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Law enforcement power
Police Accountability and Ethics
"Both the Cannons of Police and the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics have provided a framework for the boundaries that should guide police behavior. "
There is a guideline which officers have to follow. The question is do they follow it
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"more recently, body‐worn cameras in order to restore transparency and accountability to policing."
Holding officers accountable for doing the wrong
government trying to make it better for the police and the people.
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What's at Stake?
“Yet, after the attacks of September 11, 2001, our government engaged in systematic policies of torture, targeted killing, indefinite detention, mass surveillance, and religious discrimination.”
"But most other policies—indefinite detention, targeted killing, trial by military commissions, warrantless surveillance, and racial, religious, and other forms of profiling—remain core elements of U.S. national security strategy today."
Discusses the bad after the 911 attack. The racism and discrimination.
Police are allowed to discriminate when it comes to arresting and being aware. Bad power because they are allowed to do whatever to make the country "safe", but do these ideas make it safe?
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Reining in Police Union Powers in America
"That has long frustrated many criminal-justice reformers—but, buoyed by calls for change in the wake of George Floyd’s death, some governments have begun to rethink those protections.“
Before George Floyds death there were people in the government protecting and representing bad officers basically. Now that people are calling out and fighting against the bad, government has changed their minds and are now trying to stop police protections.
this shows that officers have the power to do as they please and are backed-up by the government for it.
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Fury at America and its Values Spreads Globally
"a white policeman knowingly and illegally putting to death a black man detained for a possible minor offense—and suspect that, as usual, the policeman will get away with it."
this is the know and it is regular at this point
police officers killing black males is normalized at this moment and most people aren't okay with it but let it happen because they feel they can't do anything else
police officers basically have the power to kill innocent people and get away with it
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How can federal government reform police?
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"The federal government has several ways to ensure that state and local law enforcement practices and procedures adhere to constitutional norms."
Unleashing the Power of Unconditional Respect
" taught to look and sound respectable when the public is watching, but allowed and even encouraged to hold prejudicial attitudes and conduct private conversations that are slanderous and demeaning"
encouraged to act bad when they are alone and but good in public
law enforcement is bad because they don't respect citizens at all times.
Police Powers
"Statement that 45 percent of prisoners in the U.S. are black"
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Working with law enforcement