The documentary of the Hollywood Shootout showed clear issues in policing. These issues were surprising and impacted my view of policing. Firstly, police lack availability of high power weapons is shocking. The shootout lasted for nearly an hour. The documentary mentioned that the police officers only had smaller handguns and a few shotguns while the suspects had AK-47s and rifles (OnlyBim, 2021). There were around three hundred police officers present at the scene, and it still took them about an hour to stop the suspects, due to their lack of efficient weapons. Secondly, the tactics used by the police were also surprising. The documentary also mentions how the police were not prepared for this type of situation and how they were unable to …show more content…
What is the difference between a'smart' and a'smart'? Miranda v Arizona was a very important case that had a great impact. Miranda v Arizona is so important as the case resulted in the establishment of Miranda rights. Before Miranda v Arizona, citizens still had the right to counsel and to remain silent; however, police officers did not have to read these rights to suspects. In Miranda v Arizona (1965) the court reports show that it was decided that a person in custody and who is being interrogated must be informed that they have the right to remain silent and the right to have counsel. In Miranda v Arizona (1965) the Supreme Court decided that not informing the suspect of their rights is unconstitutional. After the Supreme Court ruling, law enforcement was then required to read these rights to every suspect who is arrested and interrogated. Failure of police to read the rights results in an unusable confession. The Supreme Court often affects law in the United States. In the United States, the Supreme Court is the highest-level court, and the decisions made by the Supreme Court cannot be appealed. The Supreme Court does not often overturn laws. The cases that the Supreme Court deals with tend to be controversial. Many of the cases that come before the Supreme Court have high impacts and are not just for the two parties. While the Supreme Court does not directly create laws, their decisions still hold a lot of power. The Supreme Court interprets laws and the rights of …show more content…
What is the difference between a.. I watched documentaries over the Antananarivo prison in Madagascar, the South Cotabato jail in the Philippines, and the San Pedro prison in La Paz, Bolivia. In my opinion, the prison with the best structure is the South Cotabato jail. This jail in the Philippines does have many problems, such as overcrowding, inmate on inmate violence, and bad food. Even so, this prison is more organized than the Antananarivo Prison and the San Pedro prison. The South Cotabato jail takes mugshots of its inmates and keeps more detailed records, as opposed to the other prisons. According to the documentary, the South Cotabato jail separates the more dangerous criminals and repeat offenders from the rest of the inmates (Free Documentary, 2021, 8:15). The other prisons do not separate the dangerous inmates from the others. The South Cotabato jail also has security cameras, unlike the other prisons. The South Cotabato jail also makes sure to isolate any sick prisons, this is not done in the Antananarivo prison or the San Pedro prison. In the San Pedro prison, the prison guards never go into the actual jail, and in the Antananarivo prison the guards never check the cells. In the documentary it is mentioned that the guards at the South Cotabato jail inspect the jails for contraband, once a month (Free Documentary, 2021, 30:10). The Antananarivo prison and the San Pedro prison do not attempt checks for contraband. Changes can be made to improve the conditions of
Study on Tom Hardy with regards to Text and Context This essay will discuss the celebrity Tom Hardy. Within this essay his career within Hollywood films such as Inception, Legend and The Revenant. The essay will focus on his involvement within the given films and look on things such as the context within the film regarding his characters, who he plays, what his ‘style’ is within the film and what connotations his characters portray in relation to the genre. Stars, also known as celebrities were developed
Hollywood - Lies and Misrepresentations In Hollywood, many filmmakers portray a distorted view of the Internet. Filmmakers do this by giving out misinformation on topics (i.e. Sharks-Jaws, Internet-The Net) that the public knows little about. When people know little about a specific topic, they begin to fear that issue. People fear the movie because they shut down their brain and tune into their senses, completely letting go of common knowledge. The public does not like to think about the movie
A Postmodern Take on a Hollywood Film Classic The jacket blurb on Robert Coover’s creative compilation A Night at the Movies reads: “From Hollywood B-movies to Hollywood classics, A Night at the Movies invents what ‘might have happened’ in these Saturday afternoon matinees. Mad scientists, vampires, cowboys, dance-men, Chaplin, and Bogart, all flit across Robert Coover’s riotously funny screen, doing things and uttering lines that are as shocking to them as they are funny to the reader. As Coover’s
Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star This PBS documentary of Bob Hope as an entertainer was well done. It looks at Bob's contributions as an actor, comedian, dancer and humanitarian. The film's footage, from the early 1900's to present, is revealing to the eras of Bob Hope's career. It takes you through Bob's career in vaudeville, Broadway, radio, movies, television and live performances. As narrator Les Brown Jr. states " Bob Hope is an American icon and the only entertainer to be # 1 in all
