...enforcement agencies should be no exception. Due to the authority police officers hold in our democratic society, there should be a greater demand of accountability among departments as well as individual officers. The unnecessary actions that officers take often end with life altering consequences for the public community. For instance, the vast number of police shootings that have resulted in various civilian deaths. Without discipline, an officer is nothing more than a government thug with a badge. Society grants law enforcement an enormous amount of power over citizens in order to carry out the law and preserve social order. Officers are expected to use their judgement when deciding which laws to enforce, when and against whom. In the world we live in, mistakes are inevitable, but abusing the power given to you in a state of honor and trust is inadmissible. There has been an abundance of police brutality cases in which officers have shot and killed many innocent civilians. In most of those happenings, officers claimed to have been ‘in fear for their life’. While in some cases that might be true, but more often than not,...
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...Analyzing The Fourth Amendment And Its Impact On The Safety Of Law Enforcement Officers TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1. ABSTRACT 3 2. INTRODUCTION 4 3. CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE 7 4. RELEVANT COURT CASES 9 5. PROPOSED CHANGE 13 6. SOCIAL IMPACT 16 7. CONCLUSION 17 8. REFERENCES 18 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to analyze the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America and its impact on law enforcement. Close attention will be paid to the ability of police officers to frisk people, vehicles and occupants of vehicles, also commonly referred to as Terry stops. Currently, the rule of law is that police officers are not able to frisk solely on the basis of officer safety and that they must have a reasonable belief that a person is armed and dangerous prior to frisking. This paper will propose a new standard police should follow. Finally, an examination will be done on the social impact of this new proposed standard. Introduction As Americans, we enjoy freedoms that many around the world do not. These freedoms make us the envy, and the enemy, of millions. The foundation for these freedoms was laid long ago by our founding fathers. After the United States won its freedom from English rule they met to establish the constitution. From several years of schooling I know that in 1789 the first United States Congress...
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...endanger many lives of youths in this country. Many infamous school shootings involving firearms have occurred, including the well known Columbine High School Shooting, where 12 students and one teacher were killed, the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, in which 20 children and 6 adults were murdered, as well as other devastating firearm-related murders. According to the article written by Evan DeFilippis and Devin Hughes, “Guns Kill Children”, it states, “Children between the ages of 5 and 14 in the United States are 17 times more likely to be murdered by firearms than children in other industrialized nations.”, hence highlighting how dangerous firearms are to children in the U.S. To further analyze the hazardous effects of gun violence on youths, Dr. John Leventhal, medical director of child abuse programs Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, said that “A review of hospital records found that firearms caused 7,391 hospitalizations among children younger than 20 during 2009, the most recent year for which records are available.”. This hence show the unfortunate results of gun violences on innocent youths. As more of there orbits arise in the society, there should be strict laws and limitations on the right to bear arm. The second amendment, the right to bear arms has been misused several times due to it’s misinterpretation and how others ignore it. Many people argue what is the true interpretation of the second amendment since it will allow people the right to bear arms. Furthermore...
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...Seasonal Influenza and Impact on Society Influenza, or the flu, is a contagious illness caused by influenza viruses (influenza virus A, B and C) that affects the respiratory system. The illness can be moderate to severe. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2015), five to 20 percent of the population in the United States contracts the flu each year and more than 200,000 people are hospitalized due to complications caused by the illness. The CDC also reports that between 1976 and 2006 flu-related deaths have ranged from 3,000 to nearly 50,000. Individuals more susceptible to flu-related complications include children, older adults and individuals with compromised immune systems. Classification of Influenza Seasonal Influenza, along with other types of influenza, is a primary disease. A primary disease is defined as acute onset of a disease or illness that is not associated with a previous injury or disease (primary-disease, 2015). This information is consistent with information available from the CDC as the agency states that the flu, most often, comes on suddenly and without warning. Any complication one may experience due to contracting influenza would be considered a secondary disease. Symptoms consistent with the acute onset of influenza include but are not limited to body aches, fever, chills, sore throat and headaches. People who are experiencing these symptoms are encouraged to see their respective primary care doctor or health...
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...any, he would support. Gun control is one of the leading controversial issues society faces in America to date. The government is faced with the issue of limiting assault rifles with a trite and establishing tougher gun laws vs. the second amendment. President Obama said it best “the country’s background check system for gun buyers is so weak it makes the United States vulnerable to mass shootings” (Rucker, 2013, para. 2). That statement alone should end any controversy on the issue of gun control. Regulating individual’s right to bear arms certainly would bring a since of safety to our society. In order for that to happen, government will have to do more than just prohibited sales of guns. In everyone’s community someone knows an individual who owns gun e.g., for protection or hunting. To regulate the rights to bear arms authorities would have to confiscate everyone’s guns to make America safer. I personally would like that to happen because guns kill, accidentally and on purpose. Take a look at the bigger picture “every day in the U.S., an average of 289 people are shot. Eight-six of them die: 30 are murdered, 53 kill themselves, two die accidentally, and one is shot in a police intervention ("NBC News", 2013). Arguments for Gun’s Some individuals argue that the reason they own a gun is for protection; protection from others who may have a gun. Those individuals defend their ownership of guns by stating the following: I am protecting myself or family from an intruder or...
