"We appreciate that today's LAPD is more diverse and generally more restrained than it was in the generations that gave it a reputation for violence and racial animus -- helping to plunge the city into the riots of 1992, only to suddenly go limp and let the riots spread. Today's LAPD is better at keeping public order, more effective at policing and more sensitive to the many communities it protects and serves. Still, just six months ago in MacArthur Park, it elected to broadcast dispersal orders in English only -- this, at an immigration rally -- then unleashed nonlethal projectiles and batons against a crowd that mysteriously refused to obey." ---LA Times Article
Basically, the Los Angeles Police Department is attempting to keep tabs on who they believe might be a threat to the people of L.A., trying g to look as though they are being more productive in the "war on terror." By keeping tabs on the Muslim people and communities, they are racially profiling the people of the city. They are blatantly discriminating against members of a certain race, even though they refuse to admit it.
This is outrageous. The LAPD should not have the right to stereotype and profile people as dangerous simply because of their race and/or religion. It's should not be the police department's number one priority to prevent violence they think might possibly happen, but rather to stop the violence that is happening at this very moment. They need to focus on the present rather than possible crimes in the future based on an assumption of someone's actions based on race.
Friday
"...it isn't surprising that Rudolph W. Giuliani, a self-described pro-choice candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, has been courting religious conservatives who disagree with him on legalized abortion. And it can be argued that if Christian conservatives shouldn't insist on a litmus test in evaluating Giuliani's candidacy, the former New York City mayor shouldn't insist that everyone whose endorsement he accepts agree with him 100%.That said, Giuliani's endorsement by televangelist Pat Robertson is a bizarre addition to the annals of politics making strange bedfellows" --LA Times Article
Strangely enough, Pat Robertson has endorsed Presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani's presidential campaigning although he does not agree with Giuliani's platform on legalizing abortion. Pat Robertson is probably one of the most conservative figures in politics at this time, therefore it came a shock when he publicly endorsed Giuliani, who has always been a more liberal Republican candidate.
It really makes one wonder, what in fact motivated Robertson to agree with Giuliani's presidential candidacy? For someone who is so strongly associated with conservative ideals, it is extremely out of character for him to support a candidate with extremely oppositing positions. This endorsement really illuminates the intense nature of the presidential race at this particular moment. Whether Robertson agreed to endorse Guliani for political reasons or because of other means, he agreed to support him nonetheless.
Strangely enough, Pat Robertson has endorsed Presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani's presidential campaigning although he does not agree with Giuliani's platform on legalizing abortion. Pat Robertson is probably one of the most conservative figures in politics at this time, therefore it came a shock when he publicly endorsed Giuliani, who has always been a more liberal Republican candidate.
It really makes one wonder, what in fact motivated Robertson to agree with Giuliani's presidential candidacy? For someone who is so strongly associated with conservative ideals, it is extremely out of character for him to support a candidate with extremely oppositing positions. This endorsement really illuminates the intense nature of the presidential race at this particular moment. Whether Robertson agreed to endorse Guliani for political reasons or because of other means, he agreed to support him nonetheless.
Attack on Iraq Teachers
"BAGHDAD -- Gunmen killed a schoolteacher Wednesday on her way to class in a well-to-do Baghdad neighborhood, the third attack on Iraqi educators this week." -- LA Times Article
According to recent news, a number of educators have been killed in Iraq, including a mathematics's teacher and a school principle. Obviously the death rate in Iraq has been high due to the carelessness of the black water guards and others stationed in Iraq, but if we are supposedly there to help the Iraq people build a better, more sufficient government, then we are not doing what we claimed was our goal. The teachers are the foundation of the future, preparing children for advancement in the real world. When soldiers and guards start attacking teachers it just shows how there really are no boundaries in this so called "war on terrorism."
Now I don't condone any sort of killing in Iraq, and I find it extremely interesting that there would be an article on the fact that three educators have died in the past week when hundreds are dying every week. But it is understandable that there is concern, because these deaths affect not only the families of those who died but also the children who depended on their education skills in order to become knowledgeable students.
According to recent news, a number of educators have been killed in Iraq, including a mathematics's teacher and a school principle. Obviously the death rate in Iraq has been high due to the carelessness of the black water guards and others stationed in Iraq, but if we are supposedly there to help the Iraq people build a better, more sufficient government, then we are not doing what we claimed was our goal. The teachers are the foundation of the future, preparing children for advancement in the real world. When soldiers and guards start attacking teachers it just shows how there really are no boundaries in this so called "war on terrorism."
Now I don't condone any sort of killing in Iraq, and I find it extremely interesting that there would be an article on the fact that three educators have died in the past week when hundreds are dying every week. But it is understandable that there is concern, because these deaths affect not only the families of those who died but also the children who depended on their education skills in order to become knowledgeable students.
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