Less Than Jake

If someone were to see Judson Bliss, the Director of Homeless Programs at St. Patrick Center in downtown St. Louis, at work, they might notice the water bottle he often carries around with him. Wrapped around Bliss’ water bottle is a simple bracelet that conveys much deeper meaning about the work that he does, and a large-scale issue in American society: homelessness. The bracelet Bliss’ son, an Affton High School student, gave to him, was a fundraising bracelet for the son’s math teacher whose…

I am a 10-Gallon person who has been enduring relationships with pint size people! Oh. My. God! This is what I heard Bishop T.D. Jakes say in one of Oprah's Lifeclasses on TV. It resonated so deeply with me and opened my eyes to the reason I have so often felt frustrated. The Pint People may be actually giving me all they have, but to my 10-Gallon self, it feels like, "Is this all you got?!" I cannot change anyone or anything, but what I can control is with whom I wish to spend my energy…

painful as possible in order to gain cooperation fast from a subject. This is purposefully done to get the officer out of a dangerous situation fast. The non lethal claymore, is placed in an area a uncooperative subject is attempting to flee to. When detonated its causes hundreds of small rubber balls to be propelled by explosion at the fleeing subject (Nye, 2015). It is meant to cause maximum pain and enough injury to cause the subject to either give up or go unconscious from the pain (Nye,…

In Texas, Bishop T.D. Jakes formed a partnership program called Texas Offenders Reentry Initiative (T.O.R.I) spanning five cities—Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, and San Antonio. T.O.R.I. is a one-year religious ministry program provided by licensed, professionally trained…

inflict physical harm on suspects” (p.741). Whereas deadly force takes it several steps further as being defined as “ the application of force likely to cause great bodily injury or death” (Henych & Thompson, 2008 p.741). They further mention that less than lethal force is the use of force that is not likely to cause death or serious bodily injury such as “ touching, prodding, redirection, come-along techniques, physical…

Brazilian student Roberto Curti tragically died in Sydney. He had stolen only two packets of biscuits and as a result, he was chased by 6 police officers. They fired Tasers at him 14 times each delivering a charge up to 50,000 volts to his body, more than enough to stop his heart from beating. Curti’s death is at least the fifth death in Australia after a Taser shooting. It is statistically proven that Tasers are being misused once in every seven cases in Australia. Tasers have been entrenched…

Are Less-lethal Weapons Worth It? Law enforcement use less-lethal or nonlethal weapons on a daily basis, to maintain order and to prevent threats from getting out of hand. Nonlethal weapons are used to minimize civilian casualties in situations that present themselves to be hazardous to the public. Law enforcement use less-lethal weapons to maintain order and apprehend criminals with minimal casualties. Law enforcement use non-lethal weapons daily, and civilians often encounter health…

suspect from getting shot. The stun-gun is by far the best alternative to previous methods of less lethal force. Some of the previous methods of less lethal force include pepper spray, tear gas, stink bombs, laser dazzlers, and bright lights. Many of these methods when compared to the stun-gun are less effective and actually create more problems. For example, pepper spray…

CLIP OF TRAINSPOTTING The team rejected Alien 4 in 1997 to make A Life Less Ordinary. Danny Boyle said of the Alien film "I don't do storyboards". He was worried he would not have the creative freedom he liked and he would become swamped in high pressure film-making. The film was bigger than their previous two - it took 50 days to shoot and had a budget of £7.5 million, financed by Twentieth Century Fox. Despite this…

teens on the hands of white police officers has put the citizens and police officer at a constant battle, so I will have restore the trust citizens had on the department, the police chief, and on the criminal system. My process will have to offer more than store killing unarm black teen but the theory that every police officer is out to get the minorities.…