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... casting) and the ways in which they reflect the reallife horrors of the time. Night of the Living Dead (1968) by George A. Romero was heavily criticized at the time of release for its uncensored content, but it revolutionized the horror film genre while influencing many horror directors. When this transitional film first premiered in 1968, renowned film critic, Roger Ebert found it as “an expression of acute nausea”. Ebert was disgusted and wondered how someone could make such as horrifying movie (Hoberman and Rosenbaum, 1991, p. 123). In 1960’s, the scary monsters or evil villains such as the Frankenstein were typical in the horror films but this Romero cut has been associated with the term of “splatter film” used to describe horror genres that depict graphic violence and gore for many years (Williams, 2003, p.21). After the end of Civil War, 1968 was the most violent year in American history (Hoberman and Rosenbaum, p.125). It was in a time of very high tensions in both international Cold War politics and social turmoil; domestic racism, gender stereotypes and patriarchal nuclear family. Also the civil rights movement was beginning to blossom along with the protestation of the Vietnam War, which many believed was unnecessary and entirely avoidable. Romero has successfully delivered a “message” in this political film, highlighting the frustration, anger and attitude of the late 1960’s American society by employing chiaroscuro lighting, hand-held camera work and many hidden...
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...The aftermath of the Sandy Hook shooting. Zachary R. Leisure Sac State University Introduction School shootings are an aspect of society in America that is almost seen as commonplace at this point. These are horrific events that take place due to a multitude of factors. Something that is seen as commonplace in a more modern society is not something that was typical of the early 2010s. One event in history changed this: the Sandy Hook shooting. The Sandy Hook shooting was an event that took place in Connecticut in 2012. In terms of modern-day tragedies, it ranks as one of the most horrific when people analyze them. Where does this leave society today? In society, there are always two different arguments for one topic. One of the main...
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...gun control is a simple problem to solve, if they knew about this issue concerning the basic right to protect oneself according to the Second Amendment in the U.S. There are always fierce debates about gun control between supporters and opponents of regulation of firearms. As a result, the key of debates can be summarized into two subjects; ‘personal right to have guns for protecting oneself’, and ‘government’s right to control gun possession for protecting our society from violent crimes’. Supporters of gun control argue that there have been many crimes and murders by firearms and if we make a strong gun control law, the crime rate will be lowered and we can save many innocent lives including young students. On the other hand, opponents argue that they need to carry firearms because gun possession is the basic right to protect themselves from violent crimes according to the Second Amendment. They claim that if there are strong gun control laws, many innocent people will suffer from brutal crimes because they can’t possess firearms. Although some people believe that being able to carry a gun is one of the basic rights according to the constitution, guns should be strictly controlled because they are necessary to reduce the number of violent crimes and save the innocent people, including young students from gun incidents. In order to understand why we should strictly control guns, it is critical to understand the basic knowledge of related laws, national comparison, and...
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...What current world issue do you feel is most important or critical? Why is this a global issue? Throughout the United States there are many different current global issues that effect the world, however there is one in particular that I feel is very critical and important. One issue that is becoming more of an upcoming problem in today’s society is racial profiling. In some of the big cities such as St.Louis and New York many people have been facing this issue. Two incidents in particular is the Ferguson shooting of Michael Brown and The killing of a Staten Island man by a police officer. The Ferguson shooting was taken seriously and caused many people to question racial profiling. While Michael Brown was a black teenager the killer happened to be a male, white police officer. This caused many people to have different opinions on whether or not Brown was killed do to his race. Brown was suspected to have done nothing wrong to Officer Wilson and it came to the conclusion that Brown was shot for no apparent reason. As this case continued to be seen through the government, many things didn't make sense to why Brown had been shot 12 times. Many people have came to the conclusion that Officer Wilson wanted Brown dead. No one really knows why this may be the case. Earlier before Brown was killed, he was seen causing a problem in a local liquor store. Once Brown arrived at the scene he should have addressed the situation in a better way however he chose not too. Aside from...
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...are used by the U.S. government in an effort to protect its citizens before it is too late. To begin, video surveillance is a method used to keep citizens safe. A case in which surveillance cameras would have helped, found in a New York Times article by Nick Bilton, is “the case of Mr. Martin, an unarmed black teenager who was fatally shot by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, [where] the most crucial evidence about how the altercation between the two began- one that ultimately led to Mr. Martin’s death- came down to Mr. Zimmerman’s word”. As one can observe from this situation, if there had only been a surveillance camera in the neighborhood, the trial would not have come down to the convict’s and eyewitnesses’ words and would have had solid...
