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Community Labels Due to the closed minded society we live in, the community a person comes from is a big part on how police officers and humans see each other and label one another. A majority of police officers tend to judge the person based on where they come from. A clear example of this would be the case concerning Freddie Gray. Gray came from a neighborhood typically inhabited by inmates and criminals in Baltimore. Freddie Gray was a person whom was treated harshly due to the community…

One of the most honorable profession someone can have in society is being a police officer. This is because they maintain society by enforcing laws and regulations so that total chaos doesn’t erupt. However, this also makes this profession one of the most dangerous in the world and can take its toll on the officer. After the years of being on duty these tolls on the officers take its toll by reducing their overall mental health and overall happiness. One book that provides a massive amount of…

In this scenario that are a few ethical and legal issues. The first ethical issue is the store owner knew he was wrong but wanted the deputy chief to tell the junior officer not to write him a ticket. Now legally this is wrong because he ran a red light and could have caused an accident. Therefore, it is wrong for the deputy chief to tell him not to write the ticket plus it raises question about how people who do small favors for you get special treatment. I feel that they truly started to look…

Is it fair for an American citizen to be brutally beaten by those who are dedicated to protecting the community? Many citizens have seen a growing issue with police brutality. “Police brutality is the use of excessive and/or unnecessary force by police when dealing with civilians” (S. Danilinaand). Although concerns about police brutality spiked after the Rodney King beating, police brutality has always been in the United States. “Police brutality has existed during the United States Industrial…

C. Perceived Risks of Body-Worn Camera Programs Body-worn cameras are a very new technology. With every new technology, there are risks that threaten the success and effectiveness of the technology. The use of body-worn cameras has produced concerns of citizen’s privacy, officer privacy, and investments and costs of creating and maintaining programs. Citizen privacy is the biggest concern regarding body-worn camera programs. Body- worn cameras have the potential to infringe on citizens’…

In the United States, African Americans have been racially persecuted since the start of this nation. In the documentary by Al Jazeera English, Fault Lines- Ferguson: Race and Justice in the U.S, the truth about police brutality against African Americans was precisely shown through live footage of the Ferguson riots protesting the unjustified death of Mike Brown, as well as African American members of the community speaking on their experiences concerning the practices of the St. Louis police…

The city that is portrayed in the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand relies heavily on its strict rules and regulations. Some of these rules are put in place to protect the wellbeing of the citizen where others are to prevent the citizens from living happy lives. In a way, every rule in Anthem is needed or has a specific reason however some of the rules are simply in place to keep away individuality. To begin, the city of Anthem has several rules and guidelines. Some of them can seem harsh and a little…

Everything you do in life will end up being a stepping stone to something else. It may be a stepping stone in the positive direction, negative direction, or even to a complete turnaround. Becoming a police officer is just a stepping stone to a higher calling: Chicago SWAT. Requirements to become a police officer include physical, mental, and in some cases educational requirements. Physical requirements are usually just being fit and having good muscle stamina and endurance. Mentally,…

A definition of assault can be found in Collins v Wilcock . The court stated that assault is an 'act which causes another person to apprehend the infliction of immediate, unlawful force on his person.' In Collins v Wilcock , a policewoman took hold of Collins' arm to stop her walking off when she was questioning her. Collins scratched the policewoman and was charged with assaulting a police officer in the course of her duty. It was held that the policewoman's actions formed a battery. Collins…

Critical reflection – Reviewing issue on police brutality related to ethnic minorities A disquieting number of 1,146 people killed in 2015 and 307 of them are black, this includes death from police use of a Taser, deaths caused by police vehicles and dispute in police custody as well as those killed by officers who opened fire (Swaine, Laughland, and Lartey, 2015). Although there was a higher number of white people killed in the US (Gabrielson, Grochowski Jones and Sagara, 2016), it shows a…