Ethical Issues In The Movie 'The Hurricane'

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In the movie, “The Hurricane”, it is based upon a true story of how one-man freedom lied in the hands of a politically unethical officer. Rubin “Hurricane” Carter and John Artis was given an unfair trial and it could not have happen at the worst century of time. This happen during the time of racism, discrimination, segregation and a corrupt judicial system. Carter did not have an easy childhood and part of his adulthood could have been better. Detective Della Pesca was the detective who first arrested Carter and beyond that point hated the ground Carter walked on. After half of Carter life spent behind bars, he was finally given the justice he deserved. Ethical Issues in Policing In chapter four, we discussed how police should treat cases …show more content…

This case was so far in the drain, that any and everything was accepted. Della Pesca oversaw all evidence and dealt with all parties involved. The 9-1-1 operator who received the call took notes from the complaining party and gave the responding officers everything she received. The dispatcher who was working that never signed off on the call because Della Pesca bribed her into not doing so. That decision went against that dispatchers training and ethics. No matter the circumstance, no victim or offender should be held accountable for something they did not do. Her loyalty was more to Della Pesca than getting to the truth. Alfred Bello who was also a suspect in the case, said that both John and Rubin was present during the murder but only stated that when Pesca used unethical tactics against him. It was easy to fabricate evidence after the people who saw the murder happen. Even when the victim said Rubin was not his shooter Pesca pressured him into saying so. An officer did look for the truth and came close to finding the truth died before he could do anything to help the case. Thankful for a kid and his teachers who believed in Carters innocence they went on to find justice. While doing so they came close to finding justice when Della Pesca threaten them. He knew they were closing in on what actually happen and Carter was …show more content…

Decisions regarding how to handle a person or what to do in a murder case. In Pesca case, he went by his own judgment and not by what was actually right. There were some racial issues and based off what he knew about Carter’s past, he profiled him as bad person from the start. He used his police authority and fabricated evidence to get Carter a substantive sentence. As stated from the Cantons of Police Ethics. Carter had done his time and was looking for better, he became the greatest boxer and with the help of unethical officer, he lost his career. When a person has in their mind to destroy a person physically and emotionally they attempt to do just that. "The Hurricane" is not a documentary but a parable, in which two lives are saved by the power of the written

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