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Police brutality will never be justified.
If you like this, you can get more of my articles when you subscribe to my account. The purpose of the police is often questioned by many. People don’t trust the power given to the police to maintain law and order, among other functions. Over time their position has been perceived as a reduction to the role of harassers and unlawful individuals that embrace their power a bit too much. This is further boosted by some personal vices. Masked intentions and hidden agendas by various officers have stopped them from achieving their true purpose. Most police officers have violated their function regardless of the nation and resulted in all forms of police brutality. Police brutality existed a long time ago and is still rampant to this day. This term was formed to describe the loss of power control by the police over its citizens and inhabitants.
By 'Vive Akugha3 years ago in The Swamp
UNIFY
Why do we forget so quickly? We witnessed these acts of violence, blatant racism, and disregard for human decency, and yet we get distracted by another similar act, or settle for a police officer being fired or resigning. And while the victim endures pain for the violence to which they were subjected, the culprit gets to go about his or her business without a care in the world. Is this really justice, is this fair? And -let’s not rely on the cliché life is not fair, to excuse this type of transgressions-.
By Pedro A. Idarraga3 years ago in The Swamp
Why the Cupboard Is Bare
Whether you have contracted COVID 19 or have remained healthy since this nasty little bug made it to our shores, it has affected many aspects of your life. We have had to deal with major and minor inconveniences from mask-wearing and social distancing to unemployment and losing loved ones to the disease. But one thing you may not have anticipated was the possibility of not having enough to eat due to societal upheaval.
By Juliette McCoy Riitters3 years ago in The Swamp
Duante Wright Sr. shooting could have been avoided
The senseless death of 20 year old Duante Wright Sr. is yet another tragedy that could have been prevented. After all the other shootings in recent years that have brought us to this point and all the discussions, here we are again. The image of this handsome young man with his son Duante Jr. is heartbreaking to look at. Here is a child in his father's arms. A little boy named for his dad and who is clearly loved and cherished. Now he will grow up as a statistic of being another little boy without his father in his life.
By Cheryl E Preston3 years ago in The Swamp
Daunte Wright: The Loss Of Another Black Man
For those of you who have not seen the news Daunte Wright was a 20 year old man that was pulled over in suburban Minneapolis on a "routine" traffic stop which resulted in his death via the police officer that stopped him. It is still early in the investigation and they are still pulling evidence and collecting the facts but the chief of police released a statement stating that the officer meant to fire her taser and not her gun.
By Blue Dymond3 years ago in The Swamp
France Enter Yet another lockdown
Referring to Macron's pledge in his Wednesday statement that France might begin reopening in mid-May, Girard stated, 'I'm skeptical approximately a mild on the cease of the tunnel. They've been making guarantees for the beyond yr that have not been kept. I do not trust it, I do not trust it anymore. I do not know if we will get returned our vintage existence.'About a year ago, confronted with the primary national lockdown against a raging coronavirus epidemic, Parisians desperately jammed into trains in an exodus that became Montparnasse into an area of worry and anxiety, and the capital right into a ghost town.
By 12 News World3 years ago in The Swamp