Taser

In George Orwell’s book,” 1984” written in 1949 describes about how Winston Smith lives through Oceania which uses endless war to maintain a stable economy at the expense of their own people. Ever since Snowden spoke publically to the world about how the United States has established the NSA to look into people’s secrets and private information. People started reading George Orwell’s book about how 1984 and America can be similar to America’s use of technology and how America are keeping a…

This is not always the case. For example, in the case of Walter Scott vs. Michael Slager it was claimed “that Scott tried to grab his Taser after a traffic stop.” Although, in the video it is shown that Scott was running away from Slager when shot and killed. Stelloh (2015). This has become a common occurrence that has sort of lost its meaning along the way. However, it still continues…

Baltimore has risen in 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…

She was pacing, back and forth, her deep auburn hair looked sloppy, as if she had not brushed it in days. She wore a charming black silk dress, that appeared to have not been ironed and she looked upset. I began to feel guilt, she looked absent, just wandering in the plaza. I began to approach her, thinking about what to say, maybe if I calm her worried soul, she won 't wonder where her dear Fortunato is. Upon closer inspection, her make-up had been smeared, her eyes looked disoriented, “ My…

They use anything from voice commands, tasers, to guns. When a person is not willing to listen to police commands the officer will usually move to the next step which is either physically making the suspect do what they are told or tasing them. When the suspect supposedly has a weapon and they…

Why is there such wide spread hatred towards police in the world right now? Especially in the United States? Some may say that is was sparked by the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson Missouri in 2014. Michael Brown was an 18 year old who was fatally shot by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. Mr. Brown before the shooting was strong arm robbing a local convenience store. Officer Wilson was dispatched to the call. Wilson approached him and started to back up towards his car. They then…

whereas only 1.47 per million white people were killed at the hands of police officers (Wihbey and Kille). In years following September 11, 2001 and Hurricane Katrina, cases of police brutality spiked. In the 2000s, police departments started using tasers for an alternative to other deadly forces, which caused more than 150 suspects to die after the device was used on them (Wihbey and Kille). The weapons were used with greater frequency on people of color (Wihbey and Kille). Most of the cases,…

Critical reflection – Reviewing issue on police brutality related to ethnic minorities A disquieting number of 1,146 people killed in 2015 and 307 of them are black, this includes death from police use of a Taser, deaths caused by police vehicles and dispute in police custody as well as those killed by officers who opened fire (Swaine, Laughland, and Lartey, 2015). Although there was a higher number of white people killed in the US (Gabrielson, Grochowski Jones and Sagara, 2016), it shows a…

Police: persons whose responsibility is to enforce laws; usually the term used for the city or municipal officers, as opposed to county deputies (Peak, 2015). The duty of a police officer is to protect, serve and maintain order of the public. They are the ones to call for when there is an emergency or for a civil matter. Policing is a difficult job, it is physically, mentally and emotionally draining. Law enforcement officer are given a great amount of authority to make find solutions to…

Martin Luther King Jr. is often the first person many people think of when they hear civic leader. He engaged with the black communities of the south and with the government to forge a coalition between the two, and his efforts assisted in the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Many citizens fail to realize that Martin Luther King supported the use violent protests due to King’s whitewashing in American history textbooks (Sebastian). Dr. King argued that for people in a state of social death,…