The most disturbing part of the video “Lost Girls”, is the lack of justice and the nature of the crimes. Why is it that the rich or people with connection have police protecting their neighborhood while the rest of the citizens of the Cuidad Juarez do not? Also, how can the police think that the public and citizen will be too ignorant to ignore the blatant evidence against their police department? The police in Cuidad Juarez are without a doubt responsible for this injustice. The main injustices are: tampering with evidence from some of the girl’s case, torturing innocent people into confessing to a crime they did not commit, and covering up for the members of organized crime.
In the video “Lost Girls”, the narrator shows a side of Cuidad Juarez where people with money live. It clearly shows that they have police surveilling the area for any cars and people whom look out of place. When the narrator drove through the neighborhood they immediately stopped her and investigated what she was doing. Why can’t the police do the same thing in the lower income neighborhood? The difference between the two neighborhoods is immense. A possible explanation as to why the police is not protecting the lower income neighborhood is that they are paid not to protect the poor citizens, specifically women. It was mentioned in
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They only serve a few of the citizens whom are people in organized crime. The main injustices found in the video “Lost Girls are: tampering with evidence found some of the girl’s case, torturing innocent people into confessing to a crime they did not commit, and finally covering up for the members of organized crime. Many questions have been raised regarding the safely and efficiency of the various police departments in Cuidad Juarez. Not only are they arresting the wrong people for these horrendous crimes, they are also hindering the investigations and ignoring actual evidence
The piece goes on to say that “gang members, drug dealers, two-bit criminals, wannabes, etc. are taking a vacation and taking advantage of the police not wanting to be in the area because police are the targets for all these gang members and drug dealers.” The video continues on stating that this is all occurring as arrest numbers have dropped 32%; a concerning result of police officers being targeted, fearing for their lives, feel alienated and concerned about doing their jobs. The guest also states “this is exactly what the city government gets…The police department doesn’t feel the police commissioner has stood by it, and the mayor threw them under the bus by inviting the DOJ to come and investigate an alleged presence of racism…{So they} are making no proactive stops; not stopping people and shaking them down, not searching people or looking for guns or drugs, basically just answering the calls to service…taking care of the good citizens who are in trouble…and taking care of their fellow officers because they now have to worry about making a mistake and getting charged with false arrest, false imprisonment, and the loss of their freedom.” The guest also predicts that many of the police officers will leave to find places that will respect them and support them when they make lawful arrests and do their job, leaving only those who would do nothing and mindlessly agree with the
The article, “Looking Through the Gaps: A Critical Approach to the LAPD’s Rampart Scandal” by Paul J. Kaplan is about corrupt officers in the Community Resource Against Street Hoodlums special units for Los Angeles Police Department. Officer Perez pointed out seventy officers that were breaking the law. The main issue behind this scandal was that police officers was the misconduct of using probable cause to arrest suspect. They were framing innocent people when they encounter them and putting evidence next to a person when a they shot someone. Officer Mack had “convinced his girlfriend that work in at a bank in Los Angeles to help him rob over $700,000 in November 1996” (Kaplan 2009, 63). He was arrested a year later and investigators found
The popular dancing movie, Footloose, was directed by Herbert Ross in 1984. Craig Brewer, produced a remake of Footloose in 2011. Both of the original Footloose and the remake, have multiple differences that split them apart. Although they follow the same theme, the sequence of events that took place happened in different orders and well as some characters were not present in the remake as they were in the original. The acting, dancing, and setting were varied slightly but it followed the same trend as the original. Directors Herbert Ross and Craig Brewer, directed the same film, while Craig Brewer made the film more modern, while keeping the film following the same trend.
On July 10, 1994, a woman was taken from her house by 2 men. Those men forced her to get into her car and drove off. They drove a couple of blocks away, where they took advantage of her (The Cases- Angel Gonzales pg. # 1). The victim was scared and felt lonely, she was lost and in need have help. She approached a gas station, where she called the police (Angel Gonzales – National Registry of exonerations pg. # 1). The police took a description of the attackers, both were 25 years old Hispanic men and were a height of (5'7). The victim's boyfriend gave a discretion of the car to the cops then later found the car himself, but that car belonged to Gonzales. The cops found Gonzales and immediately handcuffed him and placed him in a police car. The cops brought the victims which then, she confirmed that is was Gonzales. Gonzales felt attacked from every direction, although he
According to Grayson, the murder rate has more than tripled from 732 in 2006 to 2,648 in 2008, in Chihuahua, Baja California, Sonora, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas. A particular horror spot is Chihuahua’s largest city, Ciudad Juarez, especially for young women. Tijuana competes with Ciudad Juarez as Mexico’s most dangerous city. Thus, Calderon’s administration is focusing on restoring safety to the border states. As well, almost as alarming as the violent killings, are the abductions, which have ascended to epidemic proportions....
