When an African American male encounters a police officer in the United States of America he probably has a thought in his head that says he may die today. Police officers have the legal system behind their backs and they are barely ever held accountable for their unlawful acts because then the government would have to accept its mistake which it will never wish to do. An officer can calm a situation or instigate it to a point of no return. Some officers are very rude and arrive on the scene ready to shoot no matter what they were really called to do. There is a stigma of the police in minority neighborhoods. They are not liked and depending on the encounter a person may leash out an officer.
The criminal justice system seems not to properly train the officers on how to interact with society without making everyone uncomfortable, scared or confused. Police officers can trigger emotions of rage in people they encounter that will in return cause the individual to leash out. They are an intricate piece of the criminal justice system. They use their own discretion when they arrive on the scene. Moral and ethical practices are not always on their minds. The function of violence in lawmaking is twofold, in the sense that lawmaking purses as its end, with violence as the means (Lawrence & Karim, p. 280). The state is the end all, be all and has the vested right to execute violence where sees fit. …show more content…
Scott Personal terror and powerlessness is what Scott is more interested in discussing with regards to the relationship between the Dominators and the Oppressed. Scott’s analysis shows that Domination equals the “Public Transcript” and Subordination equals the “Hidden Transcript”. He takes us through an array of situations from different genders, cultures etc. to show how the hidden transcript is very
The criminal justice system seems not to properly train the officers on how to interact with society without making everyone uncomfortable, scared or confused. Police officers can trigger emotions of rage in people they encounter that will in return cause the individual to leash out. They are an intricate piece of the criminal justice system. They use their own discretion when they arrive on the scene. Moral and ethical practices are not always on their minds. The function of violence in lawmaking is twofold, in the sense that lawmaking purses as its end, with violence as the means (Lawrence & Karim, p. 280). The state is the end all, be all and has the vested right to execute violence where sees fit. …show more content…
Scott Personal terror and powerlessness is what Scott is more interested in discussing with regards to the relationship between the Dominators and the Oppressed. Scott’s analysis shows that Domination equals the “Public Transcript” and Subordination equals the “Hidden Transcript”. He takes us through an array of situations from different genders, cultures etc. to show how the hidden transcript is very