Chokehold

How the Conversation About Our Police Force has Changed The police are responsible for our well-being, our protection, controlling crime, and maintaining public order. These individuals are held to a high standard, however, as Voltaire said best, “With great power comes great responsibility.” The police force is generally well-respected and supported; however, recent police brutality cases have been causing an uproar, and the media heavily influences the image people have of the police. So, have…

Guilt often thought of as a misfortune, is actually a moral quality of a dependable and loyal person. It is usually the result of a sin, and is a companion of deception. Guilt has the potential to consume an individual’s mind to the point of changing their nature. In The Crucible, although John Proctor is a Godly and trustworthy man, he commits a sin that transforms him into a deceptive person. The reader can see this change in his demeanor. Proctor becomes a quiet man, who walks around as if he…

Jessica Capellen Professor Randy Pestana ISS 3130 3 December 2017 Institutional Racism in America What is Institutional Racism? Institutional Racism is a pattern seen in different social institutes like government organizations, schools, banks, and other places that are projecting negative treatment, whether it is implicitly or explicitly expressed, to a group of certain people based on their race, ethnicity, religion, etc. It occurs when a certain group is being targeted and discriminated…

Recently in today’s society, high profile police shootings from all across the U.S. have been staple stories in the media. The use of deadly force is back in the spotlight after several controversial killings of unarmed suspects by the police. Deadly force, according to the law, is force which a reasonable person would consider likely to cause death or serious bodily harm (“Use Of Deadly”, 2015). It should only be used when there is no other option and police are authorized to use it only in…

day I had Josh, Jalen, and Carson over. We started off the day hanging out upstairs in the living room playing Wii Sports and Mario Kart. Once in awhile we would become angry, then wrestle each other to the floor trying to tap one another out by a chokehold. Every time we would do that my dad or my mom would come over to the living room and told us to stop, before we break something. We always ended up finishing our rounds of Mario Kart or whatever game we were playing,…

thoroughly about the criminal policy and procedures. For example, Police Body Cameras claimed the incident that happened in July of 2014; Officer Pantaleo had put Eric Garner, an unarmed African American who had been illegally selling cigarettes, in a chokehold position after Garner resisted arrest. However, Garner was asthmatic and had died from asphyxiation right at the moment, and a civilian taped the event and started a public uproar (2015). “These forceful incidents are called response to…

One day a black man was walking through his neighborhood after a long day of work. This man was approached by two uniformed police officers who demanded that he stop. As the man halts he asked the officers “is there a problem officer” one officer replied by saying “we need to search you are there any drugs or weapons we need to know about”. The man states “No, but can you tell me why I’m being searched”. The officer continues to search the man and finds nothing. After the search, the man is free…

community nationwide has diminished and has divided the people of the United States once again. Two years after Martin’s death, Michael Brown, unarmed, was shot by the police in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner, also unarmed, who was put in a chokehold by a New York police officer in Staten Island, New York. A chart from the NY Times indicates that when asked if the recent killings of African American men by police “were isolated incidents or part of a bigger problem”, sixty-five percent of…

Police Use of Force Police use of force is an often misunderstood and ambiguous policy. Its purpose is to allow police officers the ability to apprehend and conduct investigations using an appropriate amount of physical and psychological force. Even though some feel that the police should have a wide berth to decide what it considers an appropriate use of force, current policy is ambiguous because there have been many civil law suits and protests claiming inappropriate use of force, public…

What would you do if you saw a colored man or woman being physically and/or verbally attacked by police officers? There has always been a lot of racial profiling all around the world. There are many videos around the INTERNET and on the news that shows police brutality against colored people. Many people have been shot and died right on the spot. Many innocent lives have been lost along the way. Racial profiling is a serious matter happening all around. Even though police officers feel the right…