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    Confucianism Vs Legalism

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    when those dedicated to enforcing the law break it, or worse, carelessly use their power and kill those they are meant to defend? The lack of accountability and very few instances of true punishment for officers that commit these crimes, as well as riots resulting from these incidents causing even more damage to property, have cause great public…

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    controversy all over the world through her “attacking” the police force through her lyrics and music video. Natasha Lennard, An editor from Salon Media group “Why are cops taking Beyonce’s black affirmation as an attack?” after hearing multiple police officers making the decision to boycott the halftime show. Lennard was puzzled when society began to say that Beyonce was simply being an advocate for African Americans not attacking the police force. According to Kris Ex, Beyonce released…

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    Throughout the history of policing the duty of the police has varied greatly. From the early 1600 to the modern era, police agencies have shifted responsibilities from volunteering on the night watch and collecting taxes to maintaining order and enforcing the law as prescribed by the constitution. While social reform and societal needs continue to mold the future of policing, certain aspects, no matter how controversial, will continue to dominate the policing landscape. Officer discretion has…

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    Nina Revoyr Analysis

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    Anglo-Saxons. Each violent act in the novel has been a motive of white people using their status and skin color as a way to marginalize and violently disadvantage minorities. Southland integrates violence as a reflection of LA’s racial turmoil, whether it is police corruption, Japanese Internment, or even when African Americans speak to white women. The very first line of the novel introduces the death of Jackie Ishida’s grandfather, Frank Sakai. This is one of the many…

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    Police Body Cameras

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    The recent deaths of Michael Brown, Freddie Gray, and Laquan McDonald by the hands of police officers have brought about many demonstration, riots and protest against police violence, racial profiling and the injustice of police officers not being charged for their actions, except in the case of Laquan McDonald. In the case Michael Brown it would have been known whether his death was truly a justifiable act or if he unlawfully killed an innocent boy. If Officer Darren Wilson was wearing a body…

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    My class this week has been discussing the roles race, and ethnicity have on media, and how media portrays different ideologies throughout our society. Currently, America is experiencing heightened racial tension, due to the rise of controversial police treatment of young African-American males. Now it is more important than ever to look at how the media portrays different ethnic groups, and to ensure we are not creating false stereotypes that are harmful to a whole group of people.…

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    are racist. Racism is an unpleasant fact, along with hate crimes. I could site several references to render this point, but I would like to reference a recent case, which is the Michael Brown vs. Dean Wilson. Do you believe that Wilson, the white police officer killed Michael Brown because he was black? The media as in the community along with the nation felt that this was based on race. Do you think that Michael would still be alive if he were white? I will attempt to show how the media can…

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    Police Murders – The Dangerous Influence of Hate by the Media “The media 's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that 's power. Because they control the minds of the masses”(Malcolm X). In today’s society with advanced technology, many may believe that the media are still needed in order to help police officers deter one from a life of crime. With television news shows and paper media, one may also believe…

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    social disorganization. People were further disconnected from their community. The Ferguson riots were a result of how the social disorganization intertwined with the broken window theory to escalate a possibly influential cause to a violent, rage filled riot. The riots were a result of the rage and hostility that was created by the application of the broken window theory. The hostility towards the police because of the isolation of the impoverished black community resulted in the destruction of…

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