Op Ed on police brutality

The op-ed "How more female police officers would help stop police brutality", by Kathrine Spillar argues that there is a easy way to lower the number of police brutality incidents and that is by simply enforcing more women as police officers. Spillar claims that women are better at handling dangerous encounters because of their superior communication skills and the way women treat their job, which is in a less authoritative way. Spillar uses previous studies to show that over the years women police officers have been involved in less police misconduct incidents because of their ability to prevent situations to escalate and thus making those situations nonviolent.

This op-ed is arguing that the only way to stop police brutality is by pushing aside traditional gender roles and letting women work on the front line. Strength and force and the qualities that make a police officer great but having the communication skills to prevent violent situations is what makes a officer a good one. Until police departments are able to ignore the old notion that women can't be effective police officers the ongoing issue of police brutality cases will go on.

                      Work Cited 

Spillar, Katherine. "How More Female Police Officers Would Help Stop Police Brutality." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 2 July 2015. Web. 28 Feb. 2016. <https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/07/02/how-more-female-police-officers-would-help-stop-police-brutality/>.

essay on Thoreau

Thoreau believes that in order to rid the world of its social problems and to be truly happy, one should rid themselves of all materialistic things and should only have with them their bare necessities. He believes that all you need is "Fuel, shelter, clothing,and fuel" (11) to live a simple and therefore a happy life. As he states in his second chapter, “Where I Lived”, Thoreau preaches simplicity and to live a spartan like life. To him living a secluded, simple life is the best possible life.

While what Thoreau is preaching could have possibly been possible in the 19th century, his ideal life is all but a pipe dream in the 21st century. In today's world it’s virtually impossible to live a simple life due to all the products a person has at their disposal. To live a life exactly how he did is impossible because consumerism has been embedded in people's brains for generations and to reverse that trend is something that can’t be done.

Others might argue that living a Thoreau style life is the best way to live but it’s very naive to think that a person could live like that in today’s time. Society has made people want the next best thing and it is as if people have become brainwashed to always pursue the newest products. As much as people would love to live a life like Thoreau, it’s something that can’t be done anymore.

Op Ed on police brutality

The op ed "Political Lies About Police Brutality" by the NewYork Times editorial board shows how mistaken some government officials are on the issue of police brutality. People such as New Jersey governor Chris Christie and director of the FBI James Comey aren't taking the Black Lives Matter movement seriously and how they are accusing either the president or the average citizen for an increase in crimes. The Times is trying to show that people in politics are trying to blame everyone except the police officers for an increase in crime and the spread of viral videos showing police officers abusing African Americans.

This op ed is trying to demonstrate that some political figures haven't accepted the fact that police brutality is a real problem and that African Americans are in fact being discriminated when they are pulled over by the police. Until the head of police departments realize that police brutality is an actual issue and that African Americans do indeed have a higher chance of being killed by a police officer, this issue will never end and the outcry from the public will just increase.

                     Work Cited

"The New York Times." Political Lies About Police Brutality. The NewYork Times, 27 Oct. 2015. Web. 07 Feb. 2016. <http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/10/27/opinion/political-lies-about-police-brutality.html?referer=>.