X d. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a black Harvard University professor, was arrested in his own home for disorderly conduct. Week 6: Chapter 4 Immigration 1. The most important force causing people to emigrate has been a. war. b. political repression. c. economic.
In the year 2005 late November, Rawle Maynard was awarded in a racial profiling case involving a Toronto Police Officer. It was on a Saturday morning when Maynard left his office in Toronto using a two-door black BMW that was licensed to his father. He was about to head back to his parent’s home in Scarborough when he noticed that a police officer was following him. He got off of his car and asked the police officer if there was a problem and if he was being followed. Maynard was later put, at gunpoint by the officer because he got a report about a suspect involving a black man, 6 feet and slim whom he thought fits Maynard's description.
Initially it was believed to be a hate crime but now lead investigators believe that race was not a motivating factor. According to reports the groups exchanged words then the vehicle turned around and stopped, and five black men got out. Witnesses say Hill put Geike in a bear hug and pushed him to the ground before returning to the car covered in blood. Barnes friend and fellow service man to Geike said Geike died in his arms. The group had been celebrating Geike's upcoming discharge from the Army.
However, it is important for law enforcement to follow guidelines and regulations such as civil rights. This would include not singling out a person due to their race and gender without having reasonable suspicion. Yet, some studies state that “when race is combined with other key identifying characteristics of criminal involvement, profiling is a sensible and useful technique in which police employ the laws of probability to make the best use of their scarce resources in attacking crime” ("Writing For Students", 2010). Criminologists and sociologists agree that men are much more likely to commit
The United States need to reform the justice system and hold public servants accountable for their actions. In recent months, police officers in the United States have been the topic of controversy, due to unnecessary killings by white officers against blacks. On August 9th 2014, Michael Brown, who was caught shoplifting, got killed by Officer Darren Wilson of the Ferguson Police Department. Due to the Rashomon effect, the exact details of the confrontation are unclear but evidence strongly suggests that Wilson unnecessarily killed Brown, who was unarmed. This is an example of law enforcement abusing their power to an unreasonable
Criminal investigations week 8 class discussion Analyze the following burglary case and indicate what actions you would take: A 35-year-old male has been arrested by patrol officers. He was caught breaking into a place of business that appeared to be deserted. However, the owner happened to be in the back office, where he had fallen asleep going over the accounts after work. The owner took a baseball bat to the suspect, knocking him out. The suspect had glass cutters, wore gloves, and carried a briefcase.
Theodore Wafer awoke to “unbelievable.” (White) pounding on his door and thought his home was about to be burglarized. Fearing for his life, he reached for his weapon and opened the door and fired a shotgun blast through his screen door, hitting McBride in her face. McBride had drunk vodka and smoked marijuana in the evening of Nov. 1st at home. Her mother than said, she and McBride argued because McBride had not cleaned the house. Mcbride became angry and left the house by car roughly 11:15 p.m.
ENG W-131 Synthesis Essay: Newest draft 2 May 2012. Trayvon Martin, African-American Safety and their Will to Lead a Normal Life African-Americans in the United State are constantly victims of hate crimes and racial profiling; the most recent incident that has been scrutinized by the general public, especially the African-American community, is the shooting and killing of seventeen- year old Trayvon Martin on his way home from a convenience store, sporting a black hoodie and holding a pack of Skittles and a bottle of iced tea. This incident really had me wondering if African-Americans would ever be able to walk down the street without being stereotyped or to move around without the fear of being assaulted the very next second. I also wondered if true integration would ever exist between the African-Americans and other ethnic groups, especially the Caucasians. I came up with an answer when I read four texts that talked about Trayvon martin, African-American history and stand your ground laws.
As I quote this is how the incident occurred “On the morning of January 28, 2008 New Orleans Police Officer Nicola Cotton approached a man sitting down in a small strip mall in the Central City section of New Orleans who matched the description of a rape suspect. Surveillance footage from one of the store’s security cameras showed that she motioned for the man to come toward her. The man then attacked Officer Cotton and they struggled in the parking lot for seven minutes. Eventually, the man took Officer Cotton’s gun and shot her 15 times, killing her. The man then sat down in the parking lot and waited as other police responded to Cotton’s radio calls for help.
So much so that his parents disabled his car at night and took his shot gun away from him. When he was expelled his college dean urged his parents to have him evaluated for mental illness and they never followed through. Had they have placed a higher priority of understanding why their young son had been behaving so irrationally they would have discovered much earlier that he was suffering from schizophrenia and possibly stopped him from harming