He then decides to drive the Cadillac south even though his friends and family have expressed their fears about his decision. On their journey to Mississippi, the family witnesses racial prejudice first hand when Wilbert is pulled over and wrongly accused of speeding simply because of his race. In the end, Wilbert sells the Cadillac for a lesser car because he realizes that his family’s safety is more important than exercising his rights. The story takes place in the 1950’s when racism was practiced liberally and policemen were free to discriminate without any consequences. Because these actions were allowed, racism had run rampant in Mississippi.
Williams told the officers that he had climbed into the car, a black Plymouth, believing it was his brother’s, to take a nap. Issues Should evidence of a similar criminal situation between a defendant and another party be admissible? Rules The “Rule of Evidence” states any fact relevant to prove a fact is admissible unless specifically excluded by another rule. The “Rule of Admissibility” states similar fact evidence can be used
South Bureau / Beat 28 Sedgwick County Wichita, KS At 9:40 PM, Officers Justin McCluskey and Nathan Schwiethale are in search of a suspect who is out on larceny charges. Suspect took off running on foot when originally confronted by the officers. Officer Guilemette responds by setting up a parameter with Office Schwiethale. Area of town reflects a low-income status. Suspect is Caucasian and approximately 45 years of age wearing and orange T-shirt and jean shorts.
4. Include any important potential economic, social, or political pressures, and exclude inconsequential facts. There is knowledge the husband did drive the car and was twice the legal limit; the hood still warm, he was walking up the sidewalk from the car dropped something picked it up and placed in front pocket then when asked to empty his pockets the item was keys. The ethical decision is that the officers cannot arrest the husband without an unethical decision, this being they must lie about seeing the husband drive up and park the car. This would get the husband out of the home and off the road but open up the officers and department for a possible law suit form the wife and husband.
Adrian Crump Hello, my name is Tom Tucker and I am reporting to you the tragedy of a homicide right here in Jacksonville, Florida. On February 1st 1992, Adrian Crump was awoken at two in the morning by the sound what appeared to be a gunshot. He left bed to see what had happened and saw his front window with a hole that looked like it had come from being struck by a bullet. Allegedly, Mr. Krump then heard sounds of people in a car and thought that someone was coming back. At that point, Adrian got his .38 caliber revolver, got in his car, and drove down the street.
The encounter ends with Brown on the ground with 8 shots in him. What happened that made the officer shoot the teen though? St. Louis County Police Chief Joe Belmar claims “Brown physically assaulted the officer, and during a struggle between the two, Brown reached for the officer's gun. One shot was fired within the car followed by other gunshots outside of the car (Gannett).” How could we possibly know if this was what actually happened though? For all we know the officer is making this story up to protect his career from a possible mistake that he made.
Subject: Case Analysis Case: Search and Seizure Background Facts: Joe is a 26 years old man of a foreign decent and is currently a U.S. citizen. He was pulled over by a police officer when he was driving through an affluent Caucasian subdivision. Citing that this is a sobriety checkpoint, Officer Jones orders Joe to step out of the car. When Joe starts questioning the officer about the sobriety checkpoint, the officer becomes very aggressive with him and places him under arrest for “interfering with official police conduct”. After that, Officer Jones get into his vehicle and remove a couple of items.
A Lesson Before Dying Ernest J. Gaines’ novel, A Lesson Before Dying takes place in Bayonne, Louisiana in the 1940s. The story is told by Grant Wiggins, a black man that was educated and taught school to black children. The story is about a young uneducated black man named Jefferson who followed a couple of guys into a liquor story one night and the guys tried to rob the store owner. I fight started and the store owner and the two guys were killed. Jefferson did not run so when the police came he was accused of murder and sentenced to die in the electric chair.
Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space Brent Staples employs onomatopoeia to describe the black man who “could cross in front of a car stopped at a traffic light and elicit the thunk, thunk, thunk, thunk of the driver - black, white, male, or female - hammering down on the door locks.” The onomatopoeia and cacophony of “thunk” creates a harsh tone. It describes the widespread prejudice, even within his own race. Staples repeats the “thunk” four times, one for each person aside a door, thus the profiling is so common that not one person in the full car would hesitate to lock the door. The second essay uses “thunk” to express how easily he could incite fear in the inhabitants, a fear in which he took pride.
Mykera Lewis 12-13-12 Per.6 The Hit Man In the short story “The Hit Man” by Boyle uses several clues to help the reader figure out how the Hit Man is death. The Hit Man was bullied in his early years and always wore a black bag over his head. Now, the Hit Man wears a black hood, he has big meaty arms, and wears make up in the day/evening so that we will not reveal his identity to anyone. The Hit Man has a date with a girl named Cynthia, he arrives at her house in his father’s hearse which is very unusual to ride in, especially with a date. The Hit Man kills his father, by slapping cornflakes from his father’s bowl.