Farag v. United States involves Tarik Farag, a former New York City police officer, and Amro Elmasry, who worked in Egypt for General Electric. The government argued that their behavior was alarming while aboard a flight from San Diego to JFK New York, when the two men sat on opposite sides of the aisle and spoke to each other over the heads of other passengers in a mixture of Arab and English. Counterterrorism agents felt that this provided probable cause to arrest and detain Frag and Elmasry. Thus, the two men essentially were detained because of their ethnicity. However, the judge ruled that people cannot be detained on these grounds. To send in SWAT and 10 police officers was excessive, and I believe the agents handled the matter incorrectly.
Facts: Rex Marshall testified that the deceased came into his store intoxicated, and started whispering things to his wife. The defendant stated that he ordered the deceased out of the store immediately, however the deceased refused to leave and started acting in an aggressive manner; by slamming his hate down on the counter. He then reached for the hammer, the defendant states he had reason to believe the deceased was going to hit him with the hammer attempting to kill him. Once the deceased reached for the hammer the defendant shot him almost immediately.
The use of excessive force may or may not be large problem, but it should be
In the movie, La Misma Luna, immigration officers stormed a tomato picking workshop and asked everyone for their papers. They showed no warrant for being there, but assumed that all were illegal immigrants. When some of the workers saw what was happening, they ran and yelled a warning to everyone. The police saw that some were getting away so they used forceful action to keep who they could there. They grabbed people by the neck or by the shirt or whatever they could get a hold of; then they would throw them to the ground and brutally beat them with their police batons. In the police training handbook it describes the use of less than lethal force by saying, “The application of any less than lethal force or device should be managed and monitored in the same way as if that force could cause serious injury or death.” (http://www.justice.gov/archive/crs/pubs/pdexcess.pdf). In the situation presented in the movie, La Misma Luna, the police did not manage or monitor their use of lethal weapons carefully because they beat random people until they couldn’t move. If it had caused serious injury or death, than those particular policemen...
Gonzales v. Oregon is a Supreme Court case that took place in 2005, with the verdict and dissenting opinions stated in January of 2006. The case is about the General Attorney’s ruling of a medical practice to be illegal. The Attorney General at the time was John Ashcroft, appointed under President George Bush Jr., who authorized that the usage of lethal doses of medicine on terminally-ill patients to be illegal under the Controlled Substance Act in 1970. The Controlled Substance Act of 1970 is a federal United States drug policy which limits the usage of certain medications in a variety of ways. (Oyez, n.d.).
Blackburn was candid that most of his clients were “in the (drug) life at some level” and many of them had prior arrests. For instance, Billy Wafer, was on probation for possession of marijuana at the time when he was accused of selling cocaine to Coleman. “I ain’t an angel but I’ve never sold drugs,” said Wafer. Wafer, unlike most of the other defendants, had his charges dropped because he had a rock solid alibi with time cards from his job. Also, his supervisor testified verifying he was at work when Coleman claimed he sold him cocaine.
Faragher v. City of Boca Raton case was taken in by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 1988. The case was brought up by Beth Ann Faragher, whom between 1985 and 1990, worked as a lifeguard for the City of Boca Raton, Florida. During these years, Faragher stated the two male supervisors, Bill Terry and David Silverman, performed several acts of sexual harassment against her, and several other female lifeguards. These acts ranged from sexual comments about these women’s bodies to asking them to engage in sexual intercourse with them. The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of the City of Boca Raton under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, that an employer may only be held responsible, if supervisory employees
Hammer v. Dagenhart case argued inaApril 15,16, 1918 and decided in June 3, 1918 by the supreme court. This case discussed child labor laws. during the progressive era America turned against what was perceived as brutal child labor, in the early 1900’s it was common for kids to work long hours in different types of industries, they had to work more than 60 hours a week, day and night, this brought the supreme court’s attention and that’s how this case was admitted to be discussed in the supreme court.
In the U.S. Supreme Court case of U.S. v Lopez (1995), a twelfth grade boy, Alfonzo Lopez, brought a loaded .38 caliber firearm to his local Texas high school. After being reported to the front office, Lopez was questioned about the gun and openly admitted that the firearm was in his possession. Texas then convicted Alfonzo of a criminal statute, which prohibited the carrying of a gun on school grounds. However, the charges were dropped rather quickly when the United States Government charged Lopez with violating the Gun-Free School Zones Act.
