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    recently, the mass murder that took place in Charleston South Carolina, where nine individuals were murdered in hopes of fueling a race riot. Another common news story centering on the violation of article five are the numerous reports of alleged police brutality related to race. Police brutality is define as, “A civil rights violation that occurs when a police officer acts with excessive force by using an amount of force with regards to a civilian that is more than necessary. Excessive force by…

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    even brought up slavery just to see sparks fly between both races. Both races have been living in peace for many years and it would be sad to see society reverse time. This hatred for one another will not stop until people start realizing that police brutality is not a race issue, it is just a fault in the system. The only problem here is ignorant people that believe everything the news says, cops who are doing their job incorrectly, and people committing hate crimes on people who were not…

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    Greek Riots

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    months because of the riots that were caused due to the fact that it is once again undergoing changes for the purpose of paying off their large amount of debt, these riots where caused because a large amount of the Greek population are opposed to the terms of the bailout seeing them as unfair (News.com, 2015). This investigation will explore how the media chooses to report the issue using three separate reports based on the issue. The first source titled “Rioters clash with police in Greece as…

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    Charlotte- Mecklenburg Police Department(CMPD), police customer service manager and I was told that CMPD did not have a police union. Per the spokesman quote “The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department does not have a Collective Bargaining Agreement with anyone, as there are no police unions in North Carolina and no collective bargaining” (Weaving, CMPD). I continue my research and called a friend, who resides as a captain in the police force. He mentions the Fraternal Order of Police(FOP)…

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    racial prejudice is to get rid of police brutality. Recently in these past years, there are a lot of police brutality cases. Most of these cases are when white police officers are attacking weaponless black victims. Police brutality and racial prejudice is tied together because white officers are arresting blacks for being blacks. Over the Internet, there are a lot of videos that show proof of what the white officers are doing. Police brutality shows how the police officers are using the power…

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    Police brutality against minorities is a big issue in the United States, and there is almost an incident a day in America. Police have an immense amount of power that they can tap into, but some offices do abuse that power. By doing this, there are often incidences almost weekly where police use excessive and sometimes deadly. The one big detail that everyone has missed is that most of the victims of police brutality are minorities. These occurrences have gotten so bad that there have been…

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    Police corruption is a form of police misconduct in which law enforcement officers, such as police, break their social contract and abuse their power for personal or department gain. "For a corrupt act to occur, three distinct elements of police corruption must be present simultaneously: 1) misuse of authority, 2) misuse of official capacity, and 3) misuse of personal attainment" (PoliceCrimes.com, 2004). Police corruption is one of oldest and most persistent problem in American policing.…

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    Police Brutality Essay

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    unrighteous and unfair. The topic of police brutality has come to light in recent years, but it 's always been an issue. With the establishment of organizations like the Black Lives Matter group, people are paying more attention to the facts that surround the shootings of black men by white cops. America is finally opening it 's eyes to the shield it 's fronted to this topic, and people are ready to start talking about the changes that need to be made. Countless numbers of police shootings of…

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    The North Dakota pipeline protest is arguably the most influential protest of our time, regarding Native Americans and the environment. There are certain things that should be endowed to any human being. And two of those things are access to clean drinking water and a place to lay their loved ones to rest. Native people have been protesting the construction of the North Dakota access pipeline for months now, with no end in site. The construction of this pipeline threatens not just native peoples…

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    helicopters and police sirens. Gorge being curious, (no pun intended) stepped outside onto the balcony of his Lake View Terrace apartment complex and began to watch as police savagely beat a black man on the street in front of his apartments. But it was what Gorge did next that would change the way America looks at police brutality forever. Gorge went into his apartment and removed a brand new Sony camcorder from the box and begins filming. His 12 minute long video of the Las Angeles police…

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