The Two Sides of Police Brutality Barack Obama once said, Our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They’ve got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law (Earnest 2014). This statement uses a rhetorical device known as hyperbole. A hyperbole is used when there is an over exaggeration to prove one’s point. In this case, Obama is trying to prove the importance of the […]
Have you ever witnessed or know someone who has suffered of police brutality? People would never think that the men and women that are supposed to protect us are the ones abusing their power. Police brutality occurs when police officers use excessive or unnecessary force when dealing in certain situations with civilians. There are many cases that go unseen and the reason behind this is because the police have a code of honor that says that police do not tell […]
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Get help with your assignmentHave police changed from one decade to the next? Police brutality has only changed in the way the abuse is viewed, but not in the way that it is committed or the motivation behind it. In the Martin Luther King era, there was acceptable police brutality in which African American citizens were blatantly assaulted, mistreated, and in some cases killed. Now in the present-day use of force or police brutality, must have a justified reason in order for the offending […]
Police brutality refers to systematic misuse of authority and powers through the unwarranted infliction of bodily or psychological pain to civilians by law enforcers during their official duties. The routine enforcement of law using excessive force against unarmed civilians and the correctional misuse of facilities to manipulate, inflict, injure or subject a civilian to torture amounts to police brutality. Militarily prisons and federal penal correctional facilities, through the personnel operating the facilities, can practice police brutality through extreme subjection of […]
Introduction/Background The luxury of having a place to lay ones head and being able to provide reliable shelter is something that thousands upon thousands of people across the world do not have the ability to state. What does it mean to be homeless and when did it emerge? The origin of homelessness can allegedly be traced back during Colonial America. As early as 1640, people were being labeled as English vagrants and being listed as outcast individuals with the police […]
There is nothing more challenging in life than trying to survive in this world without a home. Homelessness of children known to child protection agencies defies all we know about the need for consistency and appropriate structure for children (Mignon, 2015, p. 96). Unstable housing is one of the major contributing factors, as to why families become connected with child welfare agencies (Mignon, 2015). In January 2014, about 578,424 individuals were classified as being homeless throughout the United States, which […]
As the cost of living continues to skyrocket in the Denver metro area, more and more people are finding themselves struggling to pay rent. Even worse, while the city around them flourishes with new apartments and homes, over 5,000 people have found themselves homeless during this housing boom (Brown). Instead of finding new ways to help people afford to live here, Denver is trying to push our homeless population out of the city completely. As a country, we pride ourselves […]
Homelessness is big social problem arising from social factors as poverty, physical and mental health, addiction, family problems. Just like any other city or county, Los Angeles county is continuing to struggle with homelessness issue which is on the rise. According to Los Angeles Times report showed that annual funding for homeless program was short by $73 million last year. Even though LA is home to be called for rich Hollywood stars and their mansions, actually walking down the streets […]
Both Martin luther king and Malcolm X were two prominent civil rights leaders in the fight for the betterment of black peoples lives although they are both agreed on achieving civil rights for the black community and agreed that the treatment of black people by white people was unjust their philosophy and how to achieve justice was different. Martin luther king and Malcolm X had very different views on the interaction of black and white people. Martin Luther preached for […]
Malcolm Little was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1925. His father, Earl, was a Baptist preacher and was targeted by white supremacists. Earl had 6 children, he abused all of them except for Malcolm because he was the lightest skin out of 6 siblings. Being light skin gave you the upper advantage to not be treated as badly as a dark skin person. Malcolm had a rough childhood, he experienced racial discrimination at an early age when his family moved […]
Rippling effects/cost: During the war vietnamese, citizens were treated very badly. Many veterans raped, cut off limbs, randomly shot at citizens, bombed village twice as much than they did in world war 2, poisoned food stock, and damaged much of the countryside of south Vietnam.US troops also carried out massacres, beatings, arson, and Kidnapping. Most of the citizens were scared to come forward but when attempting to they were ignored, because no one believed high ranking officials would do such […]
Abstract One dose. That’s all it takes to cast you down a spiral of uncontrollable addiction. Imagine a person starts taking drugs; for instance, Opioid painkillers. At first that person takes them for the simple task of easing pain, but after awhile they keep taking more and more then they realize they can’t stop. This is what you call drug abuse. Drug abuse can negatively impact communities because it can cause drugged driving, cause crime/violence/overdose and causes the loss of […]
Gunshots ricocheted off the cold brick walls of the school hallway. Screams were followed by thumps, a sure sign another life had been lost. Cowering behind the podium, Ryan watched the doorknob shake with ferocity, fear settling with an icy feeling in his gut. The door finally gave way, the intruder bursting into the room. Their gun spit smoke into the air, metal getting its first taste of iron, calcium, iron, and brick, in that order, leaving a family with […]
Violence, in any context, is dreaded. It is more dreaded when it is a prolonged one and there is no sign of it coming to an end in the future. This has been and still is the case for gun violence in America. Any violence that is caused by guns or that involves the use of guns is regarded as gun violence. In America, this is very popular for a number of reasons. First, the guns are readily available so […]
Introduction In 2015, Alison Parker and Adam Ward were fatally wounded in a gun attack by an enraged shooter while on assignment on live television (Daily News, 2015). The incident sparked outrage among a cross-section of viewers and other interested stakeholders with an increased call to tighten or eliminate gun ownership in the United States. According to Waldman (2015), the 2nd Amendment of the United States` constitution upholds the unequivocal right of the citizens to hold and keep arms privately. […]
