...“No matter how much you trust the police, remember that the police are trained to never trust you.”- Aaron Leaf. This quote exemplifies that no matter who you are, when you don’t listen to an officer and are acting strange, then they are liable to injure you, because of their training. In today’s society, police brutality has become one of the most popular things discussed, and I believe that we cannot always trust word of mouth since some people lie constantly, and at this rate our country will be destroyed over this topic. My stance on this issue is that some cases of police brutality are true, but the majority of them are not true. I have always been taught to listen to those in authority over me because at the end of the day, they are...
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...JOHN HUGHES #45063 STILL ANGRY BECAUSE OF YOU OFFICER JOHN HUGHES BADGE #45063 Lawsuits PPR #53 - Portland Copwatch portlandcopwatch.org/PPR… In three cases recently reported in the media, Portland Police were found to have violated civilians' rights ... the City to Christophe Clay, whose suit included Officers John Hughes (#45063) and Michelle Tafoya (#46432). ... Portland, OR 97242 I apologize for my angry language but I need to venta So here it goes. How come Officers John Hughes (#45063) hasn't been imprisoned? Well, I'm sure something will happen sooner or later to you Mr. Johnny Hughes. Do you remember me, Officer Hughes? "Your encounters with most citizens are remarkably the same you torture and falsify charges." You hate anyone that...
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...Police corruption will never be eliminated, but a significant reduction of corruption could be achieved. The first step in the reduction of corruption would be adequate training to increase skills and handling of situations by the police officer. Implementation of a stricter hiring process to pre-screen applicants and continue to weed out inappropriate candidates during intense training while addressing all avenues of policing. Officers in field training break the law on and sometimes off duty with no repercussion in regards to the law broken which can, therefore, escalate into more severe crimes committed by the officers turning into increased corruption. Promoting ethics and integrity with those unable to withhold these standards should...
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...What is police brutality? What has it done to the United States as a nation? Who has it affected? Police brutality is excessive, unnecessary force by a police officer on a civilian. Police brutality has created many issues with the U.S. It has evoked many racial, cultural, emotional matters in the U.S. It has affected everyone in the United States of America. Many cases in U.S history shows that there has been police brutality for hundreds of years. Fear has been in all of the cases for years. A famous case of police brutality is the Steve Biko one. He was an anti-apartheid activist and leader of the black consciousness. He was a leader to stop racial segregation in South Africa. He was beaten in prison by police had suffered head injuries and was rushed to another prison, also where Steve Biko would take care of in a hospital for his coma. But upon his arrival, he died. The police were not charged or suspended and never prosecuted. In 2015 approximately 1,000 people were shot by a police officer. 745 people were harmed and killed by a police official, and 90 people were unarmed and killed by a police official. Police brutality will not go away as the years increase it will only stay....
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...top Chicago Police Department hostage negotiator, is approached by colleague Nate Roenick (Paul Guilfoyle) who warns him that large sums of money are being embezzled from the department's disability fund, for which Danny is a board member, and members of their own unit are involved. Nate claims to have an informant whom he refuses to name. When Danny goes to meet with him again he finds Nate murdered seconds before other police arrive, pinning him as the prime suspect. Things only get worse for Danny when Internal Affairs investigator Terence Niebaum (J.T. Walsh), whom Nate's informant suspected of involvement in the embezzlement, is assigned to investigate the murder. Niebaum discovers that Nate was killed with a gun from a case Danny had worked. He and other investigators search Danny's house the following morning and claim to have found papers for an offshore bank account with a deposit equal to one of the amounts of money embezzled. Danny is made to surrender his gun and badge and hardly anyone believes his protests of innocence. Facing the possibility of serious charges within a day, Danny storms into Niebaum's office and questions Niebaum about any involvement with the fund and who set him up. When Niebaum refuses to answer, Danny takes Niebaum, his administrative assistant Maggie (Siobhan Fallon), police commander Grant Frost (Ron Rifkin), and two-bit con man Rudy Timmons (Paul Giamatti) as hostages. With the building evacuated and placed under siege by police (including...
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...After the controversial Michael Brown shooting, police officers’ interactions with non-white citizens have received national attention. Police violence has remained a prominent issue with the Ferguson and Baltimore protests causing people to either support or oppose the protest. Some people criticized the protesters for being violent while others saw them as an effective attempt to bring about change in the interactions between police departments and citizens of color. To evaluate the validity of the protesters’ actions, the issues that gave rise to the protests must be fully appreciated to understand if the protest response was justified and will be capable of promoting beneficial change. In Baltimore the focal point of the police violence was the homicide of Freddie Gray. In this case Gray, a 35 year old healthy black man, was arrested. He was then transported in a police van where he sustained injuries to his neck and spinal cord leaving him in a coma. At this point, he was taken to a trauma center where he died a week later. Initially the police officers were unable to account for the injuries or produce a consistent timeline for the arrest, transportation, and medical treatment. This angered the residents of...
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...A homicide suspect who opened fire at Los Angeles police during a running gun battle in El Segundo on Thursday recorded at least part of the clash on a cellphone while officers were chasing him, according to a source familiar with the investigation. The shooting left the officer and the suspect injured and terrorized the neighborhood, which was described by the residents a bursting. The suspect was caught on cameras, shooting at the phone before him, according to a source whose identity was not revealed as he is not authorized to offer information. “They coming at me,” the man said on the video, according to the source. “I’m gonna die today.” KABC-TV showed a clip of what was said recorded as Facebook Live. A separate photo shows the man...
