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Silva 1 John Silva Mr. Pankratz ERWC 10 May 2015 Gun Control Gun control is used all around the world but it is used the most in America. American citizens own about 270 million of the world’s 875 million firearms. The reason why Americans own so many guns is because the second amendment gives them the right to bear arms. But this amendment interprets is so unclear to certain people where they will use it to argue for lenient gun laws. Gun control is one of the big topics in American…

Rodney King is an African-American who was born on April 2, 1965, in California. On March, 3, 1991, he became the victim of a hate crime. The perpetrators consist of 4 white officers. These men went to court and faced a jury that consisted of mostly whites. The officers were acquitted for their unlawful acts, and this set off the L.A riots of 1992. Rodney King is known as one of the most famous symbols of racial tension in America. On March 3, 1991, Rodney King decided to go out with two of…

Technology has greatly impacted policing methods in the United States. In the early years of American policing, officers patrolled neighborhoods on foot. This form of community policing lost popularly throughout the years due to the invention of cars and other technological advancements. With recent reports of police misconduct, some departments have emphasized the importance of connecting with the community in order to prevent issues with the public and have gone back to community policing.…

king’s car speeding, exceeding speeds up to 100 mph. According to Kings Statement, he refused to pull the car over because a DUI charge could violate his parole. After exiting the highway he was stopped by LAPD and immediately struck by darts from a taser gun, each volt containing 50,000 volts. Within two minutes he got hit by 56 baton blows and kicked the life out of several times. He suffered from “brain damage, 11 skull fractures, kidney damage” according to medical reports. What the officers…

forms of dementia. After Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman Mike Webster retired from football, Brown states, “‘Iron Mike’ was tortured by blinding headaches and seizures. Addicted to painkillers, he sometimes had to stun himself repeatedly with a Taser gun to fall asleep. He talked of suicide. By the time he died of a heart attack at age 50, his body was worn out" (Brown). Many of the NFL veterans like Mike Webster have dementia or Alzheimer 's disease. Unfortunately, many other NFL…

As I am a deaf person myself. I was born as profoundly deaf and the reason was unknown. It was probably my ear didn’t develop yet when my mom gave a birth to my sister twin and me earlier. Deafness means people can’t hear or speak. The word of deafness itself is automatically the part for the disabilities in hearing peoples’ view. I think it doesn’t because we have American Sign Language. Anyway, I often get discriminations from hearing people. I went to the deaf school when I was in the…

Police brutality is one of the most serious human rights violation in the United States. The excessive use of force by officers including severe beatings, fatal chokings, and unjustified beatings against innocent civilians persists today. On June 8, 2011, a 34 years-old man named Ernest Duenez was shot and killed by Manteca, CA police officer, John Moody. Moody was waiting for Duenez in a corner, when he saw Duenez’s truck he followed him to his driveway. Moody yelled at Duenez to drop his…

is a problem because the police are killing and torturing people, and sometimes they have the wrong person to do that to. Statistics show that there have been many lives have been taken and injured because of this certain problem. Police use their tasers, nightsticks, fists, and guns in a wicked way to beat the…

if we simply took the weapons out of the hands of bad people. The penalty should be at a much greater risk for even owning an illegal for arm let alone using it. Then we as a country could move on to more appropriate levels of self defense such as tasers, and pepper spray. Self defense mechanisms that are much less lethal and more appropriate than taking someone 's…

Taylor Woolrich is arguing how colleges should all students the right to carry a concealed weapon in order to protect themselves in a life or death situation. In addition, Taylor has also stated that she carries mace and has considered carrying a taser but feels that without a gun, she cannot defend herself from any attackers…