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...To Serve and Protect? In today’s society we have come to fear and even resent the police in our communities, specifically Chicago. This fear and resentment comes from citizens not feeling protected, which is ironic seeing that the motto of the police force is to serve and protect. The question is “Who exactly are they protecting?” because by the looks of the crime rate you cannot tell. We have unfortunately come to lose trust in this authority. Just this month there have been 32 homicides to date in Chicago. This is outrageous and unacceptable. This violence typically affects young African American men because they are racially identified as being harmful. Although each year they do seem to come up with new proposals to end the violence,...
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...Los Angeles despite what racial background they have. The very beginning of the riot was from the Rodney King incident. The incident involved four police officers brutally beating and murdering an African American motorist and found innocent for their act. Within same year, there was another incident involving African American girl and a Korean shop-owner. Young African American was shot by Korean owner for shop-lifting. This has light the fire amongst African American society to express their anger towards Korean Americans in Los Angeles. The documentary Sa-I-Gu was made to show what Korean American in Koreatown went through during the riots because there were not many media or places where they can speak to about the riot. During the time, the media was only focusing on leading the incident into racial conflict between Koreans and African Americans. Through this documentary, Korean American women who experienced harsh time in their life could speak up and share their feelings and thoughts about the experience and how their life has fallen apart. Most of Korean American at the time were first generation immigrants who were trying to just survive in their new home looking for their “American Dream”. However, due to their language barrier, there weren’t that many ways to live other than having their own business. They were known to be rude to many customers however, many people including the customers did not realize it was unintentional and only a result from language...
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...Desiree’ Smith World Literature, Heffernan Research Outline April 13, 2012 What should be done about racial disparities in the sentencing of criminals? I. Thesis Statement: Racial disparities in the sentencing of criminals is a problem in contemporary society and it must be solved II. Topic Sentence HB: It is necessary to examine the history and background of racial disparities in the sentencing of criminals before considering possible solutions. A. In 1964 Congress passed the Civil Rights Act prohibiting discrimination in employment. Yet today, three out of every ten African American males born in the United States will serve time in prison, a status that renders their prospects for legitimate employment bleak and often bars them from obtaining professional licenses. In 1965 Congress passed the Voting Rights Act. Yet today, 31 percent of all black men in Alabama and Florida are permanently disenfranchised as a result of felony convictions. Nationally, 1.4 million black men have lost the right to vote under these laws. Congress also passed the Immigration and Nationality Act, which sought to eliminate the vestiges of racial discrimination in the nation's immigration laws. Yet today, Hispanic and Asian Americans are routinely and sometimes explicitly singled out for immigration enforcement. In 1968 Congress passed the Fair Housing Act. Yet today, the current housing for approximately 2 million Americans – two-thirds of them African American or Hispanic – is a prison...
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...CONCEALED CARRY WEAPON Introduction Protecting ourselves and family from this violent society by use of guns. Law enforcement response to emergency call most of the time are unsatisfactory, not enough first responder to go around. It’s up to us to hold the port down until they arrive. Concealed weapons permit in the United States are increasingly becoming popular. Fearing on influx of violence in our society, some individual are exercising their second amendments right to the full extent of its meaning. Ongoing debate about nonmilitary or law enforcement trained individuals about handling their weapons safely. Increases in mass shooting are making some people paranoid about their safety. [First main point (strongest)] A. Does carrying a concealed hand gun prevent a major atrocities such as mass shooting that are happening all around us? Will such individual stop the bad guys and perhaps minimizing the death and destruction of what that perpetrator causes? San Bernardino Ca. shooting, suspected terrorist husband and wife that killed 12 and wounded 22 others, Radicalized Islam. Will an armed citizen in that group could have prevented this? T-Mobile store shooting in Chicago IL. Two armed men enter a store with a gun drawn only to be shot by the clerk on duty who was carrying a concealed weapon. This prevent the store from being rob and also perhaps preventing the clerk from being harm. B. Gun Laws, will it stop criminals from obtaining a weapons? What about the...
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...A significant reason showing that George’s actions were euthanasia rather than murder was that Lennie needed to be stopped. Lennie had already killed one person and many animals, and he was bound to kill more. Lennie truly couldn’t control himself. He was so strong and was unaware of the magnitude of his strength. Even though Lennie couldn’t fully comprehend the magnitude of what he had done, he still is was responsible for his actions. George described Lennie’s actions by saying “He’s such a nice fella. I didn’t think he’d do nothing like this. All the time he done bad things, but he never done one of ‘em mean” (Steinbeck 95). This was George’s way of saying that Lennie doesn’t intend to hurt others with these actions, they just naturally occur because of his strength. In addition to Lennie being needed to be stopped, Lennie also was preventing himself and George from their happiness. Lennie and George had always dreamt of owning a ranch together where they could tend to the animals. Candy, the swamper, had even joined in on the dream. However, it still was never feasible due to Lennie’s actions and issues. As...
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