Craig Mattox Prof. Panther-Yates ENG 101 Sec. 35013 Argument Essay 12 December 2012 The Case of Amnesty Everyone wants the opportunity at living the American Dream, even those from other countries, which is causing many to illegally immigrate to the United States. Unfortunately, the new Arizona Senate Bill 1070 is causing a lot of controversy because it is granting police officers the right to arrest anyone who they suspect is here in our country illegally. According to Governor Jan Brewer’s comment in Randal C. Archibold’s article, “Arizona Enacts Stringent Law on Immigration”, “we have to trust our law enforcement” (Archibold 1). Although Governor Jan Brewer in the article “Arizona Enacts Stringent Law on Immigration,” has a good point about the importance or working to solve our immigration crisis; however, this crisis does not mean that the police should be given the power to detain anyone suspected of being in the country illegally.
Horton accuses the governing body of frequently exploiting its power in having the Justice Department instigate repression among voters. Furthermore, the lawyers who were inspecting the unlawful actions of these political criminals were quietly discharged of their duty and the incriminating evidence was concealed. The Bush administration was also spying regularly on religious and political groups in the country, while it covertly introduced a tremendously illegal surveillance program that caused conflict among senior officials in the Justice Department. Horton attributes this illicit monitoring device as the reason behind the “War on Terror” because it misleadingly revealed all of intelligence’s information on Iraq to both
The threat of terrorist attacks changed American culture immensely; the devastation wakened the need for protection and a sense of security. Dramatic measures were taken in order to protect this country, so foreign relations were severely affected. Post 9/11 government saw the “link between immigration and security”, and that by changing foreign policy it would “reduce the likelihood of future attacks” (Krikorian 567).The safety measure in airports were countless from metal detectors to full body scans. “The immigration system has being penetrated by the enemy”, the officials realized which led to unfair accusation of innocents (Krikorian 568). “Overzealous officials” grill suspicious foreigners “to the point of near panic” (Khan 559).
Isn’t the federal law in charge of immigration? Why must our local officials then deal with immigration issues? We are creating a vicious circle of hate, what guarantees the citizens that police officials will not violate or take advantage of the power that they have been given? This new law is “giving police officers a green light to harass anyone who looks or sounds foreign” explained Alessandra Soler Meetze, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona. The question again arises, how will the officer detect these illegal immigrants?
The ritualism of how we convict criminals usually does not help them in the long run; taking away their legitimate means for obtaining a job. The result is a rise of deviant subcultures. The bureaucratic rituals blind what is really at hand, “After the terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001, the U.S. postal Service continued to help deliver mail addressed to Osama bin Laden”-(Groups and Organizations Chapter 5): The role of the criminal justice system is so concerned with its rituals, it would contradict its sole purpose, so it could carry
They should spread the word and tell people taking drugs is against the law or that drugs are bad for your health or even that drugs can make you go bankrupt. If people know the damage that drugs can do then they will not want to take them. The police can also eliminate drugs by sending in more undercover police officers and having them pretend to be
Police brutality in the United States Police officers are supposed to protect us from criminals danger; federal agents are supposed to protect us from terrorist attacks, and CIA agents are supposed to collect and evaluate information about our enemies. All of these law enforcement officers work together to provide us with the ultimate protection, but this decent purpose changed to become a terrifying nightmare for citizens in the United States. The sad truth about the policing system in the states is that many law enforcement officers use excessive force on powerless individuals or groups such as minorities, the young, and the poor in order to complete their jobs. Police brutality is one of several forms of police misconduct; in fact, it is now one of the US government’s biggest concerns because it violates human rights. So what does it mean?
Since law enforcers are not enough to ensure safety for every citizens, citizens should be allowed to protect themselves. Opponents of gun control like NRA also argue that gun control policies are for authoritarian models of government like the Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy (Rogers, 2013). These are governments that disarm the population due to the fear of being overthrown due to their bad governance and violation of human rights. Therefore, democrats should not be afraid of being overthrown by disarming citizens if they respect human
The Teel brothers were suspected to have ties to the local Ku Klux Klan (KKK) chapter in Oxford. Later, this Klan group succeeded in intimidating townspeople and hindering investigations. Due to the brother’s connection with the KKK, none of the witnesses would dare come forward and incriminate the Teel brothers. So not only was the murder itself grievous, but the group went on to further lower themselves by bullying and threatening other innocent people. Instead of admitting to their heinous actions, the three men sought help from their willing ‘brothers’ to bully and persuade black and white people alike into submission and essentially cover-up the whole incident.
As the rot spreads, even more crime is generated by the climate of disorder and ennui it produces” ( Duk, Steven B. Dec. 1993). Drug prohibition also fosters crime by producing officialcorruption. The news media are full of accounts of cops caught stealing money or drugs from dealers or simply taking money to look the other way. Even judges and prosecutors are sometimes implicated. Such pervasive corruption denigrates and demoralizes all law enforcers and causes disrespect for law among citizens.The distractive effects of the drug war on law enforcement indirectly but profoundly encourage crime.