Arrest

as we discussed in class concerning the Henry Gates case. Henry Gates did not commit any crimes but by losing his temper and raising his voice and arguing with the police officers caused him to get arrested for disorderly conduct. The Henry Gates arrest case had received extensive media coverage since he was a well-known and respected African-American university professor with high socioeconomic status. Henry Gates also has strong connections and has close personal relations with President…

Introduction My last semester at Middle Georgia State University as an undergraduate student was filled with a wonderful opportunity to intern with the Bibb County Sheriff Department. My internship experienced was supervised under the leadership of Cindy Gresham, the executive assistant of the agency. Historically, social control in Bibb County was maintained by two separate entities, the Bibb County Sheriff Department and the former Macon Police Department. There were multiple attempts to…

Last year nearly 701,000 people were arrested for marijuana related offenses. That equates to roughly one arrest every 45 seconds (Marijuana Legalization 2015…). Too many Americans are behind bars for trivial offences, in this case, possession of marijuana. Marijuana should be decriminalized in Minnesota because it would free up police resources to deal with more serious crimes, fix the problem that more harm is caused by the criminal prohibition of marijuana than by the use of marijuana itself,…

Jack Coler and Mr. Ron Williams, entered the Jumping Bull Ranch, private property in an unmarked police car. They allegedly sought to arrest a young Native American man they believed they had seen in a red pick-up truck. A large number of AIM supporters were camping on the property at the time. They had been invited there by the Jumping Bull elders, who sought protection. The families…

Abbeys example of how bad the police treated the peaceful protesters, “including jamming pepper spray-soaked Q-tips into the corners of the protesters’ eyes” (Abbey 81) she even stated that they continued to use pepper on them thus denying them their first amendment. Going back to the recent protesting about the murders of innocent black men the police looked like they were going to war when confronting it, they even used rubber bullets, tear gas, flash grenades, the use of pepper spray this is…

written by William Armstrong was first published in 1969 by Harper Collins. This true story revolves around an African - American family dealing with the hardships in their life. It concentrates particularly on the eldest son, ’the boy’ after the arrest of his father, leaving him the man of the family. Sounder focuses on man’s inhumanity to man, i.e, the discrimination during that time and emphasizes the value of having courage through the face of adversity. The book generally conveys an…

I can’t breathe by Matt Taibbi is an account of the arrest and death of Eric Garner on a New York side walk in July of 2014. His death at the hands of all white policemen has galvanized his community and has called into question why so black men may have been killed at the hands of the police. 1In Ferguson, Missouri in 2014 Michael Brown likewise was killed by police in an arrest attempt. 2 Unfortunately the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown are not new. Black men born in 2001 have a one…

many people fail to acknowledge the sorts of benefits marijuana offers, instead focus on the illegal side of it. “Marijuana arrests now account for over half of all drug arrests in the United States. Of the 8.2 million marijuana arrests between 2001 and 2010, 88% were for simply having marijuana,” (Marijuana Arrests by the Numbers). With that being said, there is an arrest every forty-five seconds for the possession of marijuana, it is unnecessary to keep destroying American lives with pretty…

brothers that were shot and killed that led officers to initiated an investigation that led them to Genovevo Salinas, Petitioner, who voluntarily to interview with the officer for questioning and was not read his Miranda rights because he was not arrest at the time and all parties agreed the interview was noncustodial. Salinas answered all of the officers questions until one officer asked if his gun found at the crime scene would match the gun found in Salinas’ home. At the point Salinas…

been going into the Yakuzas hideouts to cut off their businesses like car dealerships and gas stations. The police has also been able to arrest people high in ranks in the mob. The people that they arrested were some of the leaders in their trafficking business. Once these…