resourcefulness in changing situations. Her delightful gouache‚ Night on HMAS Jervis Bay‚ finds Sharpe peering out of her makeshift tent on deck seeking an escape route to the bathroom. Sharpe’s handling of paint is assured in the many works she did of the East Timorese people‚ particularly the children. The intensity of their emotion reflects her compassion for and interest in what she observed during her
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children being gunned down by law enforcement. Many afraid to call upon law enforcement‚ afraid of their own safety. Police officers should be a part of the community not against the community. We all know the story of Oscar Grant‚ 22 year old African American young man fatally shot by a Bart police officer in Oakland‚ California early New Year’s Day in 2009. Yes he was resisting arrest but he was hand cuffed lying face down. How can a police officer feel threatened when Oscar Grant was clearly restrained
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called police brutality and it sure does not go down well at all‚ police brutality is a serious crime and should not be taken lightly at all just because they are police officers. Police officers tend to be looked at very negatively from a civilian’s point of view‚ and to me the main reason why they are is because of police brutality. In many communities that have been victim to police brutality‚ they often fight back by protesting and rioting. Once a crime such as police brutality is committed I
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There is a widespread and persistent problem of police brutality across the United States. Thousands of individual complaints about police abuse are reported each year and local authorities pay out millions of dollars to victims in damages after lawsuits. Police officers have beaten and shot unresisting suspects; they have misused batons‚ chemical sprays‚ and electro-shock weapons; they have injured or killed people by placing them in dangerous restraint holds. This is the first paragraph of an
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Some form of slavery existed in Africa before Europeans arrived; however it was a system of temporary consequences. People were enslaved as punishment for a crime‚ to pay a debt‚ or as captives of war. African slavery was very different from what was to come later with the Europeans because it was not for personal gain and inhumane suffering of others. Unlike European slavery‚ African slaves could work to buy their freedom and their children were not automatically slaves. Captive Africans and their
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Bowling Green‚ Kentucky c. Nashville‚ Tennessee d. Richmond‚ Virginia 4. How did railroad construction in the South differ from railroads in the North? a. Research clearly indicated that such investments would be of no economic benefit to the South. b. The South erected large‚ national railroad lines. c. The southern states believed that such construction should be the responsibility of the federal government. d. Railroads in the South remained local. 5. Which of the following is true of
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Police Brutality James Regas December 15‚ 1996 Outline Thesis: But‚ because some officers use these extreme measures when it is not needed‚ police brutality should be addressed. I. Police Brutality A. Racism as a cause II. Police Brutality is not a problem A. Quotes from authorities B. Statistics of Declining Brutality III. Stopping Police Brutality A. Police Stopping themselves
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The introduction of slavery‚ in 1619‚ allowed the settlements in North America to establish their own economy and social society. Through slavery‚ the economy of the North American settlements was able to climb rapidly as the production of crops increased. However‚ slavery had a negative impact on the social aspects of the settlements. It caused the establishment of a hierarchy and created a gap between different groups of people. The period of slavery began in 1619 when a Dutch ship brought twenty
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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT SPECIAL HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT Dr. S. Waymon This is a MANDATORY homework assignment that is due in class on Thursday‚ March 7th‚ 2013. (NO EXCUSES‚ NO EMAIL COPIES‚ NO LATE PAPERS) This assignment should be typed (single or double spaced) and STAPLED. UNSTAPLED COPIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. ANSWER QUESTIONS: What historical event happened in Jamestown‚ Virginia 1619? Write a brief summary about the institution of African American Slavery in America? What was the
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ultimately reflect principles of liberalism to a limited extent. A Planned Economy is founded off the belief that individual’s need economic guidance‚ instituted by the government’s decisions‚ to as a result provide for more efficient use of resources. Specifically‚ Karl Marx believed that a Capitalist system led individuals to become ultimately selfish due to an increase nature of greed‚ in which private property helped promote. Marx’s philosophy of Capitalism was supported by the drastically increasing
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