This article relates to law because the officers could be held liability for the death. The victim involved in this particular case is Freddie Gray. He died while in police custody from several sustained injuries. The six police officers that were involved in the case are being charged with manslaughter and second-degree murder. The article
One of the men suspected in the murder of La Romain teenager Mickel Thomas was identified in Sunday night 's shooting in which another teenager from the community was injured. Investigators said yesterday, that the shooter who was identified as "Sweet Man," is the step son of a reputed drug dealer known as “Lion.” They believe Lion put out a hit on Thomas’ life following a dispute he had with Sweet Man, early last month.
Paul Gregory House was charged in the death of Carolyn Muncey in 1985. Carolyn body was found hundred feet from her home badly beaten with abrasions and partially strangled. House was recently on probation for sexual assault from Utah. His probation was switchover to Tennessee and started living with his girlfriend a few miles from where Carolyn stayed. On the day of discovery of the body, the witness told sheriff that they seen House coming from the area where the body was found.
The controversial debate regarding the excessive use of force that has at many times been implemented is becoming more and more frequent in the news. With the help of the following articles, What we didn’t know before the James Forcillo Trial by Wendy Gillis, Toronto cop James Forcillo granted bail in fatal TTC shooting by City News, Sammy Yatim Streetcar Shooting: Toronto Police Investigation Leaves Unanswered Questions by, The Huffington Post, Toronto cops convicted and accused of bad behavior may hurt public trust: critics by, Mark Carcasole and Why James Forcillo was charged with murder in the Yatim shooting by CBC News, I am going to prove my point. It is never okay for a police officer to shoot to kill. They are supposed to shoot,
The case of Tennessee v Garner was clearly a case of do not shoot. Even if Officer Hymon felt the suspect would not be apprehended if he did not shoot him, does not justify his actions. Yes, technology was not advanced as it is now but by using any means necessary to apprehend a suspect was extreme for that era. Similar arguments have persisted to the present day as the public has consistently denounced civilian homicides by police officers.
On Sunday, November 13, 1842 a double murder occurred at Smith Farm in Old Fields, Long Island. The victims, Alexander Smith and and Rebecca Smith, were a wealthy, well- respected married couple who ran Smith farm. George Weeks, the Smiths farmhand, was reporting for work the monday after the murder and heard the dog barking from the work-shed by the Smiths house. George Weeks then became suspicious since the dog was usually inside with Mr. Smith. George then looked in the house and saw that the east room window was broken and Mr. and Mrs. Smith were lying on the floor covered in blood.
In this day and age we see many white cops shooting young, unarmed, black males almost every week, but the cops do not get any punishment. Therefore,
Alton Sterling lay dead on the ground. He is not the first victim of police brutality. Innocent black people in America are being killed by police brutality, while the justice system can be biased towards these situations. In today’s society, you can scroll on social media, and watch a video of someone being attacked by police officers.
Fatal Police Shootings “27 percent of African Americans are killed by the law enforcement” (Cooke 1) most of these are from fatal police shootings. Fatal police shootings have become an epidemic. The majorities of fatal police shootings are justified as homicides or have not been fully investigated. Plenty of cases have been closed due to false accusations. The turning point occurred when Martin Luther King Jr., Rodney King and many more were brutality beaten and or killed by police officers.
Many officers use racial profiling to an excessive degree and use it as their defense for killing a defenseless African American. According to mic.com, white officers kill black suspects twice a week in the United States. It is the unfortunate truth that black people are more likely to be killed by the police than any other race. In order to properly train law enforcements, they must be taught to not discriminate against someone because of their skin color. Killing someone based off their race is a terrible way of
This is not a racial issue, this is a social problem. By July of 2015, the number of police- related deaths extended to 664 making the country’s police force one of the deadliest in the USA. Out of the total of 644 deaths, 321 were Caucasian fatalities, 174 were African Americans, and 96 were Hispanics. According to the reports, 578 of these deaths were involved guns, others involved car
According to the Chicago Police Department also known as the CPD, officer Jason Van Dyke acted in self-defense when he shot Laquan Johnson and stated “McDonald was out of control and menacing him with a knife, so he shot him once, in the chest.”. His autopsy alone showed that McDonald was shot over sixteen times. Increasing national bitterness and hatred grow for the police for taking advantage of not only their position but the weapons that they are trusted with. It’s been shown numerous times that police officers think they are above the law. Even if they get away with murder without consequence, Dante knows that they will be punished in the
Law enforcement is ensuring an act of obedience to the law. Police officers often take advantage of enforcing the law and end up using violence when it 's not necessary. According to the Washington post ( 2015 ) every 28 hours an unarmed colored person is killed by a police officer. I think it is time for these and other victims who were treated unjustly by police officers to get justice. These deadly law enforcement incidents must come to an end.
When someone is killed by another person it is murder no matter what unless if it is in self defense, but a lot of the murders of black people by cops are for no reason. We hear stories about how an officer has shot and killed black male after pulling them over and saying that it was in self defense to shoot, but what they do not tell you or show is that the man was just stepping out of his car and had his hands up. Another opposition is that it is not discrimination. When cops are accused of discrimination against blacks people there will always be people
Capital Punishment is the death penalty for those who commit murder. The thought behind this punishment is a life for a life. There has been debate on if the death penalty is right or wrong. Some poeple want the death penalty to be illegal while others argue it is needed to deter crime. There are many valid arguments regarding the death penalty.
