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The first article from the New York Times by Eric Lichtblau follows remarks from the director of the FBI who was critiquing the idea of filming police officers for safety. This article stems from a much larger topic that has been in the recent news for the past few years: police brutality against people of color, primarily black men. James Comey, following the recent viral videos outbreak of wrongdoings by police being caught on tape, is stating that these videos are causing police to fear doing

Over time the Chicago Police Department unconstitutionally engaged in a pattern of excessive force on civilian. There department was under a lot of scrutiny over officer involved shooting. The Justice Department, which began its investigation amid public uproar over the 2014 fatal shooting by Chicago police of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. It found numerous incident of unjustified force. Chicago Police was shooting at vehicles without justification, using tasers on people who posed no threat. They

Bang, the sound of a gunshot is heard, a rapid succession of shots are fired. More gunshots are being fired, what is going on? People are screaming, shouting, and chaos is everywhere. Bang, bang, bang more shots fired. What is going on? Looking out the windows to see that there are people lying on the ground dead. Some of the people are not moving, there is blood is everywhere. Then there is white hot pain in the shoulder, what has happened? Looking down, there is blood soaking through the shirt

On Sunday 01/22/2017 at approximately 0236 hours, I, J. Farmer responded to the intersection of 36th Ave and W Beach Blvd for a two vehicle accident. Upon arrival, I observed a bronze colored Kia SUV stopped in the left lane of W Beach, and Green Jeep Laredo stopped in the right lane. I also observed the Jeep had damage to the front left corner, and Kia had damage to the front right corner. As I was arriving, I activated the blue emergency lights on my patrol vehicle, I stopped my vehicle and

Think about it do this reader have life changing rules? If this reader have you are loyal, if the reader don’t listen up because you missed a lot. Let's start from the beginning. “Bud not Buddy” was made in 1999 by Christopher Paul Curtis. In 1966 they got their classic and award winning literature for young reader. This book is about Bud going through a series of events to find his family. In Bud, Not Buddy, Bud’s rules help him thrive, and three examples of those rules are #8, # 83, and #16. One

As we continue in our busy lives, we always take into account what the next days, weeks, or even months hold for us. But what do we Americans hope for in future years, as a country? There have been several events that have occurred around the world affecting our lives in a positive way. However, there were many crises that have set us back, though we try to strive and become even stronger. To continue improving America, we must have the ability to come together as a whole and progress as the days

The topic of this week had a few questions concerning officer discretion and the amount that officer could exhibit in the course of their job. Where does the line between officer discretion and obligation does began and end? The answer is about as clear as mud and varies depending on the interaction. After reading a post from a fellow classmate I was informed that he had the discretion to asses a warning citation in light of a teenager observed to by the officer breaking many traffic laws. He had

Police officers are the people who protect the community. Lately we had a couple pf incidents with police officers and citizens. Many citizens are now freighted by police officers. We have some citizens who do attacks against police officers, causing the loss of innocent lives. Police officers should be required to wear body cameras because the videos could be used for evidence at trial, and police officers can look back at the videos to evaluate themselves. One reason police officers should wear

I’ve lived in Chicago almost all my life. There’s a lot of neighborhoods in Chicago; Good and bad. Living on the south side of Chicago most of my life would make you think there’s nothing but violence in the city. Even though Its bad, I enjoy the neighborhood I live in now. The neighborhood I live in is Roseland, but I grew up in Englewood. Both neighborhoods are similar, but they have their differences. Roseland and Englewood are both known neighborhoods for Some of the same reasons. They both

Why Police Should Wear Body Cameras Close your eyes for a minute. Imagine the world if everything bad was recorded. People like Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Jonathan Fred, and Keith Scott. How many more names will have to become a hashtag before it all stops? It would be easy to prove evidence if people were recorded by the police because it would increase safety in the community if police officers wore body cameras. Like Keith Scott, who was killed