The Post-Modern Reality of Hollywood The shower of bullets leave white grooved funnels in the air, as the hero in slow motion leans back to avoid the deadly aims of the gunmen—all the while his black trench-coat billows underneath him. The saddened husband in heaven spans the chasm of hell to be reincarnated with his soul-mate wife. The young business executive places the pistol in his mouth, his blood-shot eyes rolling upwards as beads of sweat trickle down his grimy face. Moments later, after
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood "I saw the novel...was becoming subordinated to a mechanical...art...I had a hunch that the talkies would make even the best selling novelist as archaic as silent pictures." (Mizener 165) F. Scott Fitzgerald was keenly aware of the shift in the public's interest from novels to movies. This change made Hollywood stand alone for Fitzgerald as the sole means for expressing his talent and for gaining appropriate recognition, as well as the new way to make money
Hemingway and Hollywood "I try, when I'm writing a screenplay from somebody's original work, to be as faithful to it as I can be, within the limitations of a screenplay and remembering that the novel medium and the screen medium are entirely different" -Screenwriter, Casey Robinson, (Laurence 12). Hollywood attempted twice, but it still could not produce a film adaptation of A Farewell to Arms that Hemingway considered to do literary justice to his classic novel. The first effort
The Monster’s Human Nature Summary Essay Hollywood has played a big part is our lives. Growing up we’ve seen numerous movies, some that scared us others that touch us, and those images stayed with us forever. So what happens when Hollywood takes a classic piece of literature such as Frankenstein and turns into a monster movie. It transforms the story so much that now some 50 years later, people think of Frankenstein as the monster instead of the monster’s creator. It became a classic monster movie
Hollywood vs. History: The Alamo The Alamo was one of the most astounding and critical battles of our country. Its men were ruthless in their bravery and love of their country. Their mission for independence lives on in the hearts of all American’s today. Their legacy lives on forever and their courageous souls are still in the heart of the people of the lone star state. This is the story of bravery, love, tyranny, and liberty. This is the story of the Alamo The battle of the Alamo only spanned
The movie begins in New York, in 1843, with a gang fight. Bill “the butcher” Cutting’s gang of “nativists” have challenged the “dead rabbits” (a gang of mostly Irish immigrants) to a fight to settle once and for all who is the most powerful gang in the area. After an intense battle the “nativists” win by killing the leader of the “dead rabbits”, also Amsterdam’s (the main character’s) father. Amsterdam is then led into an orphanage where he grows to be a man, all while Bill Cutting runs the Five
Hispanics, Asians, and African-Americans in Hollywood Movies Writers and directors are two of the most important positions playing decisive roles in successful movies. While writers are responsible for writing the script, directors are in control of the whole production of a movie including casting actors, choosing costumes, and adjusting the script to suit characters’ personalities and the plot. Thus, writers and directors have powerful influence over who will be chosen to be actors, what will be
hollywood on trial The world is full of injustice. Of programs that want to accomplish the right things but get twisted by the people that run them. This essay will deal with the reasons and Birth of the Hays Commission, the ludicrous steps they took to add "morality" to the motion picture industry, and some other sensors of the time. All things said in this essay are true and taken from the Hays correspondence its self. It is a known fact that sex sells. It is used by advertisers to get
History vs. Hollywood The Patriot The Revolutionary war, sparked by the colonist’s anger towards taxation without representation, was a conflict between the United States and its mother country Great Britain. This event had been considered the most significant event in the American history. It separated the thirteen colonies from the tyrannical ruling of King George. The revolutionary war was not a big war, “The military conflict was, by the standards of later wars, a relatively modest one. Battle
Communist supporters from American society. Its first major attack was on the Hollywood film industry. Blacklisting of Hollywood writers, actors, producers, directors and others suspected of Communist affiliations began with the committee's hearings in October of 1947, and flourished throughout the 1950s. Senator Joseph McCarthy conducted “witch hunts” in an attempt to find and eliminate suspected Communists. The Hollywood Ten, a group of distinguished writers and directors, were cited for contempt
equipment and different styles of film. The classical Hollywood cinema is one of the earlier styles of film production and often obeyed a strict guideline when producing a film. This style of film used a narrative to tell its story and would have a clear beginning, middle, and end; with the ending generally providing a resolution to a problem introduced. With the war that had women involved in the workplace coming to an end, the Classical Hollywood Cinema portrayed its female leads being dependent on