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...Should people in the United States be afraid of our police force? In the past year the ongoing battle between our nation and the ones who protect and serve their communities has escalated to a point where every police officer is in question, but should it be the officer in question or the community he is protecting, many officers have good character, but some are corrupted and see race as correlation to crime, other officers are tagged with crimes done by other officers. Officers should be required to wear body cameras while on duty so it shows any questionable move they make, any good deed the officer does, and it will show what they see from their prospective in critical moments. Everyone knows there are good and bad people in this world,...
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...Communities need to have conversation with each other and with police to make decision and work together for stronger communities. The police are not making too many friends these days. It seems like some tragic and outrageous story involving the the police and violating human rights, or even killing them. But, no matter what we see this behavior and how frequent it becomes, policies are the one protect you from criminals and make this country better. Ask yourself why do we have police. The basic reason of having police agencies are to enforces laws preserve the peace, prevent crimes, protect civil rights and civil liberties and provide service (Introduction to Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, 121). The public's perception of the police...
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...slammed to the ground that it is police brutally not knowing that the person who is being arrested for resisting arrest had harmed their life’s as well. The problem that society has and the reason why they think that police men are abusing the citizens’ rights is because the people are trying to outsmart the authorities. If only people would just understand that if a police officer gives an order to do something corporate with him or her, and things will be most likely okay, but that is if the suspect isn’t involved in any illegal drugs. This year 2015 there have been more videos and cases about how the police brutalize random citizens especially people of color. As referring to the article “Minority Threat and Police brutally…” the attitudes...
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...Do you think the officers should be required to wear body cameras? Police dashboards cameras have been used in some law enforcement agencies for several year but the people and the government think it is time for the officers to wear body cameras to catch every move the officers make while on patrol. Police Officers should be required to use body cameras because it can help reduce the amount of force used on a suspect, it reduces the need to be dishonest, and helps improve the relationship with the people and the police force. To begin with, Police officers wearing body cameras can reduce the amount of force used on a suspect. Officer have been using too much force on the suspects that the civilians are disagreeing with the officer’s ways of handing thing. According to the article “The Right Body Camera Policy” states “This...
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...English 1020 21 March 2016 Police Brutality The job of a police officer is to serve and protect their community and country, but some don’t see it this way and fail to do their job in an appropriate matter. Some take the law in their own hands and want to enforce punishment where punishment shouldn’t be enforced. These officers use their authority to take advantage of sometimes innocent people to have fun or to just prove a point. Police brutality is a big problem in today’s society which is caused by and contributes too many factors such as racism, incarceration, racial profiling, fear, and lack of training. What is police brutality and how has it become a problem in today’s society? Police Brutality is...
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...Since September 11th, law enforcement has changed the way we train and the way we communicate with each other. Even though terrorist attacks had occurred many times prior to September 11th, it took something that overwhelming for us to realize that we were not prepared. As I think of the main police mission to serve and protect, terrorism has caused us not only to think of those two fundamental ideas, but to expand into training, knowledge and partnership. Terrorism has caused police departments to create specialized units in handling terrorism. The Patriot Act opened the door for the line of communication between local and federal governments. Before the Patriot Act, it was not as easy to gain information regarding possible attacks or even information regarding individuals. Now the FBI and other government agencies disseminate this information down to local agencies and work side by side. For the department I work for, we have created a Homeland Security Division which was created by the Urban Area Security Initiative. The new division was established to create a sustainable national model program to enhance security and overall preparedness to prevent, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism (Santa Ana). The division not only provides the street cops information regarding a terrorist acts, they provide all sorts of training opportunities to the officers. Training classes are always being taught regarding, active shooters, bomb threats, Terrorist updates and many more...
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...Martin Lynch 10/28/2013 SOC 3200 Getting Society Inside The culture that was instilled in me since I was born was two families, my mother’s and father’s. My father’s family is of Irish Catholic descent and my mother’s family is of Italian Catholic descent. I was born and raised on the Southside of Chicago and I do still refer to that beautiful city as home. All of my beliefs and values are a result of these two families, but as I have grown up it is amazing how similar they could be and how different they can be. I know for an absolute fact there are two values that are agreed on by the Irish and the Italians. Those would be an undying work ethic and a strong Christian foundation. I remember being five years old and my father saying, “You are either working hard or hardly working.” It was not just expected by my family to work hard, it was demanded. If you wanted money, you went out and got it. I was a golf caddy for about eight years and still to this day go when I need some extra cash and also worked at a Chili’s restaurant throughout high school while playing two sports and a member of the Honor Roll. My siblings and I were never allowed to leave the house until our homework and chores were done. It was an expectation by not just my parents but my family as a whole to be hard working productive members of society who respected their elders and treated people with the utmost respect. Growing up it was expected to go to church every Sunday and thank God for what...
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...many people putting rumors of police brutality out to the public, some people may feel unsafe with the police. Police should wear body cameras because it can give evidence, would show how an officer reacts to every situation ,and it would give people the feeling of safety. "Why did he have to do that," says a victims parent. With so many claims of people being shot for no apparent reason, it is hard to not be afraid that they are right. If you put a body camera on an officer and someone says they are abusing power, we would know who was in the wrong during an official trial. For example, you can see people being abused by a police officer. A police sergeant was shown instructing a citizen that they are not allowed to record a traffic stop. He is saying it is a new state law except there is no suck law in North Carolina... He was stopped at a labeled drug house picking up someone as a taxi. As he recorded the incident the officer pulled our a drug dog, and...
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