Living in a world of uncertainty law enforcement officials must be equipped with necessary tools to protect themselves and those around them. Behavior and body language speak a universal language understood by almost anyone. If an individual is suspicious chances are that their behavior will show it in many forms such as heavy sweating‚ and/or no eye contact when spoken too. However‚ racial and/or criminal profiling isn’t always exactly fair to the individuals under suspicion however if conducted
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Rebellion Against the British In the 1700s there was growing anger with the British because of the taxes being raised. They passed acts that included the Currency Act and the Stamp Act. The colonists were justified in rebelling against the British government because the colonies had multiple problems with the British rule. The colonies believed that the government was taxing them unfairly and they didn’t like the fact that one family was running the government‚ and the government was not giving them
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The Chinese Civil War was one of the most turbulent‚ chaotic‚ and effective series of events during the Cold War Era. It is difficult to conceive of any fashion in which the under-equipped CPC forces would be able to match and eventually overcome a powerful political regime with support vast support from the United States. However‚ even with limited aid from their Soviet allies‚ Mao was able to pull the marginalized‚ the poor‚ and the oppressed together to strengthen the communist cause. Although
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ultimately lead to dissension. Throughout the course of this paper‚ I hope to explain the reasoning behind the dissension between Sparta and Athens‚ made war between these former allies inevitable. Whenever there is an argument or war there is always differences between both parties involved. In order to understand the causes of the Peloponnesian War‚ we must look at their differences. One of the main differences that the Athenians and the
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The war in Vietnam and the war in Iraq differ in many ways such as; the reason for war‚ US support‚ the cost‚ number of deaths‚ and the time and place. In this essay I am going to compare the Vietnam War with the war in Iraq describing three ways in which the war in Vietnam differs from the war in Iraq. Three ways the two wars differ are the reason for war‚ number of deaths‚ and the cost. The Vietnam War was a war over communism that started in 1950‚ when Ho Chi Minh‚ the national leader of
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“Teens against Hitler” by Lauren Tarshis describes the challenges that Bn and his family had to endure. A Jewish family getting crammed in the ghetto. Ben wanted to escape‚ So he did. He joined up with the partisans. But he had to learn survival skills. So he earned the trust of the best fighters. After being defeated in World War 1‚ all of Germany was tired. But Hitler believed that they lost because of the Jews. “These words fanned the flames of centuries old bigotry against Jewish
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intervention has catapulted a huge moral dilemma into the international realm. Humanitarian intervention has turned into a constant tug of war between the preservation of state sovereignty or enforcing global peace and security. United Nations Secretary-General‚ Kofi Annan stated‚ “Surely no legal principal – not even sovereignty – can ever shield crimes against humanity.” When combined with the dilemma of whether to utilize military forces‚ humanitarian intervention becomes even more perplexing.
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consider to be the most controversial war in American history. Compared to St. Augustine’s Just War Theory‚ Americans have the right to question the purpose and intention of the Vietnam War. Jus ad bellum discusses the conditions under which a country is required to state before they are allowed the right to warfare. According to St. Augustine‚ a war must be declared by the political authority of a certain political system. The United States never declared war on the North Vietnamese or the Chinese
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the idea of freedom and liberty to all but has change into racism. Now‚ racism against African Americans in America has been a huge problem in the south. Slavery in the United States began soon after English colonists first settled Virginia and lasted until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1865. The 19th century saw a hardening of institutionalized racism and legal discrimination against citizens of African descent in the United States. Although technically able to
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the government did not condone (Haiman). Although censorship began in Ancient Athens‚ it still exist today‚ partially in schools. Students have First Amendment Rights in public schools‚ but those rights are limited. There are many reasons for and against censorship. Advocates for censorship censor text especially school text or books‚ often because school officials are trying to keep students from developing “Subverse values” (Haiman). In other words they are afraid the ideas in the book will make
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