Extrajudicial killings

If I could uninvent one invention it would be… Drones have caused chaos around our world in the recent news through the military use, citizen’s use, and environmental issues they have caused. The US Military has created more enemy combatants by killing not only, other enemy combatants, but innocent by standers using drones because they cannot be accurate enough with drones. Unmanned drones can seem like a good way to keep US soldiers safe, but they ultimately put more Americans in danger in the…

Suffering, as defined in the dictionary, is “the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship.” It involves an experience of unpleasantness and a significant amount of pain. More often than not, we associate suffering with evil (although they are distinct) due to our belief that committing transgressions will possibly have unpleasant consequences that are in line with these wrongdoings. However, suffering is not only limited to those have a high tendency to tolerate evil. People who have the…

drones to kill suspected terrorists in Somalia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and other countries. The use of unmanned aerial vehicles has created great controversy in recent years; this is in part because of the September 2011 authorized, targeted killing of Anwar al-Awlaki. Awlaki…

In this time for example, torture has been one of the most frequently used interrogation techniques, and in the state of Sao Paulo alone at least 11,692 police involved killings have been reported (3). In other regions of the country the numbers are equally elevated. Most of these deaths remain unaccounted for due to incomplete and unreliable record keeping, and police is rarely held responsible for their actions. The military…

intelligence and U.S. Air Force operations to target and eliminate enemies on the ground without risk to flight crews. Deadly lethal and operated by U.S. Air Force personnel in the United States, targeted killings by predator drone strikes have become the weapon of choice while the legality of targeted killings is subject to much debate. Like judicial precedence, it has become accepted practice and part of normal warfare because of its repeated and accepted occurrence. However, as of 2016, no…

Black lives Matter began with a hashtag on social media #BlackLivesMatter, and is an international organization that originated from the African-American community in 2012 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Treyvon Martin an African-American teen. Black lives Matter usually takes action when an African-American is dies unjustly or other racial issues such as racial profiling, police brutality and racial inequality in the US courts. Black Lives Matter was co—founded…

Zimmer-man case which took place in Sanford Florida in 2012. Its the case where Trayvon martin was walking down the road with a black hoodie and George Zimmer-man, a wanna be cop shot and killed him. They use words like dehumanization and extrajudicial killings. They single out the police and vigilantes. The site asks what does black lives matter mean? They are broadening the conversation and talking about how black lives are deprived of basic human rights and…

dealing with civilians. Police killings, brutality, and unfair acts are happening all around the world. Many blacks are losing their lives due to unequal rights and police killings overseas. How would one feel to die to an unfair act? These acts usually takes place in the east coast of South America in Rio de Janeiro, a large global issue that no one really pays attention to, is a huge problem. Despite the promise Legacy of a safe city for hosting the Olympic Games, killings by the police have…

on creating a movement that was based on intersectionality and included all African American lives, not just fighting for police violence against cisgender African American males. Garza insists BLM “is a unique contribution that goes beyond extrajudicial killings of Black people by police and vigilantes. [BLM] affirms the lives of Black queer and trans folks, disabled folks, Black-undocumented folks, folks with records, women and all Black lives along the gender spectrum” (Jackson). The media…

A bold statement, to say the least. Since Duterte’s rise to power in May, 2016 as the 16th President of the Philippines, as what is described as a “landslide” victory with over 16 million votes (around 39% of total votes cast, more than 6 million votes ahead of his closest rival), both his actions and words has brought the Republic of the Philippines to the spotlight numerous times (Cruz, 2016). From comparing himself to Hitler, to cursing Obama “putangina” (literally means whore-mother,…