This will be a very long but necessary and thoughtful post detailing current event issues regarding police‚ racism‚ and black on black crime in America and their correlation. Specifically regarding the LaQuan McDonald case (may your soul rest in peace) and the city of Chicago. I’m not activist‚ revolutionary‚ and I don’t even have a college degree‚ yet‚ but I do have passion‚ a voice‚ and means to articulate myself to those willing to listen/read as I exercise my right to the First Amendment of the
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pity and understanding instead of being punished for their crimes. It is evident that Mayella’s false accusation had caused Tom Robinson’s death‚ but his death does not solely lie upon her shoulders. Throughout the novel‚ it is proven that the abusive Bob Ewell is guilty in full extent for domestic abuse as well as forcing Mayella for false accusation. Moreover‚ the ignorant racists; the jurors also have heavy responsibilities on Tom Robinson by showcasing the unfair judgment that was solely based
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“In our time‚ the symbol of state intrusion into the private life is the mandatory urine test.” Middle school students should get drug tested. Middle school students are getting into drugs and drinking alcohol. Middle school students our getting into drugs. Schools in several states now require drug testing for students who want to participate in sports and other extracurricular activities‚ starting in middle school. Some coaches‚ teachers and school administrators said drug-testing programs served
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Criminal defense lawyers sometime get a not-so-flattering portrayal because people assume that they defend guilty people. However‚ if you are a defendant in a criminal proceeding‚ you need the assistance of a qualified criminal defense lawyer‚ regardless of your guilt or innocence. As the protectors and advocates of the accused‚ defense lawyers play a pivotal role in the United States justice system to see that everyone charged with a criminal act has an opportunity to defend themselves. Defense
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person at times. The goal if this model is to protect the innocent from any guilt. By using this model‚ you must be factually guilty and legally guilty. The idea of this model is personal freedom and protection. The model believes its most important protection for you is from the government and its agents. The crime control model appears to be the most effective for reducing crime due to it has a quicker result of guilt or innocents (Bohm & Haley‚ 2011). The model also has elements of the due
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include: - The “operative assumption of guilt” Police must assume that the person they are working with is guilty in order for him to do the job efficiently. This guilt the police hold on to‚ does not disappear until he’s taken the appropriate actions to prove or disprove it; sometimes those actions include “dirty” ones. Even though‚ all accused are to be presumed innocent until proven guilty. - The “worst of all possible guilt” Police believe the suspect is very dangerous. Routine stops that have
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being scorched in America by how the media manages all lurid cases. People are getting prejudged by the press and public before any legal action has taken place. I believe it is completely amiss for the media to interpret whether a person is guilty or innocent‚ before or even after a verdict has been established in a court of law. Take O.J. Simpson’s case for instance. Simpson was accused of murdering his ex-wife‚ Nicole Brown Simpson. This case is known to be the most exposed trial in American
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America erupts into mass hysteria because of the ranting of some crazy people. In the 1600’s‚ we had the Salem witch trials‚ and as described in the book‚ "The Crucible"‚ a group of girls falsely accuse their neighbors of witchcraft‚ and regular‚ innocent people are hung. Then‚ in the 1950’s‚ a man named Joseph McCarthy sparked a craze of accusing people‚ mainly government officials‚ of being communist‚ thus scarring their careers. The McCarthy hearing are similar to the Salem witch hunt because the
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Salem because everyone thought it was okay to have people corrected for their wrong behaviour and to a point that their punishment could have been an execution. Were the ways to prove that the accused witches were innocent really accurate? They had five different ways to prove they were innocent. They had to recite a prayer‚ get checked for any marks on their bodies and the last three ways were to get a testimony of the accused witches‚ a confession or any evidence. The first way to prove they were
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8th Amendment England‚ 1681; A man named Titus Oates had been found innocent of a crime‚ then retired‚ and found guilty of perjury. He was sentenced to life imprisonment‚ and to be whipped for five days a year for the rest of his life. The whippings were so brutal‚ most people believed it to be an aim to kill him. Imagine this happening to you‚ well luckily it can’t‚ thanks to the Eighth Amendment. The Eighth Amendment’s enduring impact on American citizens’ lives contributed with it’s meaning
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