National Guard of the United States

drug war, and includes strict punishments and sentences for those convicted of crimes involving drugs. It has been shown that groups such as private prisons, and prison guard unions lobby for strict punishments to increase incarceration, and reap the profits. These company’s contributions promote the war on drugs, by giving the state no incentive to scale back their policies. What many fail to realize, however, is the impact the war on drugs and subsequent policies has internationally. America’s…

industries. Americans began to seek individual independence and challenge traditional values. However, the nation witnessed negative aspects of the 1920’s with the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan. The Ku Klux Klan used their power and violence to manipulate state and local politics to target: immigrates, Jews, Catholics, and African Americans. This era was also faced with a number of political scandals; for example, the Teapot Dome sandal exposed corruption and bribery of government officials…

capacity every day. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website, since 1980 the United States prison population has risen by 184,000 people. The prison population is expected to continue to swell over 45 percent of its limit by 2018, according to the Government Accountability Report (McLaughlin, 2012). Those housed in federal prison are incarcerated by various crimes. Sex offenses, arson, robbery, national security, drug offenses; these are just a few of the crimes inmates…

Americans were denied of their freedom and property by the State, when constrained from their employments, homes, and groups into spiked metal, watched focuses and camps" (LegiSchool). It assumed control more than 200 years to create the rights and laws to ensure American nationals, yet they were taken away immediately. The hardships from battles over opportunity and equity were in vain right now. What's more, the instance of Korematsu vs United…

As an American, it is one’s duty to support and stand for the views of the United States through various policies, human rights, and the classic American ideals. However, over the years, these ideas and interpretation of rights have often changed. We have seen this though radical new laws that would have never been accepted a few centuries ago. Some of these new policies are things such as the legalizing same-sex marriage through the entire nation, legalizing medical marijuana, or death with…

All men are created equal. That is in the second paragraph of the United States Constitution. A long time ago, racism was very evident in the U.S. All men were not equal at this time. Slavery existed for hundreds of years. Then came Jim Crow Laws and other injustices when slavery was abolished, which were unfair and imposed segregation between African Americans and caucasian Americans- until a man by the name of Martin Luther King Jr. lead the black community in peaceful protest. There are many…

Decades of American and United Nation efforts have failed to prevent Iran from obtaining their own nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities. The most recent reports from multiple national and international sources have confirmed that Iran has successfully tested a nuclear warhead north of Namakzar-e Shahdad . A nuclear armed Iran poses a grave threat to the safety of Americans and the world. Announcements by Iran’s Supreme Leader warn against an offensive attack and they have made preemptive…

Ulbrich states of the numerous complaints of police brutality during the rebellion referring to a Detroit Free Press report commenting on 200 complaints given to Civil Rights organizations and Congressman John Conyers’s office and some of the complaints had been forwarded to the Justice Department and FBI for investigation, in addition to verbal abuse, theft, and arson accusations. (pp. 54-58). Activity of the National Guard was absolutely abysmal as their unprofessionalism…

The Militarization of State and Local Police in the United States Military functions and police functions vary. The main function of the police is to maintain order within a community. While crime fighting is one aspect of their job, according to a study conducted in Baltimore by Christine N. Famega, James Frank, and Lorraine Mazerolle, about 76% of an officer 's time is undirected, while only 19% of their time is actually spent answering calls for service and the other 5% is directed…

rioting and fifteen had fire damage” (usatoday) The situation became too much for the police force in Ferguson alone so Gov. Nixon called for about two thousand National Guard troops to be sent in to help. A source from USA today said “ We can’t blame the police for everything. There’s only so much they can control.” The police and National Guard are trying to protect this…