Within policing‚ some would argue that the use of force is a necessary component for police officers as it is used as a form of self-defence to protect the officer from any danger against a potential threat. The ‘use of force’ can be justified as using “the amount of force necessary to mitigate an incident‚ make an arrest‚ or protect themselves or others from harm”. However‚ through the years it has become a controversial topic within policing’s and has resulted in many cases and allegations against
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The Cask of Amontillado illustrates Poe’s use of first–person narration‚ using an unreliable character‚ whose guilt and infrequent irrationality prevents him from revealing himself straightforwardly to the reader. He engages both verbal and melodramatic humor to indicate the darkness within the plot of the story. Poe’s criticism fails to emphasize that Fortunato and Montresor are friends”‚ (Whatley 1)‚ though it is evident as Montresor states‚ “that I encountered my friend‚ he accosted me with excessive
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Emotions can be a source of strength or weakness that can affect someone’s behaviour in their social role. In "The Use of Force"‚ written by William Carlos Williams in 1938‚ the author displays how the use of force can cause violence when emotionally involved in a particular situation. This is demonstrated through the use of the formal element of character‚ which in this story are Mathilda and the doctor. The author shows in the tale that personal impulses can intervene people to behave in a different
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Officer use of force is on the rise within the Delano Police Department (DPD). Within the last 12 months‚ the department has observed a total of 46 use of force incidents. In comparison‚ over the same previous 12 month period the department had 20 use of force incidents. This figure represents over a 120 % increase. In reviewing the use of force reports for these force incidents‚ in every incident officers either had to use physical force such as their hands‚ police batons‚ or brute force to control
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never come inside the house” (Walker‚ 1973‚1). Dee arrives in her rural childhood home proudly sporting "[Her hair] stands straight up like the wool on a sheep" afro coupled with a decked out fashionable African dress and jewelry. Not to mention‚ an irony occurred when Dee’s Muslim boyfriend greeted “Assalamualaikum” to Mama mistaken it as his name. Dee have a new persona Wangero to participate in a cultural trend of the 1970’s. Dee explain to her
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In the story “The Use of Force” by William Carlos‚ the doctor’s decision to force the examination of the child was the right decision and it was justified. From beginning there distrust of the doctor by the family this was expressed in the book as “I could see that they were all very nervous‚ eyeing me up and down distrustfully. Most children hate going to doctor. There are many children who will accept going to the doctor‚ and are okay as long as there is no pain during the visit. The child
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The Law Governing the Use of Force ASALENE TYSON Strayer University Criminal Law LEG320 Professor Scott Ciocco March 06‚ 2011 Abstract I intend to show how the 19 year old female committed the criminal act of first degree murder and how a 62 year old elderly man committed manslaughter protecting his home. The 19 year old female went out with two male friends who came back to her home and raped her. After thinking about the horrific act that happened to her‚ she decided to invite them
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Irony is a form of linguistic ambiguity achieved through textual‚ grammatical‚ and textual manipulation. Defined simply‚ irony is “the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite‚ typically for humorous or emphatic effect” (OED Online). Seeing as this is clearly a violation of Quality‚ one of Grice’s maxims‚ it can be presumed that in most cases of irony speakers tend to violate one or some of Grice’s four maxims underneath the Cooperative Principle: Quantity
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Situational Irony - There is situational irony near the end of the story. This happens when Nathan retells the story of how he saved Delia over Eunice. The reader expects Nathan to explain how he didn’t choose who he saved‚ due to the fact that it was too dark. Nonetheless‚ the reader finds out that Nathan knowingly saved Delia first‚ after identifying the fur of Eunice’s coat. This creates a plot twist‚ and increases the reader’s interest in the story‚ despite it happening in the last few lines
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the norm because she truly believes that each of the girl’s life depends on her teachings and life lessons. Primavera demonstrates irony with its failure to fulfill its primary purpose to represent goodwill as the division between the materialistic and spiritualistic side of humanity doing so with a Greek goddess who is a symbol of love‚ beauty‚ and infatuation. The irony found in Botticelli’s Primavera seems to be the novel’s foreshadowing that Miss Brodie
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