...A young African American named Trevon Martin was harmed by a security guard. Two other African American boys were killed also by police officers; their names are Michael Brown and Oscar Grant. There was also a claim that police officer was beat. Body-cams can help solve the problem of false claims not only for citizens but officials as well. One case in particular that would better support body-cam would be that of Trevon Martin. Martin was born on February 5, 1995. He was a junior at Dr. Michael M. Krop High school and he lived with his mother and his brother in Miami Gardens, Florida. George Zimmerman was born on October 5, 1983 in Manassas, Virginia. He was employed as a fraud investigator for insurance. The retreat at twin Lakes was a gated community in Florida. Trevon Marin was visiting his father’s fiancé’ and her son along with his father on February 26, 2012. At 7:09 p.m., George Zimmerman called the police nonemergency number to report what...
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...of African-American civil rights movements have been the post-Civil War constitutional amendments that abolished slavery and established the citizenship status of blacks, and the judicial decisions and legislation based on these amendments, notably the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision of 1954, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. These legal changes greatly affected the opportunities available to women, nonblack minorities, disabled individuals, and other victims of discrimination. The Brown decision demonstrated that the litigation strategy of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) could undermine the legal foundations of southern segregationist practices, but the strategy worked only when blacks, acting individually or in small groups, assumed the risks associated with crossing racial barriers. Thus, even after the Supreme Court declared that public school segregation was unconstitutional, black activism was necessary to compel the federal government to implement the decision and extend its principles to all areas of public life rather than simply in schools. The initial phase of the black protest activity in the post-Brown period began on December 1, 1955. Rosa Parks of Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give up her seat to a white bus rider, thereby defying a southern custom that required blacks to give seats toward the front of buses to whites. When she was jailed, a black community boycott...
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...reveal any other known facts about the case. In today's time what people see on the news is what they think "actually" happened. The news has the ability to change and edit videos to show what they want to be seen. The news fuels the public into thinking that racism is the only thing that is being produced from the villainous acts they are reporting on, but ignorance is also a prime outcome from these acts. The news fails to report on ignorance because they want stir the public's emotions. Stirring the public's emotions give the news another story to report on. With the recent verdict in the Ferguson Vs. Missouri case, the public demonstrated un-peaceful protest. This give the news a story for every night of the week. The more the news reports on racism, the more the crowd protests. These protests are based on the news report of racism in the death of teenager Michael Brown in the suspected "race crime shooting" by a Ferguson Police Officer. The Police Officer was called to the scene of a robbery where he then confronted Michael Brown. Brown then proceeded to reach for the Officer's gun which resulted in the Ferguson Police Officer firing upon Brown. The media portrayed Brown as an angel child, when in reality he was a thug. He was a part of a gang, did drugs, and participated in many crime filled activities. The media also portrayed this as a race crime because it was a white officer shooting a black teenage boy. The media does not report that after the verdict has been released...
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...Murphy Title of Project: Michael Kors Executive Summary The object of this report was to find out why Michael Kors as a brand has lost its exclusivity and no longer has the competitive edge over that of its competitors. The market research undertaken draws attention to a number of key findings. FINDINGS FROM RESEARCH ****** Introduction Michael Kors has taken the Irish market by storm. However within the recent year sales have dropped from previous years. In this report, we as a team will establish the cause for the fall and why it no longer has the same appeal it had to its previous customers. This report will examine the various competitors Michael Kors has to face with similar price ranges and products. We will do this through secondary and primary research; utilizing such tools as the internet and various articles and books. We will gather feedback from consumers through means of quantitative and qualitative research; such as surveys, focus groups and interviews. Marketing techniques such as word association will be imperative to our research. Once collected, we will analyze our information and identify the key factors which have led to the loss in exclusivity of Michael Kors as a brand. Our team consists of four members: Muireann Barry, Laura Dunphy, Diarmuid Cleary and Eimhin Courtney. Together we as a team chose this brand and worked together to produce this report. Proposal Students: Research Question: How can Michael Kors regain its exclusivity...
