Mug shot

The cold open from The Wire episode “Old Cases” is a supplementary event that demonstrates the communication failures within Lieutenant Daniel’s detail of the Baltimore Police Department. The scene opens with a medium shot of Hauk’s foot and tilts up to show Hauk struggling to push a desk through a doorway. Given the nature of Hauk’s character on the show, it is unsurprising that his approach to maneuvering the desk through the doorway is through the use of force and physical strength. In this…

excessive, is irreversible, and, often, performed on those whose only crime is speech or thought. Public shaming is not a good or particularly effective form of punishment because it almost always becomes too much. In the article, “Mugged by a Mug Shot Online,” the author,…

The FAA ushered in a new era in December when it released the long awaited unmanned aerial systems (UAS) registration rules. Although these rules apply to everyone operating a system in the U.S. airspace, they had a greater impact on private user. Why? Simply stated, the U.S. government has been operating unmanned systems over the U.S. for a couple of years now. While operational use has been limited, an article published by MPR News touts the benefits of Customs and Border Patrols’ (CBP) use…

Drinking and driving can lead to a person getting arrested and charged with a DUI or a DWI. The cost of what happens after getting arrested is not even worth drinking and driving. The Ignition Interlock Device is just as embarrassing as an ugly mug shot. The device pretty much ruins a person’s chance of drinking again until the device is removed from the car. Lastly, drinking and driving is bad because you can lose your life or even worse, you can kill somebody in a car accident. I cannot…

whether it is the challegences that they Dea agents faced trying to find an old mug shot of Pablo Escobar, or when Escobar realizes that his dream of becoming a president and changing the history of Columbia has been shattered when his mug shot is now presented to him during a congressional meeting. A forced to resign Pablo Escobar now tells the Columbians that he is through acting nice and that from now on things…

in a very special facility and the process is a well-kept secret. The beans are sourced from all parts of the world and are only from the most exotic places on the world. This is a big factor that differentiates us from other coffee companies. All mugs are hand made and tested for stability and uniqueness. The brewing machines like the French presses are also hand made, but the electronic brewing machines are bought from distributors. Brands in the coffee shop range from Keurig-Tassimo. The…

Particularly relevant to the topic of media bias is the notion that African American males are constant targets of said bias, as shown in the research conducted on crime reporting. African Americans are generally at rick for media bias, and the males receive the majority of negative media attention. Not only is it concerning that Black males are targets for negative coverage, it is also concerning that all Americans are liable to be impacted in ways that affect their racial perception. “One of…

The cards were stacked up against Walter Swift being accused of a crime he did not commit; eyewitness misidentification, incomplete forensic testimony, government misconduct and an inadequate defense. In 1982, a white pregnant woman was raped and robbed by a black man in her home in Detroit, Michigan while playing with her seven month old son. She described her assailant as a thin black man between the ages of 15 and 18. She stated to detective Janice Nobliski, that the man was clean shaven with…

matter where you are located and who you are, it makes breaking news for the media, especially if the incident occurred in the local area. A local video from WCVB Channel 5 News is titled Northeastern student charged in sexual assault and it has the mug shot of the accuser, who got arrested. In the video, it illustrates how two victims suffered a violent attack but are expected to be fine, however the names of the victims were not released. The video list the charges of the accuser and how the…

Case Number 2: In the early afternoon of December 22, 1984, four juvenile African-American men boarded the New York City subway, in which Bernhard Goetz shot and seriously wounded all four teenagers, after they allegedly tried to mug him. Nine days after the incident, Goetz eventually surrendered to law enforcement. In the process of People vs. Goetz’s trail, he was charged with attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment, and several firearms offenses, however, a jury found him not guilty…