Week 3 Thread
September 16th, 2016
Today as I was scrolling down social media on my down time, I came across a post that was going viral about a female college student from Kansas State University posing in a Snapchat with a black facial mask on and showing a gang sign with the caption "feels good to finally be a nigga". It has been brought to the schools attention as racist and the college student is now expelled as she was in her senior year. With how controversial social media is now a days you really have to watch what you say. As the student said in an interview that she was just doing it to be funny to her friend group. She has nothing against black people. Do you think the school should have gone as far as there actions went to expel the student from school?
http://abc13.com/education/students-expelled-over-racist-snapchat/1513976/
Friday, September 16, 2016
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Reflection on What Do You Think of the Police by Vice News
I thought this was a great video. There is a viewpoint from regular civilians on police officers and also their use of force. This video shows all different ethnicity and races of individuals in different states and even different countries. Some people see police officers as the best people out there and others not so much. This can be a good tool in the aspect that there is not just one person in one town but many people from all over the world speaking on how they feel about the police due to what they see in their everyday life.
"I guess white people had to see someone die on camera for it to be a major issue." I mean that isn't true. It got published or brought up by the news which made it a major issue. People die everyday, its life but there are some cases that are more brutal or factual than others. All deaths are bad but there are some that can be used as lessons or teaching tools.
"Police have too many weapons. They should only have a taser, maybe." I think this comment was just ridiculous and would never happen. If the people of society are able to get a Foid card and buy a gun and then get a license to concealed and carry the gun with them; police would be nothing to us. Police officers would not be able to serve and protect properly. A gun in some cases is used as a scare tactic to get the people in the wrong to listen and cooperate with the law.
If police force is used to stop others from harming others or the society as a whole then it is necessary but then comes in the notion of too much force used by police officers and that's when stories get taken to the news.
I thought this was a great video. There is a viewpoint from regular civilians on police officers and also their use of force. This video shows all different ethnicity and races of individuals in different states and even different countries. Some people see police officers as the best people out there and others not so much. This can be a good tool in the aspect that there is not just one person in one town but many people from all over the world speaking on how they feel about the police due to what they see in their everyday life.
"I guess white people had to see someone die on camera for it to be a major issue." I mean that isn't true. It got published or brought up by the news which made it a major issue. People die everyday, its life but there are some cases that are more brutal or factual than others. All deaths are bad but there are some that can be used as lessons or teaching tools.
"Police have too many weapons. They should only have a taser, maybe." I think this comment was just ridiculous and would never happen. If the people of society are able to get a Foid card and buy a gun and then get a license to concealed and carry the gun with them; police would be nothing to us. Police officers would not be able to serve and protect properly. A gun in some cases is used as a scare tactic to get the people in the wrong to listen and cooperate with the law.
If police force is used to stop others from harming others or the society as a whole then it is necessary but then comes in the notion of too much force used by police officers and that's when stories get taken to the news.
Sunday, September 11, 2016
Week 2 Sunday, September 11th 2016
Today, September 11th 2016, marks Fifteen years ago when the United States changed forever. Four airliners crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Killing 2,977 people and among those who died were 343 firefighters, 23 police officers and 37 officers with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Rest in peace to all of the innocent people to die in this attack and God bless the families that lost a loved one.
Today, September 11th 2016, marks Fifteen years ago when the United States changed forever. Four airliners crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Killing 2,977 people and among those who died were 343 firefighters, 23 police officers and 37 officers with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Rest in peace to all of the innocent people to die in this attack and God bless the families that lost a loved one.
Friday, September 9, 2016
Friday, September 2, 2016
Week 1 thread
Friday, September 2nd 2016
Black lives matter brings a big controversy to our society. In some aspects I think that some black people take things too far. For instance, on a regular traffic stop they assume the worst and cop an attitude with the police when they are just trying to do their job. This in turn will cause the police to act with authority and beginning to treat them differently. There have been many instances in which the police are headlined negatively for the use of their weapons. There has been proof through videos that they over use their weapons in times when a taxer would do them justice. One of these instances came up in our class discussion on McDonald the video shows the boy with a weapon in his hand walking away from the cops and the weapon is not pointed toward them and then all you see if shots go off. 16 bullets? It took 16 bullets to finally stop shooting someone that was down on the first shot? That is ridiculous to me because police officers these days should be trained to handle circumstances like that in a manor that does not lead to shooting and killing someone that could have just been arrested.
I ended up changing my major from a detective to forensics for the reason that I did not want to go through being a police officer with everything that has been going on in society and I think it is only going to get worse.
Friday, September 2nd 2016
I ended up changing my major from a detective to forensics for the reason that I did not want to go through being a police officer with everything that has been going on in society and I think it is only going to get worse.
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