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...This paper will discuss and practice the theory, methods and morality of the diverse disciplines that bring it out to learn about personality perceptions, principles, group formation and dynamics; and executive processes that come about on a daily basis within any social setting. These processes may consist of forms of communications, decision making, management, authority and politics, disagreement, stress management, and adjustment. Considering the controversial killing on Aug 9th in Ferguson, Missouri of Michael Brown, soon after details from an authorized autopsy on him were released to reporters, legal advocate for Darren Wilson, the police officer who openly shot and killed the teen, address the media for the first time from the time when the investigations began, and he said they were not answerable for any information release to the media whatsoever. He further went on to confirm that they were not in custody of any of the disclosed information or the undercover report. In conclusion, he said that as long as the Grand Jury carries on with meetings and the Department of Justice also carries on with investigations, any remarks on this matter is only supposed to be done in the proper legal setting and not through the media (Zeidman, 2012). Shortly after publishing the details which may possibly boost the killer’s claim of self defense one expert whose investigation was central to those claims said that her examination of the conclusion had been taken out of perspective. She...
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...He was sent to patrol a public housing complex in Brooklyn where reports of violent crimes had spiked. He had a habit of putting his finger on the gun’s trigger due to his occupational hazard. It was however against police policy for officers to walk through buildings with their fingers on the trigger as guns were drawn. The policy should be retaught and examined for new officers, and for that matter of fact, due to the high rise of the violent and crime in that area, the police should assign experienced officers to perform the tasks. Furthermore, through reports, the stairwell was completely dark and the gun went off by accident, bouncing off from the walls, hitting Akai Gurley’s chest. Thus demonstrating that Peter Liang did not shoot him on purpose. Moreover, after the accidental shooting, Liang was still under shock and did not respond quickly enough to call an ambulance or help. Because of under training, and lack of experience, he was unable to react quickly to what had happened. It was truly an accident. According to the News, “During the past...
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...Melissa Wilson Professor Donovan SOC 104 14 November 2014 Tale of Two Fergusons The tragic shooting of Michael Brown occurred on August 9th, 2014, in a St. Louis suburb, Ferguson. Michael Brown, Darren Wilson, a 28-year-old white police officer, shot down an 18-year-old African American boy. Brown and his friend were walking down the street when Wilson drove up and ordered them to move onto the sidewalk. Brown was leaning through the window of the patrol car, and Darren Wilsons gun went off inside the car. As Brown ran away, the officer got out of his car. Wilson shot at Brown six times, killing him, and igniting more than a week of protest and outrage on all media outlets. The police say that Michael Brown was shot during a fight for...
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...One of the biggest cases that is surrounding the news today is the story Michael Brown and Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. This case began on August 9th, 2014 when Darren Wilson shot 18 year old Michael Brown. When he was shot, Brown had been unarmed. Before the shooting took place, Brown had been suspected of being involved in a robbery. Around this time, Wilson had been leaving another call that was made, when he stopped Brown for being in the street. He didn’t realize at the time that Brown was the suspect that was involved in the robbery. When he stopped Brown, he physically assaulted Wilson by pushing him into the car. The rest of what happened is still up for debate but what they believed to have happened is that Wilson pulled out his gun and when he did this Brown put his hand over the gun and Wilson shot. Wilson continued to shoot Brown six different times and kill him. Since Brown was unarmed and Wilson originally had no reason to stop Brown other than the fact that they were in the street, many people believed that Wilson did what he did out of racism and that Brown was the victim and not Wilson. This case went to trial and after three months the grand jury decided not to indict Wilson for the shooting of Brown. Throughout this paper, I will go through each point of view of Brown being the victim and Wilson being the victim. I will also use different victim theories to explain each of their situations. First off, we will look at this case from the point of view...
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...This report is showing light to the communities’ response to police brutality particularly in the black communities and also their encounters with police officers. Police brutality is physical violence and great cruelty demonstrated by a police officer. Police brutality and misconduct have existed for many decades and it even has been broadcasted in news stories over America, but nothing has changed. It has happened predominantly to African Americans in lower-income states. Police officers are given slaps on the wrist for taking a life or injuring an innocent person. This will show how police brutality has affected black communities and how African American communities’ have responded to it with movements and protest, and how they try to overcome...
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...profile of Michael Brown, the young black victim shot dead by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, the New York Times describes as "no angel." The article by Annie Waldman for BBC focuses on the profile, the outrage it elicited, and the subsequent response by the New York Times. The article by John Eligon, published on the day before Brown's funeral, describes Brown's life in details. Though the profile is largely sympathetic to Brown, the particular passage that highlights Brown's dabbling with drugs, alcohol and rap music in which Eligon said that "Michael Brown...was no angel" that drew the ire of many online and received critical reaction from other media outlets. Some reacted by recounting their own teenage indiscretions...
