Human Rights
Chloe Levkulich
Dr. Sean Martin
Thinking and Writing
25 July 2013
Proposal to Ensure Safety of American Rights
The American people need a wakeup call, a call to change, and a call for action because our entitled, god-given, Constitutional rights are at stake. The WNYC, or local nonprofit public radio station for New York City states, “There is no record of how many illegal searches take place every year. In a written statement to WNYC, police spokesman Paul Browne acknowledged that illegal searches do happen, and officers get disciplined when the department finds out” (Chang). As the quote shows more action must be taken to prevent violations, such as the fourth amendment concerning legal search and seizures, in the law enforcement agencies. Americans need to remember that being an American citizen entitles them to individual freedoms for every man, woman, and child. These freedoms caused our forefathers to uprooted families and migrated to a foreign country, away from their homeland in England and came to what is now the United States of America. Obviously, the men that brought this country to where it is today, gave particular emphasis and focus to preventing dictatorship, which established the foundation to the American society. Currently, our constitutional rights are being abused through the average American citizen’s ignorance pertaining to his or her entitled rights. An article in the New York Times states, “Only one-third of adult Americans can correctly identify the Bill of Rights and fewer than 1 in 10 know it was adopted to protect them against abuses by the Federal Government, a poll made public today says” (New York Times). Due to this unawareness, citizen’s rights are being taken advantage of when stopped by police force. As two chief police men and an educated attorney notice the ignorance of the youth, they attempt to influence pre-schoolers in creating “support for federal legislation aimed at expanding early learning programs”
Dr. Sean Martin
Thinking and Writing
25 July 2013
Proposal to Ensure Safety of American Rights
The American people need a wakeup call, a call to change, and a call for action because our entitled, god-given, Constitutional rights are at stake. The WNYC, or local nonprofit public radio station for New York City states, “There is no record of how many illegal searches take place every year. In a written statement to WNYC, police spokesman Paul Browne acknowledged that illegal searches do happen, and officers get disciplined when the department finds out” (Chang). As the quote shows more action must be taken to prevent violations, such as the fourth amendment concerning legal search and seizures, in the law enforcement agencies. Americans need to remember that being an American citizen entitles them to individual freedoms for every man, woman, and child. These freedoms caused our forefathers to uprooted families and migrated to a foreign country, away from their homeland in England and came to what is now the United States of America. Obviously, the men that brought this country to where it is today, gave particular emphasis and focus to preventing dictatorship, which established the foundation to the American society. Currently, our constitutional rights are being abused through the average American citizen’s ignorance pertaining to his or her entitled rights. An article in the New York Times states, “Only one-third of adult Americans can correctly identify the Bill of Rights and fewer than 1 in 10 know it was adopted to protect them against abuses by the Federal Government, a poll made public today says” (New York Times). Due to this unawareness, citizen’s rights are being taken advantage of when stopped by police force. As two chief police men and an educated attorney notice the ignorance of the youth, they attempt to influence pre-schoolers in creating “support for federal legislation aimed at expanding early learning programs”