They each control various cities in Mexico and along the US-Mexican border. For the sake of this report, the Gulf cartel will be discussed. The Gulf cartel is one of the major organized crime organizations in Mexico whose prime interest is drug trafficking, with their main operations in Nuevo Laredo, Miguel Alemán, Reynosa, and Matamoros (Brophy, 2008). Although the Gulf cartel is powerful enough with their large numbers of followers, places of operation, and weapons, they also work together with another group called the Zetas. The Zetas can be classified as mafia style group that specializes in one type of commodity, and in this case, the commodity is protection (Brophy, 2008). They defend the Gulf cartel and their territory, as well as act as their hitmen and assassins, and engage in kidnapping, trafficking arms, money-laundering, drug dealing, and collecting payments (Brophy, 2008). With both of these powerful groups controlling many parts of Mexico, the drug trafficking community is intense, violent, and the cities often suffer dire consequences when in conflict with the groups. The illegality of the drug trade has largely to do with the extreme amount of violence when it comes to feuding drug cartels and law enforcement (Brophy, 2008). The Gulf cartel and the Zetas are not only powerful due to their weapons and violence, but they have a great mount of influence as well, especially though politics, and this will be discussed further in the report. With the Gulf cartel being but one of many threats in Mexico, the country is also affected in many others ways not only by the cartels, but by the United States as
Fear, more specifically the fear of rejection, is an emotional response that has affected many people at some point in their lifetime. Most individuals typically overcome such feelings with blind hope, while others seem to get lost in translation. Like mentioned before, most get over their anxiety, but what is it like for the people that can’t seem to shake of the frightening feeling of being rejected? The short film, “The Truth About Meeting Women”, written by Paul Gale and directed by T.J. Misny, takes the audience on a comedic journey through the mind of a shy man as tries to avoid talking to the beautiful women that surrounds him. Overall, this short film is truly masterpiece because of the relatable main character and the actually humorous storyline.
On Saturday July 29th, 2017, I was able to catch one of the funniest movies I’ve seen in a while, Girls Trip. I was able to view the movie with four of three of friends of mines at the Regal Moorestown Mall Stadium 12 & RPX, located in Moorestown, New Jersey. My experience started with the aromas of popcorn. I am one of those type who has to have popcorn with lots of butter while enjoying a movie. After I purchased my popcorn and bottled water I was ready to enjoy this night with my friends. However, I wasn’t the one who purchased the tickets so the seats choices where horrible. They were floor level, on the very far right and third row. Still trying to make the best out of it I reclined my see as far back as possible so my neck would bother me the during the movie. The theater was packed, mostly with women.
The government investigators said that the mayor and the police of Iguala stood with these local drug gangs and watch these group of kids get murder and burned. Reason for these kids that were taken was to show the traffickers that they want their land back and if they don’t they’re going to slowly start killing people in their cities to show that they’re not playing around anymore and deserve their freedom. People say it is common for them to walk around and see dead people some beheaded or with signs of torture. They found a body with a note attached to it that said “Here’s your garbage, possums with tails”. Days later they found seven bodies decapitated and some with a message carved into the torso stating, “Sincerely, Rojos” because of the threats and violence going on. The government and police started to get scared and decided to not interfere with the Rojos or anyone at that matter because the government and police were scared the people felt they had nothing to live for knowing the people who can protect them can no longer protect them
Through this query it is first shown that there is a social issue that is being addressed. This acknowledges the pathos of Davis’ informative video, showing the young men especially small kids who are aware and encountering Racial Discrimination on their everyday lives. Davis further promotes pathos by showing the shame and confusion of these young men. They eagerly asked the questions “Why are the people that are supposed to protect me attacking me? Why are you afraid of me? Why am I afraid of people who are supposed to protect me? Why do you only stop if it is me?” These accusations are thrown by the young men in her video to elicit the inequity they are getting from the people who are “supposed” to protect them. Thus, informing the people who are to protect them, the police for that matter if they are doing their job which is to protect and be lawful to all citizens. This conveys how ruthless they are to them. The injustice is so evident if these young boys know this happens to them or other people who they might know. This also shows the viewers’ great sense of compassion for the young boys because in a very young age, they are well-informed about this, realizing it and suffering from this matter. Other questions that demonstrate pathos that they voice
By increasing police presence in certain low income areas could be hurting individuals rather than helping them. Instead of focusing on “bad” individuals police should be interacting positively within the community that produces these "bad" individuals. If the only time the police interact with individuals is to stop and frisk them or question them, of course they won’t be very fond of the police. A majority of police officers have a different socio-economic background than minorities living within low income and high crime areas. Community policing would cause the police to become more relatable to the public(Dr. Gary Potter, The History of Policing in the United States,Pg 10)Minorities may not feel as discriminated against if police improved relations and talked to them as human beings on their level, rather than criminals or
In this essay, I will attempt to analyze law and crime through the lens of Marxist analysis. "Common sense" tells us that police officers are the "good guys" attempting to preserve society against the chaos and disorder that the criminals represent. Nobody will agree that this general rule is universally true, as the incidents in the Rampart Division of the LAPD illustrate. The Rampart division shot unarmed people point blank and then put guns in their hands. They behaved much like gang members, with their own hazing rituals of "beating people into the gang." Another telling example is the Louima incident, wherein a Haitian immigrant was anally raped by a NYPD police officer with a plunger. Obviously, all cops are not saints, and some are worse than some criminals.
This paper will include the analysis of the movie Hope Floats. It will start with a short summary of the movie describing the characters and the plot. It will then discuss the family dynamics that are shown in the movie based on the class discussions and the readings. It will also include a variety of issues that are shown throughout the movie. This paper will discuss three key family system’s issues that includes the family concepts, assessing one from Bowen’s concepts, one from Minuchin’s concepts, and one from General Systems Theory/Anderson and Sabatelli concepts. There are many different scenes and examples in this movie that will give a better understanding of the many different family dynamics, family issues, and family system concepts.
If this issue is relevant within the current situation, then it is because of one sided media reporting a belief that violence against law enforcement has re-emerged in light of recent events of police involved shootings. It is known that violence against law enforcement is understood as motivated by a plain and irrational hatred of police officers and driven by a desire for revenge ending in innocent lives taken too early leaving wives/husbands without their spouse and children without their
The way that people can see if police work is really being enforced and working efficiently is when there is an absence of crime in the community. People believe that seeing police working on a cine after the matter, and solving that crime that was committed is the way to measure the efficiency of the police, when the fact of the matter is that being able to deteriorate crime and not have to respond to criminal activity is when you know that the police are doing what is necessary to maintain order en establish the peace to the