handicapped veteran who after having run out of his psych meds has a run in with Las Vegas Metro Police.
After refusing to comply with orders given by police to exit his vehicle, the confused and unarmed Gibson is shot 4 times with an AR-15 assault rifle by officer Jesus Arevalo and killed. 115 killings over two decades have taken place in Las Vegas; of these civilians shot by police it was found that 33 were unarmed. Adam Geller is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Glassner, Barry. January 2010." The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things-Crime, Drugs, Minorities, Teen Moms, Killer Kids, Mutant Microbes, Plane Crashes, Road Rage, and So Much More." Basic Books. New York.