Roger Williams Ethics

In one instance, Texas Rep. Roger Williams is not only an auto dealer in Texas, but he ahs been charged with violating an ethical issues related to a bill that would benefit the auto industry: “He has come under scrutiny by the House Ethics Committee over an amendment he offered to a wide-ranging transportation bill that would have allowed auto dealers to rent out vehicles even if they're subject to recall” (Jalonick para.2). This violation of ethics is a major problem due to the potential of a conflict of interests between the people and major corporations in the auto industry. Firstly, Williams is actually acting like a corporate representative, and not a congressional representative by supporting bills that work in his own self-interest.

In the case of Laquan McDonald, a Chicago policeman shot him to death for holding a knife in the middle of a street. More so, the City of Chicago used every legal means at its disposal to delay the release of police footage of the incident. In terms of state authority, the City of Chicago had an inordinate level of access to the investigation that went beyond the normal requirements for a homicide investigation that had become a national event: “Authorities didn't charge Officer Jason Van Dyke with murder for more than a year and then filed charges after a judge forced the city of Chicago to release the video” (Hinkel and Walberg para.3). Constitutionally, federal authorities typically allow the state to resolve homicide investigations, expect in the case when it becomes an issue of local bias in police departments or legal conflicts within the state. In this case, the City of Chicago delayed charges against the Officer Van Dyke (who was found to have unloaded his gun into Williams after he had surrendered), which eventually prompted intervention as a civil rights issue by the federal government. This is one case in which the Constitution was a constraint to an immediate response to the shooting for federal authorities, which prevented prosecution against Van Dyke for more than a year by7 state officials in the City of Chicago and