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...Michael Brown and the 1st Amendment “A shot rang out in the Ferguson sky”. Although this line resembles a line from a song, the events that unite the two are real. Happened August 9th Michael Brown was shot by an officer in Ferguson named Officer Wilson. Michael Browns case didn’t go unheard from the, the main story, violate protests and witnesses comments and the prosecutor’s story will be mentioned in this paper. Officer Wilson violated the first amendment by not reading Michael Browns rights so the situation was not dealt with appropriately. The main story has so much detail that makes it sound so true. Michael Brown was an 18 year old teen and was unarmed and this event happened or occurred on August 9th. Wilson left an apartment he...
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...SUMMARY of COMPLAINT: Detective Deon Brown was assigned a strong arm robbery case taken by Officer Rodney Cavanaugh listing Mr. Louie Meraz as the suspect. Victim Mary Cruz, who is the suspect’s estranged wife, had contacted Detective Brown via telephone to follow-up and see if Mr. Meraz was ever arrested. Detective Brown called Mrs. Cruz back on 5-10-17 and recorded the conversation. Mrs. Cruz advised Brown that Mr. Meraz had actually used a knife in a threatening manner when she was robbed of her $200 in cash. Mrs. Cruz said that she gave the knife to Officer Cavanaugh when he investigated the crime. Mrs. Cruz also advised Brown that Mr. Meraz hangs out, and possibly sleeps at, E&R Liquor in Pomona. Detectives Brown and Daniel Watkins conducted follow-up at E&R Liquor located at 1643 N. Garey Ave. There they made contact with Mr. Meraz who was subsequently arrested for the robbery that occurred on 4-24-17. Brown...
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...Triple Homicide of Michael Moore, Steve Branch and Christopher Byers: The Offender Profile Profile prepared for: West Memphis Police Department Profile prepared by: XXX Contact Details: Name: Address: Email address: Overview The following profile is based on the case of triple homicide of the victims identified as Steve Branch, Michael Moore and Christopher Byers. The bodies were discovered less than 24h after their disappearance, in the wooded area of West Memphis, Arkansas, known as the Robin Hood Hills. Steve Branch and Michael Moore were discovered hogtied and drowned with extensive injuries to the body and the head, while Christopher Byers was discovered mutilated with the similar injuries displayed by the other two victims. Upon the review of the available forensic and investigative evidence, the following offender profile has been compiled, based on the known facts, for the use by the West Memphis police Department in further investigation, and ultimately, the offender apprehension. The Profile Limitations The profile, although put together to the best of the profiler’s knowledge and with presented evidence, does have limitations, which are noted below. The use of this profile should be done with its limitations in mind. The profile should be used as a framework in further investigation and not as means of naming the offender. * The State Crime Scene Laboratory reports did not have any concrete physical evidence that can be indicative of any of...
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...man from St. Louis Mike Brown was gunned down by a white officer who calmed he feared for his life and that’s why he shot the young man and calmed it was self-defense. The key witness in the case was an older white lady who said she saw the whole ordeal happen and that the officer was protecting himself. After the officer was exonerated of the charges she said on a social media site that the young man got what he deserved and she never doubted that the courts would send the officer to jail. Eric Garner from New York died from a heart attack after being choked by an officer for resisting arrest. Eric Garner was being arrested for selling cigarettes illegally. Racial profiling affects a wide array of communities of color. More than 240 years of slavery and 90 years of legalized racial segregation have led to systemic profiling of Blacks in traffic and pedestrian stops. Since September 11, 2001, members of Muslim, Arab, and South Asian communities have been profiled by airline personnel, federal law enforcement, and local police. I chose the New York post article to describe what happen to Eric Garner because the source is reliable it comes from a well know publisher who has been established for many years with lots of readers, they only talk about the facts and they take a neutral point of view. http://nyti.ms/1lceF3h I chose the Washington post to describe what happened to Michael Brown again the source is neutral and only report the facts about the case I think the article is...
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...Secondly, how the media reports the officer-involved homicides and a few examples of this. The last point being discussed will be how the mainstream media has affected and shaped the way the American people see police officers. Has there been more officer involved shootings lately? No, law enforcement agencies across the Unites States have had officer-involved shootings as long as the agencies have existed. The main objective of most police agencies is to protect and serve the community. Take for example the mission statement of the Pasadena Police Department, Pasadena, Texas “The mission of the Pasadena Police Department is to lawfully safeguard the lives and liberties of our community,” that means that the department and its sworn in officers are under oath to safeguard...
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