Specifically Michael Brelo, one of the Cleveland officers involved in this cruel shooting, fired 49 rounds after he had climbed onto the hood of the car Russell was driving. ... The dilemma in communication he faced was to stop driving and let his identity be unmasked or speed away and have their criminal activities not discovered by the cops. ... His acquittal of manslaughter led to intense debate in the nation over how police officers use excessive force especially when dealing with black civilians. ...

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Some locals aren't waiting: The 5,500-resident town of Jordan, Minnesota, has moved its entire eight-officer police force into schools." Society is looking for a solution to cope with all the deadly school shootings, but is investing all this money to put police force in schools really the answer. ... Teske credits the protocol with improving relationships between students and police, and driving down juvenile felonies by 51 percent and increasing graduation rates by 24 percent....

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Today, there are 83 juvenile offenders, people who have committed crimes when they were of 17 years of age of younger, on death row (Death Penalty Information Center). They are all male. Most are black and Latin and the rest are white. Most have committed heinous crimes such as murder, rape, or othe...

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" "A greater tendency to suspect Maori of an offence was reported by about a third and nearly half reported that police officers generally were more likely to query vehicle registration when a Maori was seen driving a 'flash' car" (Gabrielle Maxwell, 1998). ...

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