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    Militarization Of Police

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    The image of police officers has gone from “good cop, bad cop” to “bad cop, bad cop.” Due to the actions of some officers, the media’s coverage of said actions, and the coverage of what appears to be the militarization of police, people are quickly attaching negative connotations to the term “police officer.” For example, The Daily Targum, a newspaper run by Rutgers University students comments on the issue of police brutality by saying, “When cops are getting hired based on connections…

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    what is happening throughout their surroundings. Shootings have been happening frequently as well due to the cause of racial profiling within an officer towards a minority. The Michael Brown shooting that happened in Missouri demonstrate how a white police officer shot an unarmed black man. This case has gotten a lot attention due to the cause that white domination and supremacy power was used. The officer who shot the 18 year old unarmed victim Michael Brown, was charged with the crime that…

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    Militarization of US Police Force America, the country of the free, but is it actually free when the police are packing heat like never before? Recently the local police departments has been seen using excessive force and equipment necessary. Over the past few decades, the government have offered local police departments around five billion dollars’ worth of military-grade weapons and equipment intended for fighting major crimes, terrorism and response to disasters (Snowiss). Why would police…

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    Roles Of Police In China

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    China Police Throughout history, the police posts have assumed various roles and functions in China. On 1951, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) implemented the “Provisional Regulations on Urban Household Management” Which promised to secure social order and protect the people’s safety. On 1954, the National People’s Congress approved regulations of public security police posts. This regulation imposed a lot of duties and responsibilities to the police posts. Duties such as protecting the…

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    view that he or she is superior to another because of racial differences” (Hanser and Gomila 2015). Racism has going on since before the United States was founded. Police officers are supposed to be treating every person who they deal with on an everyday equally, no matter what the color of their skin is or where they came from. Police officers have to follow a strict code of conduct, which includes ethics and morals. Ethics can be described as doing something that you know can get you in to a…

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    Los Vendidos Analysis

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    Los Vendidos The play written by Luis Valdez, Los Vendidos, an interpretation of how American people see Mexican Americans is played through a drama. A secretary from Governor Reagan, Miss Jimenez, comes to a shop in hopes of finding a Mexican to bring to a gathering to create diversity in the crowd. The “shop” owner, Honest Sancho, is a business man trying to sell these Mexican Americans. Miss Jimenez is looking for a Mexican who is perfect. While Sancho is trying to help find the perfect…

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    be discussing the SBS documentary The Cronulla Riots. This documentary is an informative and educative text that provides responders with an insight into Australia's social and cultural context. I will be examining how contemporary texts offer modern possibilities, alongside interactive features and a combination of documentary techniques. The riots occurred on the 11 of December 2005, on the beachside suburb of Cronulla, Sydney Australia. These riots received a lot of media coverage, which…

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    Zoot Suit Film Analysis

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    The movie, Zoot Suit, follows the events of Henry Reyna and his 38th Street gang after they were falsely accused for of a murder they did not commit. The first scene of the movie depicts the 38th Street gang partying at the local dance club. It isn’t long until Henry’s brother, Rudy, provokes a fight with their rival gang, The Downey Gang, forcing the 38th Street gang to leave. That same night, Henry and his girlfriend, Della, take a trip to the Sleepy Lagoon where they are confronted by the…

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    talks about how the police department was created and who it was based on. The American unified and uniformed police force was based on the French and English police force. Monkkonen describes the police department in American as an extension of the London division. His argument, abate a complex one, is organized as sections (chapters) as sections of the argument. In the book, it talks about the police in the context of urban history, issues in studying crime and the police in the past, The…

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    commentary named, “Why are cops taking Beyonce’s black affirmation as an attack?” after hearing that multiple police officers made the decision to boycott the halftime show. Lennard was puzzled when society began to say that Beyonce’ was attacking police officers during her ‘Formation’ performance. She suggests that Beyonce was simply being an advocate for African Americans not attacking the police force. Lennard uses mood, tone, pathos, imagery, and various rhetorical analysis to persuade her…

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