society it has become a hot topic of discussion because more and more officers are using deadly force against civilians.…
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police for four days in the pretense of conducting investigations. After the four days, the prosecutors alleged that they found no sufficient evidence to try him. However, this was just an excuse or mask to try to evade the three Los Angeles police officers who were involved in the crime. The act was considered by many citizens who watched the videotape of the police beating King, as one which the police used excessive force “After the video was screened on television, the “Rodney King beating”…
steps an officer must take to enforce policies because law enforcement administrators and managers decide subjectively if the action taken by the officer was right or wrong. These policies are detailed in nature to them having a higher risk of litigation. For example, an officer is faced with a hostile Inmate who appears to be under the influence of a substance. The officer attempts to communicate with the inmate, but the irate inmate begins to yell and spits in the officer’s face. The…
unfortunately a victim of police brutality that resulted in his death. The confrontation was captured on a surveillance video camera that went viral once posted online. The footage shows how police officers mistreated the helpless man. Thomas father sued the city of Fullerton and the six police officers involve in the crime. The case reached a settlement for $4.9 million, but it would go on record that nobody is responsible for the death of Kelly Thomas. Mainstream and Social media…
Broken windows in other terms are known to be neglected communities which involves crimes. In 1969, Philip Zimbardo, a psychologist from Stanford University, ran a field study. Zimbardo abandoned two cars in two very different places: one in a mostly poor, crime-ridden section of New York City, and the other in a fairly affluent neighborhood of Palo Alto, California. Both cars were left without license plates and parked with their hoods up. After just 10 minutes, passersby in New York City began…
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ book, Between the World and Me, exemplifies the alienation of African Americans in the United States. He says, “All of this is common to black people. And all of this is old for black people. No one is held responsible” (9). Coates is emphasizing that this state of being excluded has not changed for his people. With them doing the smallest infractions, they will be punished severely or even killed in the action. The author gives examples of those who have done wrong: Eric…
ground or for untenable reasons. The trial court erred by excluding testimony regarding Mr. Asbury’s reputation for lack of animosity toward police officer from Mr. Asbury’s involvement in the disproportionality committee. The disproportionality committee is a valid community on which to base a reputation for lack of animosity toward police officers. a) Lt. Cheong’s testimony…
It was this specific experience that caused me to choose this topic. I felt that mall cops needed to be better understood for the dangerous job that they have. Most people believe that mall cops just ride around in their segways all day, but on this day that wasn’t the case. People need to understand the risk that come with being a mall cop. There are countless dangers inside of a highly public place that is a mall such as lethal attacks with weapons or diseases. Mall cops have earned a negative…
On 20th November 2014, a 28-year-old African-American man, Akai Gurley was fatally shot by Peter Liang, a 27-year-old rookie New York City Police Department officer in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. This tragedy happened when Liang and his partner, Shaun Landau patrolling stairwells in the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA)’s Louis Pink Houses in East New York, Brooklyn. According to the New York Post, Gurley was unarmed when he was shot by Liang. The police commissioner Bill…