Hurricane Katrina In New Orleans

Hurricane Katrina brought much chaos to New Orleans in 2005 (Bohm, Haley, 2014). The city became a criminal’s dream and a police officer’s nightmare. Police officers are held to a higher standard, as they should be, because they can take one of the most important things an American possess, which is their freedom. I was not there when the incident took place, so it is hard to say exactly what occurred and why the officers did what they did. However, I can only imagine during such a chaotic time, receiving a radio call that officers were under fire and two officers are down.

When the officers arrived on scene around 09:00, I believe that they already had in their mind of a gunfight. Adrenaline is pumping, hands are sweating and shaking, and

Instead of assessing the situation once they arrived on scene, they began taking out everyone who did not have a uniform on. After the smoke had cleared, officers began realizing the position they had put themselves in. Once they had pulled the trigger, they knew there was no going back. They knew they would face charges for the incident that had occurred, so they decided to attempt a cover-up. I really do not understand why they violated the law because I was not there. However, from reading about the incident, New Orleans was in total chaos from Hurricane Katrina. Officers were facing hectic situations every day. Therefore, I believe that many officers forgot they were there to serve and protect. Instead, they had possibly built up more of a military mindset of a

However, in the inquisitional system, judges play a major role in the investigation” (Perkins, 2015, pg. 3, 6). Even though a very small percentage of cases make it to an actual jury trial in the United States, the jury plays a key role in the adversarial system (Bohm, Haley, 2014). The judge of an adversarial system’s role is to be somewhat of a referee of the trial. Furthermore, the decisions made by the juries are more secretive than that of an inquisitional system. After all the evidence, witness statements, defendant statements, has been presented, the jury will go behind closed door to deliberate. The inquisitional system is right the opposite because there are not any juries. In addition, when the judge makes his or her decision, it is written to explain why they came to that decision. It is apparent that the adversarial system is superior when it comes to the role of