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Ending secrecy on police misconduct - julissa herrera

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Ending secrecy on police misconduct - julissa herrera

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Brief summary: It is time for a change in the makeup of our officers in the streets. The priorities that are expected among officers should be held higher. These cases of over-disciplinary cops have exposed us to the fault in our system.

Positive- Use of down-players for the representation of good cops.

Negative- Very manipulating to the audience- You can draw out a bias of the author.

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Manuel Ramos & Jay Cicinelli- kiana cahue

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Manuel Ramos & Jay Cicinelli- kiana cahue

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Six California police officers and a mentally ill homeless man, of 37 years- old, had a violent confrontation on July 1st, 2011. Two of the officers Ramos and Cicinelli both pleaded not guilty to involuntary man- slaughter.

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A former policeman with the West Sacramento Police Department was found guilty on 18 counts for kidnapping, oral copulation against will, and raping multiple women while on duty. When the five women testified against him, he either denied that he ever touched them, or insisted that the sex was consensual.

Positive (writing/content): This article stated facts that were easily comprehendible and presented us with visual content (videos and pictures) to make all of the information presented more credible.

Negative (writing/content): The author's ideas seemed to be mixed up and out of order. They would focus on one topic of the story, move onto another topic, and then revisit the former topic. This made the article seem unorganized,  repetitive, and less interesting to read.

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BART Officer Johannes Mehserle- mya mcclellan

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BART Officer Johannes Mehserle- mya mcclellan

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22 year old Oscar Grant was fatally shot in a San Francisco train station. The shooter, former police officer Johannes Mehserle, claimed that he had not intended to shoot Grant, but tried to reach for a Taser instead. Mehserle was charged with 2nd degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, and was released after 11 months. The officer genuinely believed that Grant could be harmful to others, but realizing that he was unarmed, he knew it would not hold well in court. Oscar Grant's family accepted $1.5 million from the city.

Positive (writing/content): The author of this article provided the readers with the things that occurred during the trial at court and even involved social media's assistance to this trial by acknowledging that the videos of Oscar Grant being shot were taken with cell phone cameras.

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Criminal Pulls Gun In Back Seat of Police

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POLICE SHOOTING AT BART STATION - OSCAR GRANT

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www.blogtalkradio.com/vintagemusik Oscar Grant Support Foundation www.oscargrantfoundation.com OAKLAND - A BART police officer struggling to handcuff a 22-year-old man, stood up over the facedown Hayward resident and fired a single shot into his back while a handful of officers watched, a video taken by a train passenger apparently shows.

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Marlene Pinnock, a 51-year old women was repeatedly punched by a California Highway Patrol officer. Pinnock was walking down the side of a Los Angeles highway when Officer Andrew told her to get a ride or walk off the highway. Andrew states that Pinnock was refusing to do as he said and shoved him. Andrew then used a forceful approach and began punching her. Pinnock filed a law suit and a warrant stated a Highway Patrol was conducting a criminal investigation.

Positive (writing/content): The article about Officer Andrew was filled with facts from multiple different sources. The author used different people's point of views so the reader could understand the full story.

negative (writing/content): Some pieces of the article were not necessarily needed and were mainly just buff.

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Warning: Graphic video. Marlene Pinnock said she thought she was going to die as a California Highway Patrol officer straddled her, repeatedly punching her head on the side of a Los Angeles freeway. (Aug.

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SFPD Attempt to Throw Wheelchair Bound Man Off Curb - julissa herrera

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SFPD Attempt to Throw Wheelchair Bound Man Off Curb - julissa herrera

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Brief summary- When Bo Frierson intervened with a questioning of his friend in the San Franciscan streets, he was nearly dumped out of his wheelchair by a police officer.

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SFPD Attempt to Throw Wheelchair Bound Man Off Curb

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Danny Rodriguez was shot inside of his trailer home after his mother called 911 in fear that he would harm her. Rodriguez was throwing things around their home, and his scared mother ran next door to get help. The policeman that arrived, Richard Chrisman, claimed that the man was on a rampage and could potentially cause harm though he was unarmed. Chrisman eventually shot Danny Rodriguez after failed attempts to calm him down, and also fatally shot the family dog. Chrisman was charged with 2nd degree murder, aggravated assault,  and animal abuse.

Positive (writing/content): The article was professionally written and possessed many reliable sources. The author included fellow police officers' statements which made the topic more relatable and credible.

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A former police chief from Midlothian, Illinois was found guilty and will face up to 10 years in prison. Officer Zamiar was convicted of using excessive force on a 31-year old man, James Snyder. Zamiar repeatedly hit Snyder in the back of the head with his steel baton back in 2011. On December 19, 2014 the jury decided on the guilty verdict and allowed Zamiar to spend the holidays with his family.

Positive (writing/content): The author wrote a very concise article, in which he summarized what had happened and he elaborated on the verdict.