I think they did the right thing by charging him with manslaughter. His actions on the fire were not acceptable, he was not acting like a IC and was not doing his job at all. He killed four people because his actions and most likely his low level of training. If they had the correct PPE and working Equipment and Knew to follow the ten standard firefighting orders and the eighteen watch out situations they most likely would of all survived and never been in that situation of deploying there shelters.
Stuart v. Nappi was class lawsuit Stuart’s mother filed against school personnel and the Danbury Board of Education because she claimed that her daughter was not receiving the rights granted in the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA). Kathy Stuart was a student at Danbury High School in Connecticut with serious emotional, behavior, and academic difficulties. She was suppose to be in special education classes, but for some reason she hardly ever attended them. Kathy was involved in a school-wide disturbance. As a result of her complicity in these disturbances, she received a ten-day disciplinary suspension and was scheduled to appear at a disciplinary hearing. The Superintendent of Danbury Schools recommended to the Danbury Board of Education
Glassroth v. Moore, Maddox v. Moore United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 2003 335 F.3d 1282 Facts Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy S. Moore placed a 5280-pound ton granite monument displaying the Ten Commandments in the rotunda of the Alabama State Judicial Building. Procedure A group of lawyers consisting of Stephen R. Glassroth, Melinda Maddox and Beverly Howard filed two separate civil suits (Glassroth v. Moore and Maddox v. Moore) in Federal Court against Justice Moore in his official capacity as Chief Justice and in his official capacity as Administrative Head of the Alabama Judicial System, respectively, to have the monument removed. The United States District Court For The Middle District Of Alabama, Northern Division ordered the monument removed because it violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The injunction was stayed pending appeal. Issue: Did Chief Justice Moore’s placement of a 5280-pound monument displaying the Ten Commandments in the center of the rotunda of the Alabama State Judicial Building violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution?
... not agree with the choice off techniques that were used to make an arrest. I believe the use of the force was a bit too much. The use of taser was a bit extreme and there could off been other techniques used to control the individuals. One technique could off been the use of force without any weapons. For example, instead of a taser use your arms to lock the joints of the suspect, or eliminating of the arms and legs of the suspect by blocking them. Despite the fact that I did not agree with the officer’s actions, I also do not agree with the citizen’s behavior. The officers were just doing their jobs. Maybe no force would have been used if the citizens would have not acted inappropriate and out of bounds. They would have probably been let go with a warning and do not do it again but they decided to act like “assholes” with the police and they had to pay the price.
Over the years, this country has witnessed many cases of police brutality. It has become a controversial topic among communities that have seen police brutality take place in front of their homes. Officers are faced with many threatening situations everyday forcing them to make split second decisions and to expect the worst and hope for the best. Police officers are given the power to take any citizens rights away and even their lives. With that kind of power comes responsibility, that’s one major concern with the amount of discretion officers have is when to use force or when to use lethal force. The use of excessive force may or not be a large predicament but should be viewed by both the police and the community.
Eric Karsseboom, a local police officer, is shot in East Oakland. The Oakland Police Department and the FBI then tracked down the suspect with the use of StingRay, a device that spoofs a cell tower monitoring all mobile communications in an area. The operation of the law enforcement department is unethical, as they didn't fulfill their duties. They should have obeyed the constitution about defendant rights, should have presented truthful evidence when necessary, and should have not intruded privacy.
What happens when officers forget their role and responsibilities? They abuse their power and go beyond their duties crossing lines that should not be crossed for instance in Saratoga New York a police officer tries to conduct and illegal vehicle search, when the civilian refuses, the officer slaps him and takes the keys. This type of conduct should not be tolerated and officers should constantly be reminded of the consequences of such actions. One thing in particular that can be observed is that in most videos the officers are not alone yet the other officers knowing their partner are wrong do not intervene, this pattern shows that the officers are not being trained properly. Proper training can easily avoid such conflicts for example in the case of Saratoga New York another officer could have deescalated the situation by letting his partner know that what he is doing is illegal, this simple action could had avoided a lot of problems. The majority of police officers do an excellent job but is the few that do not do a good job the ones ruining the image and reputation of the force, reminding officers of their duties and paying attention to their actions can make a difference in job performance while helping keep good community