Class Discussion: Police Bruitality

In class today we discussed what we found as information toward police brutality. The class period was so short i didn't get to discuss my own information that i found(which i studies all night for 3 hours and 2 hours this morning so i was prepared to say what i had found. So, what i didn't want was to leave things unsaid. I mean, i did find information since i did study about 5 hours straight about this stuff.
What i wanted to figure out was if there is actually anything that they were tought in the academy or anything in the law that shows they cant just shoot a person for a small crime or something that says they're suppose to follow this or they were taught this. My mother joined the academy in San Jose to join the police force back when i was a lot younger, she was hired in Guadalupe when we moved to Santa Maria as a reserve officer. She still got paid for it but didn't want to let go working at Vandenberg tracking station. But anyway i came to her and told her my situation of trying to look for research, she gave me a book(the name was PC 832 concepts iv, peace officer required training) and said yes there is regulations and things the police must follow. I kept reading and reading and i found this,
Decision to use deadly force: many officers complete their entire careers without (fortunately) ever facing the need to use deadly force. However, one must be realistic and realize that such a need may  arise at any time. Therefore, if for any reason you feel that you cannot apply deadly force when necessary in the course of your sworn duty, you should not enter a branch of armed law enforcement.

Moral and psychological aspects: in the consideration of the moral aspects of the force necessary to effect and arrest, one should consider the following quote," The goof of the people is the chief law"
Many officers do not resort  to deadly force unless the suspected felon is dangerous and/or has committed a violent crime( grand theft, armed robbery). To keep things in perspective, one might properly equate the personal consequences of taking a human life against the punishment the suspect might otherwise receive when and if convicted.

Reasonable person rule: if, viewed from the standpoint of the ordinary reasonable and prudent person, such extreme fore was not reasonably  necessary and the arrest could have been accomplished  without it, the homicide is not justifiable.

Duty to public: peace officers owe a duty to the public not to violate anyone's civil rights by the use of excessive or imprudent force.

Basic Professional concepts:

Public approbation of police:the ability of the police to perform there duties is dependent upon the approval of police existence, action, behavior, and the ability of the police to secure and maintain public respect

Minimum use of force: The police should use physical force to the extent necessary to secure observance of the law or to restore order only when  the excercise of persuasion, advice, and warning is found  to be insufficient to achieve police objectives; and police should use only the reasonable amount of force which is necessary on any particular  occasion for achieving a police objective.

It is also said they can only use deadly force when they do and 'eye search' see if he has a weapon or see if a person by them is in danger. It's just all i see in this book are reasonable force. which is pointed to words and opinions that anyone can really say. was it reasonable? That is just them trying to get your perspective.

Favorite Fallacies

1. Argumentum ad ignorantiam
2. Argumentum ad misericordiam
3. Naturalistic fallacy.
4. Red herring.
5. Argumentum ad numerum

All these arguments are my favorites because i understand them very well or i do think they work at times.

The Argument Assignment.

Let me tell you a story when a argument gone wrong. I was doing my work in the computer lab, read that i had to have an argument with someone and i said why not have a little one with my bestfriend next to me. She read that i had to do this and she said ok and i said i was gonna ask her a question and go from there. Then she started reading a post about our journal topic yesturday. She laughed at it and said hey! You got some misspelling there. I immediately exited out because i got so frustrated. The last time i was with her posting to my blog she started complaing that everything on there was just cheesy and stupid. After that i just really didnt want to write anything around her because thats all she says, but anyway back to the point. I exited out very quickly and right away she said,"well why the hell did you do that!" I told her i was sick of her talking about my writing because it's disrespectful to me! I told her yes it was my assignment and all just do it at home. RIGHT THEN AND THERE IT WAS ON! Sat there the whole entire period arguing about why that was just so bad to do. I told her everytime she sees deep quotes or someones writing she thinks its just cheesy and even thinks that about songs. I MEAN WHAT! DOES SHE WANT TO LISTEN TO ALL REGGAE OR SOMETHING! Me and my bestfriend are together alot(were talking everyday for the past 8months except for a week and a couple of days inbetween but still!) so yes, we do get sick of each other at some points. I told her, what. What do you really want. She said she wants me to stop getting so frustrated with things and open up more. Now me, i have anxiety and stress problems due to past experiences. i told her that stuff is just a hard thing to change, she said not if your willing to try. I told her i have been trying, i have been more happier lately and now i just feel like i havent gotten anywhere i guess. We took a 5min break because she had to get something done. During that time i tried think what i really want her to stop doing. After the 5min she replied back and was like,"what, are you still not going to do your work?" And i told her no because i wasnt done with the conversation. She told me she was sick of me always trying to find a good time to tell her something thats important and just spit it out whenever i think about it. That usually happens right when she has to leave when shes in her car. I said well we cant do it much at your house since your parents and stiff are around and i dont think ive been doing that to much lately. And that mostely happens because i start to realize nope! Cant tell her after this! Im sad that shes leaving, oh here comes all the bad stuff! Then i started telling her that i realized today that i just dont like people telling me that im burnt half the time because that just means that there thinking im stupid. I told her look. I just have a damn hard time speaking, i always have ever since i was little(during the time i said this i was about to break down and cry because i started having anxiety). I have a hard time speaking and trying to make sense and trying not to mumble or speak jibber jabber. Sometimes ya i do feel stupid because i cant do that or sometimes i act like i just dont care when really im just trying to have fun. And have the people around me have fun with my energetic(at times) self. The bell rang right after that and the conversation stopped. And so i said what a fantastic argument!!! I got in a fight with my bestfriend( we kinda just put that to the side and just said whatever about it and just went with some friends and had fun together then hung out all day till like 10 we had some fun like we always do and laughed our ass off a shit ton of times, just filling you in). But hey we did have an argument for a whole hour and got some things out but still think that were not done with the subject. So i say thank you preston! I had my argument!(:

What Jiro Means To Me.

I finished watching to the movie Jiro Dream Of Sushi. It was about a man named Jiro who is 80 years old and was named one of the oldest person to own a 3 star  restaurant  in Japan. He was kicked out of his household at age 9, didn't know what to do. But Jiro did know he liked sushi, and he had a passion for making sushi. What Jiro did was open a sushi restaurant in a subway station. He explained in the movie that sometimes we know what were good at and its our choice to continue on with that something were good at or find something else to do. That's where we find Jiro inspirational. Jiro had nothing, sometimes at some point in your life you think you have nobody on your side and in some cases that's true. It's sad but true, some of us didn't have parents or friends by our side we just had ourselves to pull it together. Think of having to get kicked out of your house at age 9, not knowing much and not knowing where to go. All of a sudden your having to do things and figure out what's better for yourself. That's where i'm at, i do know what i wanna do but not knowing if i really will succeed. Its a scary thought and a thought i just ignore. Jiro helped me realize this feeling. Im willing to fail at what i want to do, because i know after all the pain and anxiety all go threw all still have the courage to try it again. Jiro hasn't made perfection and none of us have, really.