GB could no longer support Greece and Turkey against communist rebels. USA wanted to contain communism and rebuild Western Europe after the war. Truman gets Congress to agree to support Greece and Turkey $400 million Support free peoples resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities and outside pressures Stalin wasn’t happy First definite clear event of Cold War – US
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Anti-Corruption of the police department formally known as the Mollen Commission.. “In May‚ 1992‚ six police officers assigned to two separate Brooklyn precincts were arrested on charges of participating in a conspiracy to sell narcotics in Suffolk County. The arrests were made by Suffolk County Police‚ not by the NYPD Internal Affairs Unit. Shortly thereafter‚ the press disclosed that one of the officers‚ Michael Dowd‚ had been the subject of more than fifteen corruption allegations within the NYPD over a six-year
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The story I read was Freedom Wakers The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The author of this story is Russel Freedman. This story is non-fiction. The main idea of this story is about how prejudice white people were to African Americans‚ especially on the bus. In the next few paragraphs I will explain how African Americans were treated unfairly on the bus and what they did to try to stop it. This story took place in Montgomery‚ Alabama. It all started in the year of 1949 with a girl named Jo
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April Bittenbender Research Paper Final Draft November 29‚ 2012 Gender and Crime Domestic Violence‚ Does Gender Matter? Domestic violence has been a topic debated for decades now as one of the leading causes of crime against women‚ but in fact men are victims of this crime as well. The difference between domestic violence and domestic abuse is defined as‚ one is the physical aspect‚ and one is more emotional or financially based. Both men and women can be affected by both of these
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equipment‚ and extra firepower for extreme situations. The taser is a good example of an updated weapon police officers use and relies on from day to day. The bright yellow gun shaped taser sends an electroshock to immobilize a suspect or someone resisting arrest. The electrical current momentarily disrupts control of the muscles (How does technology help the police‚ 2009). The gun fires two small darts electrodes which‚ stays connected to the gun by conductive wire. The electrodes are pointed to pierce
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The Burden Behind The Get Out of Jail Free Card Millions of convicts and felons spread across the world‚ millions taking the consequences for their actions‚ all trying to get through their situation‚ struggling to get back onto their feet. However‚ the upper class gets away with millions of crimes a year due to their higher financial status. Not taking responsibility for their actions‚ getting away easy with things that are not easy to get away with‚ it isn’t right and it isn’t fair. Why should
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Michael Labib Professor Cran English 101 12/08/2011 Egyptian Revolution: Age of the Renaissance As a response to the long reigning dictatorship of the former President of Egypt‚ Hosni Mubarak‚ the Egyptian revolution began on the 25th of January 2011 in a form of peaceful civil resistance involving non-violent marches‚ protests‚ labor strikes‚ and acts of civil disobedience demanding Mubarak’s immediate resignation. Later on the revolution transformed into several scenes of violent clashes
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officers after they put an end to the 8-mile high speed chase. Once surrounded‚ King and his two friends were ordered to step out of the vehicle and lie face down on the ground. King refused to comply‚ but eventually got out of the car and resisted an arrest. Once King got physical with some of the officers‚ they shot him with a Taser gun to knock him to the ground. He was then beaten multiple times with a baton and kicked repeatedly. The video was a media sensation and it became one of the biggest police
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A court is a tribunal or governmental institution with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out administration of justice in civil‚ criminal and administrative matters. The legal tradition prominent in the Commonwealth Caribbean is that of the common law tradition‚ which originated in England‚ the court system of the territories is also influenced by tradition. The courts in the region are modeled on those of England. The power to create and regulate such court systems
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Tennessee v Garner refers to using “all necessary means to effect the arrest” in the case of a suspect fleeing or forcibly resisting (FindLaw‚ n.d.). With this Tennessee statute‚ there are some stipulations (FindLaw‚ n.d.). There must be a belief that the suspect will act in a manner which would cause serious physical harm or death to others (FindLaw‚ n.d.). The amount of forced used must be in balance with the crime committed and how imminent harm is likely to occur (FindLaw‚ n.d.). Two police
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