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    A police officer possesses the authority to carry a firearm, detain individuals and make arrests within their jurisdiction. They are expected to conduct their duties safely and in a professional manner while remaining impartial. Police officers are trusted to safely utilize their firearm when necessary in the performance of their official duties. They must be self-disciplined, maintain a high standard of personal and professional ethics, be proficient in their duties and knowledgeable of laws…

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    Police Power Essay

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    problem of police brutality across the United States. Nearly every day there is a news report on police misuse of conduct when dealing with the public. Unresisting suspects have been beaten and shot by police. Misapplication of batons, chemical sprays, tasers and restraining methods have resulted in deaths. Thousands of individual complaints about police abuse are reported annually and local authorities pay out millions of dollars to victims in damages after lawsuits. While the US government has…

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    can lawfully be such as a bus stop. An example of a kidnapping case is the case of Jaycee Dugard. Jaycee was 11 years old at the time of her taking. She was walking out to her bus stop for school when a car came up, a man jumped out, hit her with a Taser and dragged her into the car and sped off. Jaycee’s step father…

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    Name: University: Course: Tutor: Date: Police Brutality amongst African Americans Ideas are the greatest warriors of the world and brutality can be described as a war that has no idea behind it simply because it is one of the things that keep the society chained to the ground. Brutality is brought by weakness lack of empathy and lack of compassion. Police brutality is the use of excessive physical force by police when dealing with civilians. Police brutality can be demonstrated in different ways…

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    Slow Violence Analysis

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    When we see a type violence occur in front of us we have an immediate reaction to it whether it is in disgust, appreciation, or fear. Nixon gives us the definition of “slow violence”, which is what I will discuss, slow violence is “…a violence that occurs gradually and out of sight, a violence of delayed destruction that is dispersed across time and space, an attritional violence that is typically not viewed as violence at all” (2). In the article “Slow violence” written by Nixon and “Boundary…

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    Do you believe Guns cause violence? Guns are the leading cause of death among young people in the united states, and are involved in about 460,000 crimes per year. Sandy hook, Pulse night club, or any other mass shooting would not happen if there were stricter gun laws. There needs to be a change and it must happen soon or more people are going to get hurt. I say this not to sound like some peace-making hippy, but because banning guns urgently needs to become an extreme possibility. The…

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    Issues In Police Brutality

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    certain rights and they should respect that. Police are here to protect and not scare, there is no need for gun, there is no need for them to pull the trigger unless they are threatening their or other people 's life. They are already armed with tasers and things to protect themselves. Many…

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    After reading Divided by Race, United by Pain. I have so many strong thoughts and feelings about what happen in these three states. First I will like to say I am disappointed in my black community. When it comes to protesting about police brutality it should not be done in a negative way. There is no need to riot with guns, bats and other weapons. How can we expect to be heard if we are trying to resolve violence with violence. Over the past few years there has been an ongoing war between the…

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    “Yeah,” I reply, sarcastically. “I just jump down at incredible heights, my body can out fight anyone I’ve gone against so far and I can sense danger. Oh and I can’t be put out by a taser or a sedative and when I got shot, I didn’t even feel it, but my body just kept moving as if it wasn’t even there. Even now, it’s not bothering me, though it’s still healing.” Jensen blinks, coming to his feet as if realizing something important. I…

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    morning and when she left the police came and broke the door down looking for my uncle, I can remember the cops flash lights looking around for my uncle and questioning everyone to see where he was, then they saw him running outside and shot him with Tasers to get him down. After my mom heard about this she was afraid to even leave us there, that’s why my parents didn’t want to move in when we had to. As soon as we moved in I learned more than I ever knew before, I learned how the neighborhood…

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