Chokehold

Eniola Aramide Narrative The Fatal Battle of Esterlyn As I’m taking a stroll along the hard sidewalk, I realize that moving into the town of Dorton was the best decision I’ve ever made. The wind bristles against my face like strokes of a paintbrush on a canvas. I gaze out into the long forest miles away from me. I wonder what secrets are hidden back there. I enjoy the smell of nature around me. I can hear the little children laughing with glee as they’re all prancing around on the playground.…

A social movement is defined as a loosely organized but sustained campaign in support of a social goal, typically either the implementation or the prevention of a change in society's structure or values. Social movements have shaped and formed this country into what it is today and have helped to change societal norms and morals. The Civil Rights Movement was began by the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954 which ended legal segregation in public schools and…

Did an occupation ever make an impact or interest on you that one day you want to be one? The Merriam-Webster defines a community as a group of people who have the same interests, religion, race, etc. A community can affect anybody and it can help or hinder but based on the people that 's in it. The community I chose are a mix of both because of how the media portrays them The community I chose was police officers because my cousin, who works for the Miami Police Department, and uncle, who…

On August 9th 2014 African American Michael Brown was shot and killed by White Police Officer Darren Wilson. This incident caused the issue of police brutality and illegal use of deadly force to be once be put into the national spotlight. The black community does not trust the police, use force against them or stop and search and the police mistrust stereotypes perpetrated from the media and because of the amount of African Americans who live in high crime areas, and recently the fear of…

misconduct forms are the usage of excessive force. Reports of excessive force constituted 23% of allegations of police misconduct in 2010; 57% of cases of excessive force, involved application of physical force involving, several physical attacks, chokeholds and baton strikes. Complaints related to…

Those of the minority group have been subjected, for a long time, to brutality by those in law authorization in the United States. This kind of savagery is an immediate portrayal of police fierceness, which regularly prompts to death. Police fierceness has been an issue for a long time, and it remains a noteworthy sympathy toward those of the minority community.Over the previous five centuries, black individuals have persevered violence in various ways. Today, cops utilize fatal, exorbitant…

Race is constructed and produced through the idea of colonialism through its different sub parts. There is an inextricable relationship between race, capitalism, and property and how it perpetuates the notion of whiteness through the exploitation of others. Property is a relationship of a person and an object; slaves were considered as objects. Racism has been long constructed through the production of race and its relations to property, and we can see it through the notion of capitalism and the…

Thomas Paine’s characterization of America from Rights of Man is formulated around the preconceived belief that the government, which was established "on the principles of society and the rights of man," is responsible for America’s prominent social, political and economic equality. America is known as the world’s “melting pot;” it has, as Paine states, “people from different nations, accustomed to different forms and habits of government, speaking different languages, and more different in…

Is essential for police officers to receive the appropriate training to deal with citizens in order to avoid the occurrence of police brutality. An enforcer of the law must use discretion on the appropriate amount of force considering the actuality and situation at hand. Police officers encounter an extremely threatening, hazardous, and dangerous environment on a daily basis, so they must always be prepared with the appropriate and proper training for unexpected situations. Without the proper…

Have you ever watched breaking news with an individual getting attacked by the police and wondered if what they did was really that bad? Sometimes you’ll see a video of that person with their face pressed against the ground extremely hard, but ask if it’s necessary. Police officers have a tendency to abuse their power and with that an abundant of helpless people are harmed. Recently, at Spring Valley High School a student was attacked by a school police officer that believed that she was…