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    The article “That Camera Won't Save You! The Spectacular Consumption of Police Violence” By Armond R. Towns talks about how the police system is broken and even if you record a cop doing wrong then it probably won't help you out because police “always” do the right thing. It states that even if you have evidence of a police doing the wrong thing then the police will most likely still be able to work at his job and have no punishment. The first word I chose was the word media. I chose this…

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    Narrative Essay I am going to tell you something that made me change the way I looked at law enforcement and what they do. I am not saying I thought law enforcement was bad or cops were bad people. I am saying I thought all cops did was pull people over and write tickets. I did know a little bit about what cops did because my dad was a cop but I did not know all the details. This summer I went to a Jr. Police Academy that the American Legion of Oregon put together at the Oregon State Police…

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    watch out for the bad luck I have summoned upon myself. Returning back home, I remember being punished twice that day, tore my pants while playing soccer and stepped on dog poop. It didn’t took me much to believe that it was my mistake of choosing not to believe in that superstition which is why I got into trouble. Everyone of us has been in this situation, haven’t we? But, do we ever think it might be our thinking that something bad might happen is what blinds us from seeing the good things…

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    but Joey didn 't give a damn, he 'd been staking out a nightclub and searching for the weapon responsible for the murder of a stripper. Undercover cops were used to diving in dumpsters, he wiped the spoiled food off the butcher’s knife and bagged it, just another day on the job for the stocky built Irishman, a fireplug, with a relentless pursuit of bad guys. His back-up pulled in the alleyway, with the disposition of a talk show host, before his morning coffee. He barked at Joey about some…

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    The movie Crash is a drama about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles, California. The writer of the movie Crash, was inspired by a real-life incident, in which his Porsche was carjacked outside a video store on Wilshire Boulevard in 1991 (Crash Commentary, 2005). Over two days in Los Angeles, California, several lives intertwine. A detective estranged from his mother, who has a gang member, drug dealing brother. A white district attorney and his trophy wife who is frustrated with life. A…

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    She had a discussion with the cops. She was not sorry for what she did so cops took her to jail. After the incident, she sends lots of letter to the secretary of the N.A.A.C.P, Rosa Parks. After reading her letter, Rosa went to meet Claudette. At the very first meeting, they started a conversation with each other and became good friends. Time passed and the president of N.A.A.C.P decided to start a bus boycott which would start…

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    “You think I 'm a pig, don 't you kid?” The cop had been driving aimlessly for what felt like hours. During that time, he hadn 't spoken a single word. Instead, he turned on his radio and turned the volume up on a rock radio station. The day light outside the windows shifted radically as we drove. Sometimes, it disappeared entirely for minutes on end behind skyscrapers. Other times, it fell right in my face and into my eyes. It felt good. An itch went up and down my back, but by twisting…

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    Misuse Of Police Power

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    extra use of force that isn 't necessary, in order to accomplish a lawful police purpose. Whether it 's arresting someone for speeding, or theft, there are police men and women who abuse their power and take things to another level. There are many good policemen and women out there, but the corrupt ones are ignored and never really done anything about. My only question is why is it still happening? The scary part is that weapons and the police force are only improving and evolving as we speak.…

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    Interpersonal conflicts are part of everyday life and can be seen from minor disagreements with friends, families, spouses, and others to major disputes, which may be deciding factors for the future of certain relationships (Fernandez, 2008). An interpersonal conflict is a struggle between two people because they have conflicting goals or needs or because of some misunderstanding (Beebe, Beebe, and Redmond, 2005). In the episode “The Car, The Car” from the television show Everybody Loves…

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    about, because it gives our protectors a bad reputation. The good news is it doesn 't happen often, but when it does it’s big news. The bad news is… it’s real. Police are not intentionally brutal. Garry Rhodes, a former homicide detective and forensic coroner, tells us that “ Occasionally, officers might have gone a little overboard (myself included) during the heat of the moment “ (Rhodes). Police are not intentionally out here doing bad things that set bad reputations for themselves and all…

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