Kelly argues that critics are still not satisfied with the murder rate, even though it's at the lowest level in half a century. Ray Kelly and his department has come under high criticism of NYPD stop and frisk practices. Which lawsuits were filed against them from surveillance from a body camera of one of the officers were released. In my opinion I disagree with the authors argument.
It states for over six years there has been officers: continually using “unreasonable force against people who presented no threat to officers or to others, routinely detained, arrested, and used force against people exercising their First Amendment rights, routinely blamed victims of sexual assault for their assault, particularly those in the sex trade, and failed to properly investigate over half of rape charges brought to them” and the like (p.2). Spence expresses that “these practices, which the report notes have been disproportionately used against black men, women, and children, are so deeply ingrained in the police department that some occurred during ride-alongs” (p. 2). Going to the extreme of officers being told by higher powers to ‘make something up’ if a patrol officer has no valid reason to stop a black citizen located in these impoverished areas and gloating about this on social
NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill called the violence against police officer a “dishonor to civilized society.” " That is why violence against the police
In the article “ Jim Crow Policing”, written by Bob Herbert, Herbert writes about the discrimination of young black and Hispanic New Yorkers by the police. This mistreatment of these ethnicity are despicably from cops who are black or Hispanic as well. Statistically from Hispanic, black, and Caucasian, whites are stopped less but usually found with contraband. Than black or Latinos who were frisked for reasons such as having inappropriate attire. Herbert justly believes Jim Crow policies should be abolish.
In July 2010, a series of investigative stories published by the Los Angeles Times revealed that several city officials are being paid salaries significantly higher than those in other cities. City council members later voted to reduce their pay to that of what Councilman Lorenzo Velez, was being paid, $8,076 a year. In August 2010, for four years Bell refused to turn over public records to The Times, community activists, and even a sitting councilmember. When the city finally started providing documents, they showed that Rizzo’s true annual compensation is $1.5 million, which exceeds twice of what he claimed. In September 2010, City Manager Rizzo, Mayor Oscar Hernandez, former assistant city manager Spaccia and council members George Mirabal, Teresa Jacobo, Luis Artiga, George Cole and Victor Bello were arrested and charged with misappropriation of public funds.
Evidently, police brutality is running the media lately, this is not so secretive but rather painful to hear. “Michael Brown’s murder represents the tip of a body pile... several videos have emerged of police assaulting people... for reasons justifiable only to the insane.” He alludes to one of the biggest police brutality murder cases in the country and continues by bringing up other brutality cases similar to that; the heroes who need to protect everyone as their legal job, are the ones hurting those in need.
Well according to the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the matter of Superintendent v. Hill, “due process in this context requires only that there be some evidence to support the findings made in the disciplinary hearing (Cripe, pg. 216).” The decision based on “some evidence” such as testimony from the prison guard and copies of a written report is sufficient for me. Prison official should not have to be scrutinized for inmate’s actions. Inmates are in prison because they have committed a wrong to the community and deficiency in character.
The U.S. criminal justice system should not be allowed to used jailhouse snitches or informants, because this is at a disadvantage to defendants. This practice should not be eligible to be used for all types of crimes. To see justice done in any country, one must make sure that everyone gets a fair and impartial trial out of the system. If we disagree with prosecutors using snitches, then defense attorneys will be held up to the standards as well. If the defendant is innocent, defense attorneys need not to be worry to pay for testimony from jail inmates.
The source has limitations because it strictly gives the background of the history of policing strategies to reducing crime. Jeffrey Rosen uses former Mayor Giuliani’s quotes and worked closely with transit-police authority. I would be able to use quotes from this article because it relates to my topic, being in New York and dealing with stop and frisk. My final questions for Rosen would include, why did he not mention more about these policing strategies tie in with Supreme Court cases? Did the Supreme Court tell former Mayor Giuliani to get a more strict policing policy to increase the UF-250 forms?
Police, store clerks, people on the street and more. Police are believed to protect and serve however they are demolishing minorities’ ability to trust that we are safe wherever we go. We need stronger guidelines against racial profiling at all levels, locally and
The last few years have been filled with many major news stories, ranging from terrorist attacks to mass shootings across the country. However, one of the most concerning and reoccurring themes of the past few years has been police misconduct. All across the country there have been incidents of police brutality, and sadly a lot of these incidents have led to the death of those involved. One of the most infamous cases of police brutality is the incident involving Eric Garner. Eric Garner, a forty-three-year-old African American male, was choked to death by the police in Staten Island, New York on July 17, 2014.
In recent news reports, numerous cases of police brutality resulting in the death of unarmed citizens frequently occur. The cases describe similar incidents in which authorities racially profile citizens and proceeds to approach the citizen in an unlawful manner. An altercation escalates between the two when the citizen attempts to resist the police’s unlawful arrest. Police use excessive force against the citizen to make the citizen abide by their commands. Use of excessive force leads to the death of the citizen.
"Don 't drop the soap!" is a common phrase that most individuals tend to joke about when someone ends up dropping something. The expression originate from prison stories where a male inmate while in the shower drops the soap and in his attempt to retrieve it is usually taken advantage of by another inmate. But what most don 't understand is that this isn 't a funny matter, sexual abuse actually happens in prison, and the thing that most shocking is that this doesn’t just happen in male correctional facililites, but women 's as well.
Wrong Shooting in Front of the Camera The President of our nation says the recent deaths of black males are “symptomatic of the broader challenges within our criminal justice system”. That goes to say even the powers higher up see what issues we face. Policemen “protect and serve” motto has been even more questionable lately than usual. The lives of black males are being taken away left and right and to make matters worse, its shot on camera now. The issue is that it should be enforced by law to make sure whole incriminating scenarios involving an active police member should be clearly recorded, without hindering factor.
Although some believe that criminals do not deserve the same rights as civilians, the transition from the real world to life behind bars is taking enough rights away on its own. Prisoners should be protected from cruel and unusual punishment, sexual harassment and sex crimes, and poor living conditions. These crimes behind the walls of prisons make it difficult for inmates to adapt and feel safe. Their safety is being neglected, not only by other prisoners, but by the workers themselves (Hunter). Staff members get away with these crimes so easily; in return, they provide resources to the prisoners that are challenging to get such as cigarettes, extra telephone cards, and helping them pass drug tests.
