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    presumption of self-defense when force is used against an intruder in one’s home or vehicle. Under the old law, the burden was on the defendant to prove that they acted in self-defense by a preponderance of the evidence. The intruder is actually is an intruder, this means the person whom forced is being used against does not have a lawful right or privilege to be in that home or vehicle. If someone comes in your house or your vehicle you…

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    rest of her life, she can get better and live life. For the murder victim, that is not an option. Another example of vigilante becoming a criminal is the case of Gail Gerlach. Where Gerlach attempted to stop a criminal stealing his SUV by firing a deadly shot and killing him. Unfortunately for Gerlach he ended up committing manslaughter and taking away another human's life. These examples show that vigilante justice causes more crimes and causes more harm to others. However people on the…

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    advantage of the privilege of having power. Within the last few years there have been an increase of these cases. Since 2014, there has been an 11% increase in cases and 45% of cases reported in New York have reported to have used unnecessary excessive force. (Watson). One of the more recent cases of unnecessary use of police brutality involved a 12 year old young African American child, Tamir Rice. Tamir was playing in a Cleveland playground when a call was made to the police of a gun being in…

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    The police force Police have as their motto, “To protect and Serve”. With the events of the past 3-5 years, is this truly the case? The impact of police actions on society (children), unwarranted confrontations, and the level of training does not support initiating lethal force. For those reasons, police should not initiate deadly force. The impact on our society and children result and how police are initiating deadly force. Our children are going to schools getting checked by police…

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    Black lives matter, blue lives matter, and all lives matter. These phrases are often used to signify either taking a side or verifying neutrality in respect to the socio-racial crisis between African Americans and the police force that presents itself in the daily lives of Americans. The truth is that these matters are not nearly as black and white as they seem. Boundaries that separate basic principles of police duties and human morality often blur together and results in the media spewing…

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    USE OF FORCE Policy Index: • Definitions • Reasonable Uses of Force • Prohibited Uses of Force • Reporting Methods Definitions: A. Use of Force Any implantation of physical techniques, tools, or other means to defend, restrain, overcome, or gain physical control of an individual. B. Excessive Force Situations in which more force is used than is allowed when judged in terms of administrative or professional guidelines or legal standards. This term also includes, illegal force. (Dunham, R. G., &…

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    The perception of deadly force has been viciously debated for the last two to three decades. American police officers are taught to use deadly force if they reasonably believe that an individual appears to be an imminent danger to themselves or others. However, what makes someone look like they are a great threat to others? Is it their race or the clothes they wear or even the way they present themselves? Everyone knows that young African American males are most likely the ones to die due to…

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    the United States officer involved shootings and uses of force have divided the public and police alike. On one side of the argument people complain about police having too much unchecked power. People argue that this power leads them to use excessive force in encounters with citizens (during or after someone is placed in custody). On the other side of the argument it is believed that police are doing a good job by meeting force with force when needed and that they are not overstepping any…

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    For many people in the society everyone is afraid of the police that they will do anything in their power to have their own control of handling the issues. Whether others had a bad experience with the police officers which could lead the officers into danger that people will put into their own hands which no one will be winning at this situation. While people claim there is a war on cops, the fact do not support this claim; not only are there already enhanced punishment for offenders who assault…

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    Police Brutality Paper

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    In recent years, police have been doing things to make us question whether the police are really here to protect us, or just abuse their power. Many unexplainable shootings, beatings, life threatening chokings, and verbal abuse incidents have all been part of this problem. One big problem is most of the time when police brutality happens, it fails to get reported or is not noticed. Numerous facts and stories have been presented to society about police brutality. Even though police officers get…

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