Criminal Justice: Assignment 3
Police Body- Worn Cameras: Evidentiary Benefits and Privacy Threats- this article support the position that police enforce the laws in an appropriate manner and without bias or racism. In most part of the United States, the law enforcement officers are wearing mounted cameras. Appropriate behaviors have been demonstrated by law enforcement officers, thereby, winning the trust of the community. The minority communities feel at ease while being interrogated by the law enforcement officers- they know that the probability of using violence by the law enforcement officer is very slim. The use of cameras has played a significant role in combating bad behaviors that were previously depicted by the law enforcement officers. Currently, in most part of the United States, the law enforcement officers have become friendly to everyone, in spite of their cultural background. The use of cameras has, therefore, helped in maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness of the law enforcement officers’ work. In Rialto, subjects such as bias or racism are becoming obsolete, since the law enforcement officers are doing their best to maintain good conduct while performing their duties. The citizens are happy with the implementation of this technology since it provides more dependability as well as transparency. This act of using cameras has made the people to feel much safer (Marc, 2015). The use of cameras has, therefore, made the law enforcement officers to enforce the laws in an appropriate manner as well as without bias or racism.
The Need for Additional Safeguards Against Racist Police Practices: A Call for Change to Massachusetts & Illinois Wiretapping Laws- the article supports the position that the police enforce the laws in a racist manner and with bias.
It is a fact that police misbehavior is still common throughout the United States. This misconduct comes in the form of racially discriminatory police practices for members of minority societies. In Seattle, 2010, Martin Monetti and his friends were walking home after having celebrated his birthday. Unexpectedly, they were surrounded by police cars- they were ordered the ground by the law enforcement officers. The law enforcement officers were investigating an armed robbery that had taken place at the area from which Moneti and his friends were celebrating his birthday. Martin, a Mexican, was subjected to hail of bodily as well as vocal exploitation while lying flat to the floor. One of the detective leaned down and threatened Martin with an openly racist comment- the detective made a comment that he would beat the fucking Mexican piss out of Martin. Martin attempt to wipe his eyes led him into great danger, whereby, two law enforcement officers stomped n his hands and head. After the police search was over, Martin was physically injured - he could not walk stably. The law enforcement officers did nothing about his condition and those who witnessed the fracas did not report the matter to their seniors. According to this article, it is quite clear that the majority of the law enforcement officers are driven by racial differences as well as bias when making their arrest (Andrew, 2012).
It is important to note that clandestine recordings of racist police misbehavior have wedged the awareness of both the DOJ as well as the community, thus, leading to analysis and reforms in law enforcement application. Unluckily, the incapability of the general public to lawfully document law enforcement secretly presents the possibility of having racist law enforcement practices going unaddressed and unnoticed – in Illinois as well as Massachusetts. It is vital to make changes in the law so that people in those states, Illinois as well as Massachusetts, can take benefit of this significant defend against law enforcement misbehavior (Andrew, 2012).
References
Andrew Martinez Whitson. ( 2012).The Need for Additional Safeguards Against Racist Police
Practices: A Call for Change to Massachusetts & Illinois Wiretapping Laws, 34 B.C.J.L.& Soc.
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Marc Jonathan Blitz. ( 2015). Police Body-Worn Cameras: Evidentiary Benefits and Privacy
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