Lord action said "power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely". The corruption of power has been a concern for centers .Demonstrated in Arthur Miller's "The crucible" power in a town or society has always been manipulative. In the play Paris takes advantage of his power in the town as the church minister to manipulate the story of the girls dancing and employ his own personal opinions of the accused . In the same way, some members of today's police forces use their power in their positions to manipulate courts and societies view of them. Corruption of power is when a person of power can be persuade to a decision or if a person of power is able to get special treatment due to having their possession.
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police brutality is described as an officer of the police using any force exceeding that reasonably necessary to accomplish a lawful police purpose. an article in the new York times entitled "gorga prosecutors indictment of officer who shot unarmed man" discusses the misconduct and abuse that police officers are guilty of in the gorga area. the writer Alan Blinder quoted a gorga resident saying "it's going to go the way of the police 99 out of 100 close call or no close call"(Blinder,a12). people in and around areas where things such as police brutality are occurring know it is …show more content…
this is an example how corruption of power can also be a bullying situation. Another example is the Amanda Todd story. in her situation Amanda Todd's bullies were coming from all places , at her school and anonymous online. the more people who bully a person the more power the bullies have over the victim even as individuals. In the play, the girls had gone on convincing the towns people that they could see the devil and that they were trying to save the town from the people with evil spirits. Mary warren then attempts to tell the court the truth , that the girls had never seen any spirits and it was all pretend. Abigail Williams leads the girls against Mary to tell the court that they were not lying and bully marry into giving in and blaming proctor for her actins with the devil. Abigail clamed to the judge that she did in fact see many peoples sprits along with the devils and she says "I have been hurt, Mr.danforth; i have seen my blood runnin' out! i have been near murdered everyday because i done my duty pointing out the devils people - and this is my reward?" (Miller,100) The way Mary warren was gained up on in the play might be compared to the way Amanda Todd felt before her death. th goal of a bully especially in the case of a group is to make the victim feel small so as to gain