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    and killed Michael Brown. Luckily he was found innocent because he was defending himself. Despite the fact that Judge found him innocent, many people still believe that he is guilty and should be punished. Jake Halpern wrote an article called “The Cop” which is about Darren Wilson’s past, and present describing his…

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    Cop Arrives at Home – MB1 Headline: When a Cop Responds to a Child Abuse Call, He Has No Clue That He Is About to Meet His Son. Summary: For Officer Cody Johnson, it seemed like a normal day at the police station in Poteau, Oklahoma. He did not expect what happened next. After getting a call about a child abuse case, Cody drove out to help without realizing that he was about to encounter his future son. Introduction: Officer Cody and his wife, Joy, had always wanted to have children…

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    John Stossel, in his article, “Beware warrior cop," argues that police use their power to control others. Stossel discusses how the government is allowing the police department to use swat teams to invade people’s homes. The swat teams are using military weapons such as tanks, battering rams, armor, and stun grenades. The level of crime decreased, yet the number of swat team has increased. However, the department of defense should not be selling military machinery equipment to the police…

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    To begin with, the view that Balko has as to why the force should be wasting a ton of money on rescuing kittens, friendlies neighborhood beats, or anything that is important to society, other than using the money for the military. The police department has changed through the years, and Balko mentions those changes through the years has affected the way we operate today. The police were very difficult through the years, they are now willing to kill “innocent people”. The police is taking out…

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    "I present, to you all, Sanders, titled 'The Good Cop'," Don said, using the classic finger gestures that indicated his sarcasm. As Sanders got off the bus and went over to the Don box, MacArthur crossed her fingers as she hoped her former partner would not be on her team. She gave a sigh of defeat when she heard Sanders say: "I'm on Chris' team, and my partner is someone named Justin." Justin walked onto the runway, shirt off and muscles bulging a little too much for sane women to find…

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    I Want To Be A Cop Essay

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    life.” or, “Cops are stupid. I hate cops.” It shocks a lot of people when I say I want to be a police officer, but the answer I give to people shocks them a bit more. I always say it’s my life stay out of it. Friends, teachers, and family have not only questioned me about why I want to become a police officer, but have also said rude things to me about becoming a police officer. My aunt said “Why would you want to become a cop? They’re all dicks.” Realistically, there are some dick cops out…

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    In Rise of the Warrior Cop, Radley Balko discusses in chapter five the use of police in the 1970s. He starts of by mentioning Sam Ervin a senator from North Carolina who would try fight then President Richard Nixon Administration stance on the no knock warrant. At the time the main focus for any political election was showing the public that they were tough on crime in order to tally up votes. This started to set up policies and agencies that will soon begin the war on drugs. First thing was the…

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    235321 English II Period 1 Mrs. Fersdahl March 29, 2016 Cop Army Police Soldier The Controversy Theres many reasons why cops should be militarized and many reasons why they should not but which side should prevail? Many people do not want police militarized due to a military mindset scary vehicles and unneeded deaths. But there is also many reasons they should be such as saving lives making the job easier and having a clear mind. Even though many people do not want police militarized, they…

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    Cop Killer Poem Analysis

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    Commend Creative Freedom In the battle between censorship and creative freedom, Ice-T’s song “Cop Killer” is a controversial topic. The song’s lyrics are strong and violent. Being in a country where freedom of speech is valued greatly, the issue clearly rises within itself. Writings by Michael Kinsley and Barbara Ehrenreich go head to head in examining both viewpoints demonstrating that both sides of the argument are valid, but the song is creative freedom. Michael Kinsley approaches the issue…

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    Cop Show Gender Roles

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    off with the female roles, most of the main roles in this show are played by women. For example, Stef receiving the role of being a cop shows society that not only men can be considered “tough, strong, fast and perhaps scary”, I think the fact that the directors ( Peter Paige, Brad Bredeweg and Timothy Busfield ) decided to give one of the main characters a role as a cop also helps break the gender equality, because when most people think of Law enforcers they do not really consider the fact…

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