Police riot

“You do realize once you join, there's no going back,” Rocco said. “I know that just don't let me get caught!¨ Imani said rudely. ¨Imani, actually you don't...if you die in there you can die here!¨ Rocco shouted. ¨Well then say your goodbyes now,¨ Imani said, you could tell she was over it. Imani laid on the flat table. Rocca brought over the head gear and cords. He placed it on Imani’s head. ¨Oouch! That's tight!¨ Rocco ignored it and continued to hook her…

Known essayist and writer, Navneet Alang, in their journalistic essay, “Big Brother, C’est Moi: Vancouver’s Post-Riot Web Vigilantes Can Be Tamed”, describes the aftermath of the riots that took place shortly after the defeat of the hometown Canucks in the Stanley Cup finals; on June 15th 2011. The riots brought great controversy, due to various pictures and videos of the perpetrators, surfacing online from bystanders. Those images of violence and vandalism, were taken by citizens, where they…

The topic I chose for my online presentation was the Zoot Suit Riots. The reason why I chose the zoot suits is because it shows that racial tensions go far beyond African Americans, Whites or any other race. While most textbooks and history lessons oversee the struggles that Latinos have had to face. In the early 1940s, many young Latino males wore the Zoot Suits as a statement of their generation. The Zoot Suit are men’s suits that consisted of large high-waisted balloon pants, peg-legged…

Building programs for emperors were not always for the sole benefit of the people but also for propaganda. Justinian’s building plan had followed many riots so it is quite possible that he constructed his program with the hopes of gaining his people’s trust; no matter the intentions of Justinian he still created a building program that greatly improved his empire and shaped his legacy. Justinian’s building…

to either give up or go unconscious from the pain (Nye, 2015). The long range acoustic device or LRAD can fire a powerful audible sound which causes extreme pain, disorientation, and usually complies the subject to submit (Nye, 2015). Police use the LRAD in riot situations or during hostage barricade situations…

than lethal” weapons can kill though at least 39 people have been killed police tasers in 2015”(Glawe). People will always complain or argue against weapons used by law enforcement, but a cop has a split second to chose how to stop a threat. As Amaury Murgando claims “Though using deadly force is justified under the right set of conditions, saving a life is the top priority for any law enforcement agency”. In many cases of police shootings the victims is shot because of him/her not showing the…

Protesting around the world is getting out of hand, people are rioting, burning trucks and cars, now police officers can’t even do their job without being criticized. People need to be informed about the day to day struggles of a police officer, now people don't even want the to do their jobs. The “police brutality” is insane, if people would listen to what they say without resisting, everything would be much easier for the arresting officer and the person being arrested. These people burning…

who was murdered and had his death erupt with riot and protest. Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and Sandra Bland are others whose deaths were commemorated with protests. Eric Garner was put in a chokehold by a police officer and witnesses claim he said “I can’t breathe” eleven times. Garner was declared dead at the police station. Michael (Mike) Brown was shot while raising his hands…

mayhem taking after the demise of Freddie Gray, who passed away on April 19th because an extreme spinal cord damage that occurred while in police authority. But before we get into why exactly this happened, let’s get into the background of police brutality and exactly how long it’s been going on. Police brutality has been going on since the beginning of the police force, regardless of race, since before when it was only just the Europeans the thought of power above the law has always been…

Stonewall Riots The prominent philosopher Slavoj Zizek breaks down the standard definition of violence into a two-part cause and effect system. In his novel, Violence, he categorizes violence as either being “subjective”, i.e. the more physical and literal examples of violence, such as murder, riots, and similar acts, or “objective”, the systematic or metaphorical violence that has caused the subjective violence, such as systematic oppression by the government or similar controlling bodies. The…