Justice In Training Day

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The movie “Training Day” is a simple motif of good cop vs. bad cop. When rookie cop Jake Hoyt, Ethan Hawke, who is escorted by Alonzo Harris played by Denzel Washington through the city of Los Angeles to train his way as a narcotic unit. As the movie progresses Jakes impression of Alonzo was not the idea of being ‘hard’ on the streets, but a sense of corruption, where Jakes attempt to figure out what is justice and what crosses the line in order to protect the community. “Training Day” displays a different level on how we view law enforcement. We are introduced to two different characters. Jake Hoyt, at first glance a calm, is introduced as a family man who has only a greater sense of justice. We see him excited to attempt is first introduction to the narcotics unit. He meets up with Alonzo the detective who’s going to chaperone him and to see if he’s qualified for the job. Alonzo is no nonsense detective, and we see this guy and already know that he is a man that does not follow the rules. This is the bases of the movie, a no nonsense cop with a rookie who follows the rules. The whole movies involves these to men to embrace the community they’re end, the character Alonzo constantly mention to smell the community to understand it. We see these characters go through the streets of Los Angeles introducing Jake to the world of drugs. We …show more content…

A police office to take notice of the people in the community and how the police can benefit from positive policing can allow greater help from the community. A neighborhood is helping out of fear but helping out of trust and love is more willing to grow as a community and want to protect their community. In the end, Jake Hoyte from this movie is an ideal figure of a detective who wants to help the world around him, although the actions in this movie is not ideal, but the positive aspect to provide good service to his community has certainly saved his

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