Angeles police officers after he put then on a high speed chase through California‚ while driving down the 210 freeway in Los Angeles with two of his friends‚ Rodney King was detected speeding by the California Highway Patrol officer. He feared that when he got pulled over‚ he would be put back in jail for violating his probation that he was put on for robbery. When the cops finally caught him‚ they brutally beat him their batons and also shot him three times with a Taser. Although there has been some
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The site states “14‚285‚700 Indians‚ mostly lower castes and migrant workers‚ are enslaved through inter-generational bonded labour‚ trafficking for sexual exploitation‚ and forced marriage.” The U.S. has tried to encourage India to pass a law against the trafficking‚ but India is such a large country with many diverse regions that they are unsure if one law would be able to combat and end the slavery. We can fight against modern day slavery by donating to anti-slavery
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reform addresses civil lawsuits of various degrees such as medical malpractice‚ automobile accidents‚ and personal injury. Therefore supporters of tort reform seek to ensure laws are changed that limits the amount of damage recovered. Those who are against tort reform believe their Constitutional rights are violated. Dan Zegart The article written by Dan Zegart exposes the reader to the distraught tort reform has on those suffering from civil lawsuits that do not make it to court. Such as the case
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Do you ever feel out of place or struggle when taking a test? Ever feel like you’re under the pressure of getting a good grade on something you haven’t really learned? Well you’re not alone. Many people are against standardized testing and hope for change in the future. Standardized tests puts kids‚ and teens under the stress of passing. Teachers sometimes even spend more time preparing for the test than actually studying for the test. These tests should not be part of our education system. They
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Existentialism is a Humanism Jean-Paul Sartre‚ 19451 My purpose here is to defend existentialism against several reproaches that have been laid against it. Existentialism has been criticised for inviting people to remain in a quietism of despair‚ to fall back into a the middle-class luxury of a merely contemplative philosophy. We are reproached for underlining human nastiness‚ and forgetting‚ as the Catholic Mme. Mercier has it‚ the smile of the child. All and sundry reproach us for treating
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Post the Web site URL you found in this unit’s Primary Resources study activity and explain why these primary data documents might be helpful for those studying the history of social welfare‚ linking the past to the present. For example‚ you may link primary resources associated with the New Deal reforms in the 1930s to welfare reforms of today. Be sure to format your citation in proper APA format in your posting. The history of Human Services is important for us to understand so we can grasp
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inflicted to it. Through pollution‚ an incredible reliance and use of fossil fuels‚ and harmful practices used to harvest resources‚ humans have taken a huge toll on the earth. Recently many countries are recognizing the damage done‚ and are actively passing laws and regulations to curb the rate of deterioration. However‚ one country that has been far behind the rest of the pack on this concern is the United States of America. Although often denied by the Republican Party‚ and other political entities
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On the other side of the issue‚ one the reigning arguments of the opposition is based in the monetary burden placed upon the nation‚ both government and people‚ if universal healthcare should be instituted in the United States. The total cost of healthcare in the US at this time is $3.8 trillion with a projection estimating that costs will rise to $5 trillion by 2022 (Munro‚ 2014). The US pays 160% more for prescription drugs than the Netherlands‚ who has a strong healthcare system‚ but more surprisingly
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This motivated police departments to initiate the zero-tolerance policy‚ which encouraged the use of aggressive police tactics on minor crimes (Sheppard‚ 2002). When compared to the "broken windows" theory‚ the zero-tolerance policy ironically has the same effect. However‚ the tactics are entirely different. Community policing encourages a partnership with citizens to require less use of arrest‚ and more creative responses to certain minor problems. Meanwhile zero-tolerance policies require
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testing is a very controversial practice‚ involving the testing of new substances on animals to see how safe they will be for human use. (Vasen‚ 2011) Research has uncovered many cures for deathly diseases through animal testing. For over 2000 years cures for diseases such as Herpes‚ Hepatitis B‚ Rabies‚ Malaria‚ Polio and other such viruses have been created‚ through the use of testing the chemicals on animals such as mice‚ rabbits‚ cats‚ dogs or monkeys. (Shandilya‚ 2011) Animal Testing holds much criticism
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