James Zadroga & Mark Fuhrman An officer who made a difference in his community, and one that abused and mistreated his power. “Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.” (General James Mattis, A.K.A Gen Mad Dog Mattis) Between Mark Fuhrman and James Zadroga the stories of their past will fall between each officer. One tried making life better for everyone, and one failed the system. James Zadroga is a very influential police officer. Meanwhile Mark Fuhrman was a very sly officer, many out cast him as a racist. Zadroga was born in 1971 and died in 2006. Zadroga was following in his father’s footsteps to become a police officer. When Zadroga became ill he left the police force and moved him, his wife, and his daughter to Florida. Mr. Fuhrman was born in 1952 and still is alive today. Fuhrman was married three separate times to different women. Out of the three women, he only has two kids the Caroline Lody. (“Mark”;”Mead”) For Zadroga he joined the police academy and after he got a job working for the New York Police Department. He became a highly decorated officer during this …show more content…
When Zadroga wasn’t on duty, he spent his free time working on finding life after the towers had collapsed. During this time Zadroga inhaled toxic fumes from the collapse of the towers they passed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation act after his death. Helping out hundreds of people and their sicknesses because of the attack. Fuhrman spent 20 years in the police force. Many didn’t look up to him, for they thought he was a racist. After the OJ Simpson trial that he lost for putting false evidence in an active crime scene, they also brought up the fact that 10 years before he was put on video of say the n-word to African Americans. After the trial Fuhrman wrote 7 crime books about things he had been the lead detective of.