Fresno Police Department

anthologies, was born and raised in California. Through his entire lifetime he has been through many tough experiences. Such events include, the loss of a loved one and growing up poor in Fresno. However, these ordeals are what made him the decorated and intriguing author he is today. Born on April 12, 1952 in Fresno, California. His parents, Angie and Manuel Soto worked in San Joaquin Valley, California, along with many other Mexican-Americans. According to the University of Michigan, “These…

from Fresno CA, but he now lives in Shafter, CA where he works with the Shafter police department. Officer Yoshikawa didn’t always know that he wanted to work with law enforcement he worked many other jobs before. Officer Yoshikawa had a manager at one of his jobs that told him to go to school in hopes of getting a better life, every day he told him until he finally went. He changed his major three times until he stayed with sociology as his major. He then went on to work with Shafter police…

is, it needs to be stopped, not just by the police, but the whole community as well. The identification of crime increases as well as how to decrease it should be a huge role in a community. Crime rates are still at a huge percentage, and we as a community can try to stop it from rising even more. Perhaps the thought process of being a criminal…

spread out into different areas over a six-day period time with Los Angeles metropolitan area in California , beginning in April 1992. The Riots Began in April 19, 1992 After a Trial was over because the jury acquitted to four police officers in The Los Angeles Police Department of the use of an excessive forces in the videotaped arrest of the beating of Rodney King. There were thousands of people throughout the metropolitan in the area of Los Angeles Rioted at least over…

On July 20, 2012, Jon Blunk demonstrated the act of unconditional love for his girlfriend in Aurora, Colorado at a movie theater. During the midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises,” the assailant, James Holmes, began his attack on the crowd. Amid the booming shots of gunfire and smoke, Blunk sacrificed his life by laying on top of his girlfriend, Jansen Young. To protect her from being shot, Blunk pushed his girlfriend under the seats and laid on top of her to keep her safe from danger.…

The issues in the film the police department was dealing with at the time of Walter Collins’ abduction were problems the real LAPD had in history. The film presents genuine issues that people living in California at that time could have had with the justice system and law enforcement. Historically around the early 20th century, the LAPD had numerous issues with corruption within the force, harsh gun policies, and police scandals (Rasmussen, 1999a). The LAPD was truly having…

1992 South Central Los Angeles was lit with burning chaos. Rodney King, an African American male who was yet another the victim of Los Angeles police brutality, suffered a severe injustice. Injustices against blacks were not foreign in Los Angeles, California. The difference was that this time it was caught on camera and released to the public. The four police officers who were on trial for the unnecessary beating and brute violence against King was acquitted. All hell broke loose. Arson and…

Racism and discrimination has been a problem in the United States for hundreds of years. The United States has a long history of prejudicial thinking and behavior towards minorities. As the number of minorities and various ethnicities have grown within the United States, progress has all been made in regard to racism and discrimination. The movie, Freedom Writers, directed by Richard LaGravenese depicts how the color of a person 's skin can often define a person. Racism can exist between all…

peacefully, but later in the afternoon a man who appeared to be Middle Eastern was attacked by members of the crowd. The police eventually got involved. Many similar attacks took place later in the day, followed by retaliatory attacks that night and on subsequent nights, resulting…

constantly alluded to their experiences growing up in the “ghetto” in their songs. N.W.A.’s debut album, Straight Outta Compton, boasted it’s most controversial and popular track titled “Fuck tha Police”. Lyrics from the song state, “Young nigga got it bad cause I'm brown/And not the other color so police think/They have the authority to kill a minority”. N.W.A. did not sugarcoat their mentality; the message was clear, and it was one that many youths identified with in Los Angeles as well as all…