Negative (writing/content): There was not anything bad or wrong within the story. I really think this was one of the best written articles I have read.

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Police officers in Pasadena, LA shot and killed Kendrec McDade after Oscar Felipe Carrillo falsely claimed that he was being robbed at gunpoint. The information he told the police was false, he only wanted a speedy response. Carrillo later admitted that there were no weapons involved, but he was still not charged with involuntary man-slaughter.

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Sometime in July, a New York Police Officer was accused of using a choke hold on a middle-aged man named, Eric Garner. Garner was eventually pronounced dead an hour after the incident. Panteleo claims he used a take down maneuver and had nothing to do with Garner's death. A New York grand jury did not indict Panteleo, rather he will undergo a retraining period for three days.

Positive (writing/content): The author strayed away from using certain rhetorical appeals, like pathos, and primarily used logos and ethos. Doing so allowed the article to be more reliable and credible.

Negative (writing/content): The article itself was more of a summary of the situation that occured in July. Rather than stating what directly happened to Panteleo.

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Longview Police Department officers- mya mcclellan

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Longview Police Department officers- mya mcclellan

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Three unidentified police officers with the Longview Police Department shot and killed a 17-year old, Kristiana Coignard. The officers claim that she showed up to the police department "brandishing a weapon" and shot her four times. The former police officers could not identify the type of weapon she carried, or provide any information on the situation.

Positive (writing/content): The facts that the author did provide about the event that took place were credible and true.

Negative(writing/content): Not much information about the actual event.

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On December 27, 2013 Lillo and other Bayonne Police officers arrested Brandon Walsh. After Walsh was handcuffed, Lillo allegedly hit Walsh with a flashlight several times in the face. Lillo and the other police officers were recently arrested by the FBI on January 23, 2015 and were mentioned in a police brutality lawsuit, along with the City of Bayonne. Lillo could also face up to 30 years in Prison.

Positive (writing/content): The author avoided using citizen's point of views on the situation preventing the piece to become biased. The author also included a brief explanation of what Lillo had done and what was to come for Lillo based on the jury's decision.

Negative (writing/content): In the article, the author does not mention what these actions mean for the City of Bayonne and what actions the city will eventually take.

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Bedfordshire police officers - julissa herrera

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Bedfordshire police officers - julissa herrera

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Six police officers in Bedfordshire have left Julian Cole in a critical state. Ferguson families inspired the Cole family to speak up over these officers. The group of six have not undermined any consequences, although there is evidence of these men to be helping each other cover their tracks.

Positive (writing/content): Repetition of 'excessive force' draws attention to the actions of the Bedfordshire police officers.

Negative (writing/content): Doesn't elaborate on the vegetative state Cole has been left in.

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Burge was a former Chicago Police Department detective and commander who worked with the "Midnight Crew" to torture suspects and gain confessions. Torture included being tazered, burned, suffocated, and forced to play Russian Roulette. Burge was protected by law but was convicted of lying about the torture, and sentenced 4 1/2 years in prison.

Positive (writing/content): Use of parallelism "protected" and "convicted" sets the tone of the speech.

Negative (writing/content): Contains no point of view or aspects of other citizens.

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A Haitian immigrant named Abner Louima was brutally beaten with a toilet plunger handle in a bathroom in Brooklyn, N.Y. Justin Volpe was sentenced to 30 years in prison for a mis-use of power.

Volpe sued New York City's main police union and won $8.75 million.

Positive (writing/content): Purpose is to display the fines a city had to take charge of for its disobeying officers.

Negative (writing/content): New York citizens are most affected by this.

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Darren WIlson, a Ferguson police officer, had never fired a gun on the job before until he shot and killed Michael Brown. Darren was a six-year veteran of the Ferguson Police Department who had no disciplinary history. He claimed the Brown would've shot him if he hadn't fired first, so he had no guilty conscience and he thinks he did the right thing.

Positive (writing/content): There are a lot of statistics and reliable facts that give this article credibility.

Negative (writing/content): I did not identify any negative components in this article.

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A former Bolingbrook, IL sergeant, who has been charged with the murder of his third wife, is presumed to have also murdered his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, but has never been charged. He seemed to taunt authorities in public. He is now convicted for the murder of wife #3, Kathleen Savio.

Positive (writing/content): The periodic sentence structure creates a form of suspense and shocks the audience after reading the stance that claims, "...convicted in September of murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio, who was found dead in her bathtub."

Negative (writing/content): Stacy Peterson's family is not mentioned although Savio's is.

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A police officer turned serial killer shot nine people to death in Florida. He claims society should be grateful he had put down those "no lives" and refers to his actions as "a soldier riding the streets of the wicked".

Positive (writing/content): Simile- referred to as a soldier using 'as'.

Negative (writing/content): Purpose- allusion does not elaborate therefore is not valid to be included.