Sociological Imagination POLICE BRUTALITY by Mamy Hydara September 22, 2014 "Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to chose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices. to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose"(C. Wright Mills).The term sociological imagination was made by C. Wright an American sociologist in 1959. Mills defined Sociological Imagination as
ISSUE: Should Law Enforcement act as Guardians or Warriors? FACTS: In the early to mid-1800’s, when some of the first full time police departments were formed, it was with the understanding that the police were the people and the people were the police. This ensured that although they were tasked with protecting the people, the people understood that the police was one of them. Having this understanding allowed them to operate as partners, all with the same goal of keeping their communities safe
Police corruption is an issue that has come up a lot, particularly in the last few years. News stories about cops killing innocent individuals based on their race have been common, and has prompted a long overdue conversation about law enforcement and corruption. The documentary “Walk the Line” by the Fifth Estate brings up the important point that police are particularly vulnerable to the pull and allure of lucrative criminal behaviours. The close, albeit typically negative, relationship between
lootings that occurred in 1992 in the Los Angeles County of California. The riots broke out after the acquittal of the police officers on trial for police brutality incident that was videotaped and widely-covered. But that moment was the climatic peak from years of tension between the black community, LAPD, political disagreement between Mayor Tom Bradley and Chief of Police Daryl Gates and it dramatically changed Los Angeles’s geography, especially ethnical and residentially. Many geographer’s
influence which it has exerted on the consciously thinking people of the entire civilized world might be far more lasting than may appear in our time of overestimation of brutal methods of force. For only the work of such statesmen is lasting who by example and educational action awaken and establish the moral forces of their people. We may all be happy and grateful that fate has given us such a shining contemporary, an example for coming generations” (Sorkhabi, 2005). Gandhi passionately believed in
State of Orissa, (1993) 2 SCC 746 The petitioner's son aged 22 years was arrested by police in connection with investigation of theft in a village and was kept in custodywith his hands tied. Next day his body was found by the sides of the railway track.His mother sent a letter to the Court alleging custodial death of her son claiming compensation
The preamble of the Declaration of Independence declares that all men are created equal, but are all citizens treated the same? The United States acknowledged this statement in 1776, yet there are still prejudices and inequalities in our world today. Women have been seen to be less than men in the work field for years, but people fail to realize that they hold just as good of positions as their male counterparts. This reigned true during the Vietnam War. Although women held integral roles in keeping
One of the most well-known and controversial studies in the realm of psychology was conducted by Phillip Zimbardo in the 1970s to study the effects of prison conformity on a sample group of college students. This study, known as the Stanford Prison Experiment, was scheduled to continue for two weeks, but it had to be cut short to six days due to the horrendous events that occurred during procedures. Although the majority of researchers currently agree that Zimbardo’s experiment was completely unethical
The War on Drugs is a deeply rooted and controversial campaign for the prohibition of drugs, military aid and military intervention that has been debated for years now (Dan Balducci). The War on Drugs has been the decades of a long campaign that was launched by the Government of the United States of America in June 18, 1971, to eradicate the illicit use of drugs. It was first launched by President Richard Nixon and the Congress at that period of time. By declaring the ‘war on drugs’, Nixon, dramatically
Ethics- Ethics is the branch of philosophy concerning principles of good conduct in human life. “Ethics is the branch of philosophy that theoretically, logically and rationally determines right from wrong, good from bad, moral from immoral and just from unjust actions, conducts and behaviour.” Some people define Ethics as ‘doing what you say you will do.’ Ethics is two things. First, ethics refers to well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms