Racism, a big part of police misconduct, has become a major problem in the police force. Police officers have a tendency to harass the homeless, young persons, and minorities, among with many other groups of people. Every law enforcement officer or other government official, whether federal, state, county, city, municipal, or otherwise, takes an oath of office and promises to serve and to protect. Unfortunately, over the years we have witnessed such abominations as the Rodney King beating, a graphically disturbing atrocity caught on videotape, or the Nathaniel Jones beating in Cincinnati. We read or hear stories about Amidou Diallo, an unarmed man, being shot forty-one times by the NYPD.
1 Police Brutality Police brutality is still one of the most serious human violations in the United States. The intentional use of excessive force, usually physical, but potentially also in the form of verbal attacks and psychological intimidation by police officers persists because of overwhelming barriers to accountability. Police brutality can be from calling a citizen by his or her name to a death by a policeman’s bullet. What the average citizen thinks of when he hears the term, however, it is something midway between these two occurrences which can be more common to what the police profession knows as alley court. These facts make it possible for officers who commit human rights violations to escape due punishment and often repeat their offenses.
So police keep the balance in the cities as much as they can. Imagine if one day they are all gone. Police work has been becoming harder and harder over the years. “As the degree of race and class conflict intensifies, the police assume a more demanding role both in repressing strikes and demonstrations and in attempting to contain the escalating level of crime” (“Police Militancy”). In Baltimore, in the year 1974, the police were tired of being treated poorly.
Final Project: The Gang Violence Problem Final Project: The Gang Violence Problem Gangs are found across the globe these days and almost everywhere they are associated with various crimes. While this happens in all types of neighborhoods, inner cities seem to be the most effected. Violence is a part of many gang activities and a good number of them demand that a new initiative to the gang must commit a violent crime to prove them worthy of membership. Michael Carlie (2002) explains that initiation ceremonies may include killing a police officer, being bumped or jumped in (One example of this ritual: Gang members form two lines, the initiative has to walk down between them while the gang members beat and kick him or her without showing sign of pain. ), commit a drive by shooting or another type of murder.
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The director shows this by the sounds and angles of the camera during scenes and by the way many people talk at once shows the differences of life between the city and the peacefulness of Samuels home. The close up on Samuel’s face during the murder with the expression of terrified face with a wide open eyes and the tension of the music shows us the corruption of his innocence and the conflict with the world around him there is also another evidence when he tells Eli that he would only kill the bad man. Schaefer, McFee and Fergie go to the Amish world looking for john book they are faced with many obstacles. When thewy first enter arrive at the farm, the soundtrack and the close up view on the guns are there to remind us the violence and show us that that is the only way they could keep their corruption. The gun fires between John Book and McFee are there to represent the violence and even earlier in the film at the parking area, the guns are used as a symbol of thriller and crime.
Muggings, burglaries, carjacking, and drug-related shooting , which now happen quite often, concern all urban and many suburban residence. That is a result of circumstances of life among the ghetto poor- lack of jobs that pay a living wage, limited basic public services, the drug use and the drug trafficking and the absence of hope for the future .Young people living in such an environment places are at special risk of falling victim to aggressive behavior. There are two orientations - decent and street who organize community socially and the way they coexist and interact has important consequences for its residents. The street culture has evolved a " code of the street" - a set of informal rules governing interpersonal public behavior.
Word Count: 316 Unsafe Neighborhoods Living in a safe and secure neighborhood is every American’s dream. Unfortunately, many neighborhoods in America became unsafe due to the increase of gang activities, drug activities, and violent crimes. These three elements are the causes of unsafe neighborhoods. Ten years ago, several well-known gangs had started recruiting teen-age boys and girls in my neighborhood. All day long, you could see these recruits hanging around on the street corners and sitting on the steps of vacant properties.
Antonio Battle Freshmen 1010 section #67 Professor Adel 9/3/15 Advocacy The biggest issues we have in my community today is violence in the streets of Chicago and how easy it is to get a hold to a firearm nowadays. Many times these problems are addressed but it really doesn’t get far. These problems are more so to blame on the people of society but then again others play a big part also. When I think of advocacy I think of people handing out flyers, making websites targeting a specific topic, and etc.. Advocacy isn’t something I would call a personal responsibility for citizens, that’s more of a choice whether you want to participate in those things or not.
The extent of gangs/drugs A proliferation in gangs will also mean a growth in drug and violence in our community’s and threatening society in general. There are more than 731,000 active gang members in the United States, most of which are active with drug distribution. Gangs will and have shown themselves notorious and without regard to society and family. Street gangs employ violence to control drug activities and even targeting local businesses with extortion. Violence ensures that members adhere to the gang’s code of conduct.