In this essay i will be analyzing and discussing the themes that were discussed that were used in the movie fight club. The first and main one being is masculinity. Violence was another theme that was used. Third one and most important one is identity and the last one is consumerism. The movie tells a story in which the narrator in the story develops these new personalities as to who he actually wants to be. Fight club was created by […]
Background Gun Control has continuously been a arrangement backed by our previous President Barack Obama. Especially after one of the most horrifying incident that occurred in December 2012 Sandy Hooks Elementary shooting, after this incident the Obama organization had pushed to pass enactment which basically outlaws semi-automatic attack weapons; the sort of weapon which was supposedly utilized to slaughter 24. For those who don’t know much about weapons, usually used during boycotts . Semi-automatics were specifically made for war and […]
The first known school related shootings happened January 30th, 1968 at Miami Jackson High School. There were four shootings that year; five people were killed while 29 were wounded. In 2015 we saw 15 school shootings occur, along with nine deaths and 26 wounded. In 2018 there has been the most frequent amount of school shootings from january 1st, 2018 to May 18, 2018, there have been 11 school shootings with 33 deaths and 55 wounded (Jason Cato). The question […]
“It was just so scary, you could hear him walking, you’d hear him walking right past our classroom.” (CBS News) “We were scared. I was yelling to him. Don’t shoot! Don’t shoot!” (Maui News) “This is going to be absolutely heart-wrenching time for me and my family. His younger brothers and soon-to-be born sister would miss him terribly.” (NPR) “I have two words: gun control. Now, now, now, now! No more NRA! No more money! Gun control now!”, a mother […]
Someone once said If guns kill people then pencils must misspell words, spoons must make people fat, and cars must make people drive drunk. After recent acts of violence that involved guns, such as school shootings, America has almost been torn apart over the subject of gun control. This topic is highly controversial in the United States because of the two side of Pro-gun and Gun-control activist. The US should not have stricter gun laws, because of the fact that […]
Gun control is not one issue, but many. To some people gun control is a crime issue, to others it is a rights issue. Guns are not for everyone. Certain people cannot handle guns safely, and some individuals choose to use firearms inappropriately. Many of us have heard many times, Guns do not kill people on their own, it takes a person to pull the trigger. Even if people find this statement to be true, guns are an issue that […]
Homes Every year, Oregon reports about 378 suicides related to gun, 63 homicides that are gun-related, over 160 nonfatal gun shootings, and up to 138 accidental shootings. The state has been paying a fine annually for this increased rate of crime which according to Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence comes to $2.6 billion (Whitney). This fact shows the importance of implementing gun control measures all over Oregon to ensure safety in public institutions such as schools, business premises, […]
In the year 2018 there have been 307 mass shootings around the United States. To put this into perspective, we are 312 days into the year, meaning the US has had nearly as many mass shootings as days in 2018, says Melia Robinson, Skye Gould and Samantha Lee from Business Insider. A more effective screening process for purchasing a weapon needs to be put in place to help prevent unsafe people from owning guns. Federal agencies do not have full […]
Recently, gun control has been a hot topic and many are trying to find a way to please everybody with new laws or to just change or alter the old laws a bit. Gun laws are tricky because the same guns that are protecting us are the same guns that are killing us. Which makes this topic a great topic for review in public policy. Nearly two-thirds of gun deaths are suicides The U.S. gun suicide rate is eight times […]
Introduction Capital punishment is being put to death by lethal injection for commiting a capital crime. They use to have methods such as hanging (Abolished in 1996), firing squad (Abolished in 2010), electrocution (Abolished in 2013), but they did away with those and went with lethal injection since the person receiving it does not have a chance of being tortured while being executed. There are six states that still use the gas chamber as a method if the injection cannot […]
Sexual assault on college campuses is a nationwide issue. According to Sexual Violence Surveillance: Uniform Definitions and Recommended Data Elements, “Sexual violence occurs when a perpetrator commits sexual acts without a victim’s consent, or when a victim is unable to consent (e.g., due to age, illness) or refuse (e.g., due to physical violence or threats)” (Basile et. al. 1). It is a crime that victimizes an alarming number of college students. According to the authors of the article, “Sexual Harassment […]
Sexual assault on college campus’ is becoming more frequent with 15% of women attending college facing some sort of sexual assault every year (Wood, Stichman 1). Rape culture is becoming a increasingly talked about topic in young adult audiences, with more mental health resources becoming available and pushes for women to involve the criminal justice system to report their assaults. With these advancements taken in consideration, why do so many cases of sexual assault still go unreported and how do […]
Sexual assault is defined as any kind of sexual activity or contact that a person does not want or consent to. About 20-25% of women are sexually assaulted in college, most likely sorority girls and other females living on-campus (The Role Alcohol). Heterosexual women are less likely to be sexually assaulted or raped than homosexuals (Basile). Sexual assault is a prodigious problem that occurs all over, but, but it is most paradigmatic in colleges and universities. Universities need to do […]
“These are the best four years of your life.” These are the words that ring in the ears of every student in the year leading up to college and throughout the entirety of the experience. However, for many young adults, college can be a time of vulnerability and paranoia in regards to their safety rather than an exciting new stage of life that is filled with independence and learning. In recent years, the topic of sexual assault on college campuses […]
The purpose of this essay is to inform you the reasons of why sexual assaults continue to increase in the military. Sexual assault occurs in the military with the combination of high stress environment, loneliness and alcohol, that possibly may end in mental illness. Which thanks to the policies, regulations and training of SHARP, the reports of assaults have increased. During this writing I will give you the information of why sexual assault occur supported by articles from trusted resources. […]
