Police riot

lives is continued in schools as well in recent years due to the presence of police officers also known as School Resource Officers or “SROs”. They act as law enforcers, mediators, and educators. According to the CNN article “Police in Schools: Why Are They There?” written by Greg Botelho and Ralph Ellis, “some 43% of all U.S. Public School – had such officers on their grounds since 2013-2014 school year.” This is a major police presence in our schools that assist teachers in maintaining order…

One of the root causes of police brutality is that there is not enough representatives that are people of color. Another root cause is that people have it installed in citizens today that people of color should be targeted because they are the true suspects of most crimes. The good that people of color do us never shown, but the bad is always portrayed at its worst. Moreover, police know the job they came to do, but they decide to do just a little more extra which actually doesn’t help the…

weapons are involved and there is a higher danger element as well as the public crime rate are all environmental factors. Internally, administrative workings, police organization, and normal behaviors all can have adverse effects on an officer's decision also. Two shooting types are identified, "non-elective and elective." (White, 1999) "Non-elective shootings are seen as an officer using deadly force to protect against threat of immediate serious injury or death. As the amount of danger facing…

persons born in the United States were citizens, and were to be given full and equal benefits of all laws.” What are police here for? The police duties are: to maintain peace, prevent robberies and other felonies, discover the crimes of the offenders, and apprehending…

The article “That Camera Won't Save You! The Spectacular Consumption of Police Violence” By Armond R. Towns talks about how the police system is broken and even if you record a cop doing wrong then it probably won't help you out because police “always” do the right thing. It states that even if you have evidence of a police doing the wrong thing then the police will most likely still be able to work at his job and have no punishment. The first word I chose was the word media. I chose this…

phrases are often used to signify either taking a side or verifying neutrality in respect to the socio-racial crisis between African Americans and the police force that presents itself in the daily lives of Americans. The truth is that these matters are not nearly as black and white as they seem. Boundaries that separate basic principles of police duties and human morality often blur together and results in the media spewing out partial facts to the American people causing outrage. By looking…

our lives: as primal and distinctive as the color of our skin, as overshadowed and unacknowledged as the history of the Native American people. It is the topic of never ending conversation and the topic of no conversation at all. Racism has induced riots, murder, pain, and much suffering that continuously prompts individuals to speak out and fight. Sentiments about subjects such as these tend to reflect in the literature of the times. Unsurprisingly, the 19th and 20th century produced endless…

nation there has been an increase in police shootings.The public and the media seem to think it is mostly white cops against black citizens.The media likes to blow things out of proportion to increase their ratings .When they get videos of police brutality or even a police involved death. They usually edit the footage or leave out vital information.Which could cause riots and make it a lot worse.Why not retrain officers to not use deadly force? What makes police fire their weapons at…

Police conduct has been up for question in the past couple of years. This issue has come to the attention of the public eye and has started formulation of resolutions to help lower or conclude misconduct. Another resolution is to crack down and discipline misconduct when it does actually happen. A solution that often arises is involving the government by “policing the police”. Another idea was work in the community in which the development of community review boards. the idea of Government…

The Effects of Living in a Digital Age With every passing day we as a human race convert more into a digital age. The days of checks and newspapers are soon to become a thing of the past and just about everything that we use will be moved into digital form. In fact, current technology has made it easy to manage day to day life from nearly anywhere. We have reached point in time that we can use cellular phones to pay for purchases, manage bank accounts while sitting at a restaurant, and…