United States Department of Justice

The Commander in Chief is also a position we all now as the President of The United States (POTUS). Many may not know the importance and knowledge of running the country and what it takes to protect the homeland, the amount of departments that we have to protect the homeland and what each agency does. There are many departments that the president oversee, with the advisement of department secretaries. These departments within our government, such as homeland Security and homeland defense, are…

people by police and vigilantes. It brings attention to the problem of systematic racism within the United States and within the police department. It started off with the shooting of Trayvon Martin but goes into so many other occasions where black lives are being deprived of basic human rights and of their dignity. It has been documented that Non-white Americans make up less than 38% of the United States population, but minorities make up two-thirds of all unarmed people killed by police and it…

United States continues to wear a black eye with racism that continues to follow our government with the history of civil unrest and discord relationship that has been established with a majority of citizens that reside in the poorest economic areas in America. These project areas usually house the poor racial minorities that reside in federal subsidizing housing communities that have been forced upon them due to the racial indifferences between social and ethnic groups that govern our…

enforcement and correctional facilities versus the treatment of mentally ill persons. In a 2006 Justice Department analysis, it was concluded that 1.2 million people that are in either state, local or federal custody reported some kind of mental health problem. What is staggering about the 1.2 million, is that it is now just a drop in the bucket, 9 years later. “The criminal justice system; from police departments and jails, to courthouses and prisons, they has become the de facto caretakers…

mentioned previously. Because of VAWA 2013, Indian tribes are now able to, “exercise their sovereign power to investigate, prosecute, convict, and sentence both Indians and non-Indians who assault Indian spouses or dating partners” (United States Department of Justice). This type of inclusion underpins the notion of equality by conveying that all women regardless of race, culture, tribes, have an equal right to safety. Additionally, VAWA 2013 makes a provision for women who are immigrants and…

Introduction Today is a day like no other that we live in. There are constant threats to our country, our way of life and to our allies. When faced with the threats today, most people automatically think of Al Qaeda and or ISIS/ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria/Islamic State of Iraq and Levant). This is who we are fighting on the bigger scale today. There are other threats as well and they are Lone Wolf Terrorist acting in the name of Islam here in our country, concerned attacks that could…

Richard Nixon became the 37th president of the United States of America in 1969. President Nixon decided to declare his War On Drugs in 1971 because he felt that hippies and black people were the greatest hindrances to his presidency. Nixon’s War On Drugs has destroyed and continues to destroy a lot of blacks families lives American because either one or both parents are serving outrageously sentences behind bars; therefore a lot of their children have a greater deal of difficulty in advancing…

Not everything the citizens of the United States hear on the news is necessarily true, and often times news stations will not tell the whole story. News stations usually report only the stories that will generate views and revenue. Gun control and gun violence are discussed often on the news, and not always truthfully. Gun control is a big issue in the United States right now, especially with the upcoming elections. Because criminals and gangs will always be able to get guns illegally, and…

more harshly and brought to justice. A pimp is just another way to say a domestic sex trafficker (www.wgbh.org), as he is the “manager” of these women. He controls and sets them up on dates and gains profit from them. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, annually a pimp is able to make between $150,000 to $200,000 a year if he trafficks between 4 and 6 girls which is the average. With each pimp in the united states doing this, they…

and November 20. This was caused by dried spores of B. anthracis that were sent through letters by the public mail. Five people are known to have died from anthrax and The 2001 Anthrax Deception: The Case for a Domestic Conspiracy by Graeme Macqueen states that “at least 22 people were thought to have become infected, 11 with cutaneous anthrax and 11 with inhalation anthrax” (Macqueen 23). After Robert Stevens died, the FBI opened a criminal investigation, identifying what caused his death and…