Commanding officer

Mandy Hale once said, “You have a destiny and a purpose that no one else on this earth can fulfill . . . And you have traveled a unique journey that has equipped you along the way with the tools you need to carry it out” In I Am the Messenger, Markus Zusak reveals to me how everyone is put on this world with a purpose, whether they know it or not, everyone has a reason for being here. This is shown multiple times throughout the novel in different ways, including when Ed would help the people…

How discrimination impacted the characters in Zootopia Throughout the film Zootopia, discrimination and stereotypes impacted nearly everyone’s life. The film features a slew of characters dealing with oppression and fear. To make the film child friendly, the writers opted to have every animal represent a race. Although some animals may have been affected more than others, nearly everyone has experienced being discriminated against or judged. Out of the many characters throughout the film; Judy,…

A fight that broke out at a local bar turned into a major scene with one person behind bars. According to officers, a group of people turned to Corner Pocket Bart after kicked out, before they started shooting before one Friday morning. The Corner Pocket Bar had to endure a dangerous scene earlier Friday morning. What was supposed to be a normal night, turned out to be alarming for most of those who occupied the scene. The shots fired call came in to police from the Corner Pocket around 1…

Just as a police officer can "pressure" an eyewitness to say they saw something that they did not see, an eyewitness can also mistaken someones identity. Mistaken identity is used by a defense attorney which claims the actual innocence of their client by discrediting any…

On October 13, at the auditorium in Whitman College, I went to go see writer and civil rights activist Shaun King. Shaun King’s lecture surrounded Civil Rights and the Black Lives Matter movement. Shaun King brought up several intellectual philosophical questions to the audience, such as “If humans are getting steadily getting better than why are than why are there 102 unarmed African Americans killed last year?”, which he compared to 1902, when 102 African Americans were lynched. King described…

The legal issue surrounding this heinous crime done to males can be complicated. To start off with police officers are usually the first responders and at time they can cause more harm than good. Officers are not at times properly trained for this kind of response and can be insensitive. Some officers when encountering a male victim they are usually in disbelief. In this moment, the victim has been denied a proper investigation, and the feelings of they deserved it or wanted begin. With the time…

On June twenty-seventh, 1969 the Stonewall Rebellion, also known as “the emblematic event in modern lesbian and gay history” had started. It was a time where police and agents from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board were called in to look for violations of the alcohol control laws in a bar named the Stonewall Inn because it was believed that they did not have a liquor license. Most of the raids were common on gay bars and the regular routine for patrons. Although most were fearful that their…

in which they did. Furthermore, if the two white officers had any type of racist attitudes or beliefs regarding African Americans, this may have largely led to them being more quickly to act more violently towards — and eventually kill — Sterling. In today’s society, it seems as though…

The author brings light to the subject of police brutality in America and the real definition of it, what it represents to humanity and the hypocrisy it presents in the U.S. Abbey begins her article with an example of police brutality with the protestors at Headwaters Forest in 1997 who united to stop the logging of redwood trees in northern California, she explains that methods the police used on this civilians were barbaric and unnecessary. To illustrate, the use of Q-tips containing pepper…

“Bang,bang” another black male has been shot and killed, which again starts a riot of enraged African Americans. However, Americans,such as republicans,police, and citizens have not recognized the growing injustice in a so-called “justice system”.This injustice is like a disease that will spread throughout the whole body until we have a nation acknowledge the problem and find a cure. Have you ever seen an alcoholic? The majority of alcoholics can not admit that they have a problem until it…