Chokehold

The story opens up with two men fighting. It talks about how they really are not fighting over anything. One choking the other and the narrator with his knife. He manages to cut the other man’s arm, just bad enough to get himself released from the chokehold. I believe this fight creates a theme that foreshadows what is to come in the story. The theme of men trying so hard for something without even having a purpose. As the narrator sets sail he finds a small ship, but overlooks it due to the…

Police officers are often portrayed as the protectors of the people, however, recent media attention has portrayed them as violent and abusive of their power in non-violent situations. Whether it be in a small town or a big city school district these incidents of violence have been the center of recent media attention. However, there have been recent incidents of police brutality within school districts, elementary and high school levels, which furthers the poor conversation of Student Resource…

Police Brutality There have been many lives taken from the black community. Taken by the authority in uniform that we look to for safety. Taken by the authority who is supposed to protect and serve. Taken by officers who ride in a car that flicks red, white, and blue lights. These are the colors of the United States Flag that symbolizes different meanings. Red is the hardiness and the valor. Blue is of the chief, vigilance, perseverance, and justice, and white symbolizes purity and innocence.…

to CNN on July 17th Garner was stopped by police for selling cigarettes. When the officers confronted garner he surrenders by raising his hands in the air and told officers not to touch him. Then an officer comes from behind and puts garner in a chokehold. Garner cries over and over “I can’t breathe.” Garner is asthmatic and could not breathe. He laid on the ground motionless until EMT took him to a near by hospital where he was declared dead. Stop and frisk and driving while black are very…

Body cameras also provide footage needed for evaluations so that police officers can improve their maneuvers. Since police officers do not get followed around by a supervisor during their shifts, they may not be aware if they are not performing their jobs correctly and efficiently or using improper technique. It is difficult to improve without evaluations, and difficult to evaluate without having visual evidence of how an officer performs. Lieutenant John Carli from Vacaville, California uses…

was” paragraph 10 (page 5). This is an evidence of how people react when seeing a black person. Another example of this is Erick Garner, who was apprehended for allegedly selling loose cigarettes. He died after an officer on the scene put him in a chokehold. It seems like black people’s lives do not…

The Ancient Olympics Ever thought about when was the Olympics created, where it originated or why was it created? How many sports were included and what were the roles of women during this vital period in history? The Ancient Olympic were based on religious beliefs, filled with many competitive sports and had stringent rules for women during the games (Goldman). The first ancient Olympics started in 776 B.C. ancient Greece. The event was very important to the Greeks and it was so special that…

officer that was sworn to serve and protect the citizens of New York City. Officer Pantaleo and the New York City Police Department failed to serve and protect Mr. Garner, and instead of protecting him, officer Pantaleo murdered Mr. Garner by using a chokehold, a restraining method that is illegal to use for New York City police officers.…

time of these incidents were being unjustly killed. What followed was a hashtag, #BlackLivesMatter, that began to encompass all the other string of innocent people whose lives were taken from them. Famous examples include Eric Garner who died in a chokehold while saying “I can’t breathe” in 2014, Michael…

Currently, the largest ethical issue facing the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is the idea of police misconduct in regards to racial profiling. This comes to light after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black man, who was shot and killed by a white police officer, in Ferguson, Missouri (Buchanan), in 2014. Three other unarmed black individuals were also killed by white officers in a two-month span surrounding Brown’s death, including Ezell Ford, Frank Alvarado and Eric Garner…