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Atlanta, police department sued
Atlanta, police department sued over raid at gay bar
by Greg Bluestein
Associated Press Writer Cherokee Tribune
ATLANTA - A national gay rights group filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the city of Atlanta and the Atlanta Police Department on behalf of 19 people who say they were illegally searched and detained during a late-night raid on a crowded gay bar.
The lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal and other groups contends that the police department backed an illegal policy of searching and detaining every patron of the Atlanta Eagle... read full review »
Mother nature sends a message to Norcross Police Department
NORCROSS, Ga. -- All telephones and radio systems at the Norcross Police Department were temporarily incapacitated by a power outage on Sunday, Norcross police said.
Norcross police issued an alert just before 4 p.m.
Residents were encouraged to call 911 for assistance while the power was down. The Gwinnett County Police Department was relaying information to Norcross personnel, Norcross police Capt. Brian Harr said.
All systems within the Norcross Police Department were restored at about 4:30 p.m., including phones and power... read full review »
Police Department (Not above the law)
Sara Dozier, the niece of a 92-year-old woman who was killed in an Atlanta police raid three years ago, has filed a motion asking a federal judge to sanction the city of Atlanta for withholding documents in a wrongful death lawsuit, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
“Such evasion and misconduct makes a mockery of the truth-finding process that is at the heart of the judicial system and must be severely punished, ” the motion stated.
Sergeant Lisa Keyes, Atlanta Police Department spokeswoman, deferred comment... read full review »
Norcross Police Department (Examining the impact of media consumption)
The media portrayal of policing is juxtaposed with both positive and negative representations. As a result, a complex relationship exists between media consumption and public attitudes towards the police. The purpose of this study was to test the impact that media consumption had on attitudes toward police misconduct and discrimination. The findings revealed that heavy consumers of network news were more likely to believe that police misconduct was a frequent event. This was especially true for minority respondents. Similarly, minority... read full review »
Norcross Police Department (Need leadership change)
Legislative control
Legislators could reevaluate laws that create the potential for corruption. Such a reassessment would be based on the recognition that a major portion of police corruption is an outgrowth of laws that criminalize drug use, prostitution, and gambling. Any serious attempt to fight police corruption must wrestle with the decriminalization issue. Decriminalization involves removing the criminal label from victimless crimes by legalizing and regulating them. Decriminalization would contribute significantly to improving the... read full review »
Norcross Police Department (Keeping a close eye)
Rooting out police corruption
When police controls break down and a scandal occurs, special investigating commissions can mobilize public opinion and rally public support for anticorruption and antiviolence reforms. Commissions get information from the police department, pinpoint where the internal controls of the police have failed, and recommend changes in policy. The problem with these commissions is that they usually disappear after finishing their reports. Paul Chevigny asserts that continuing independent auditors would be more... read full review »
Norcross Police Department (The public is watching)
Police Corruption
Police corruption is the misuse of police authority for personal gain. Examples include extortion (for example, demanding money for not writing traffic tickets) and bribery (for example, accepting money in exchange for not enforcing the law).
The costs of police corruption
Police corruption carries high costs. First, a corrupt act is a crime. Second, police corruption detracts from the integrity of the police and tarnishes the public image of law enforcement. Third, corruption protects other criminal activity such... read full review »
How the Media Work
How the Media Work
In the United States, the media are large businesses that are privately owned. Some television stations and newspapers
(particularly smaller ones) are owned locally by families or by groups of investors. Many of the biggest stations and
newspapers, however, are owned by large media corporations, which in turn, are often subsidiaries of enormous
conglomerates.
The concentration of ownership has been increasing. In 1981, 46 corporations controlled more than half the circulation and
revenues of daily... read full review »
Effects of the Media on Politics
Effects of the Media on Politics
Scholars once believed that the mass media have only a minimal effect on politics, but that view is now discredited. The media do make a difference. They have an impact on public opinion and on policymaking in a number of different ways.
Several studies, for example, have demonstrated that the media play an important role in setting the policy agenda. The topics that get the most coverage in the media are the same ones that most people say are the "most important problems" facing the country... read full review »
veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Reuters reports that 20% of the homeless in the United States are veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Homelessness in the United States increased significantly in the late 1970s and became an important political topic.[1] The number of homeless people further grew in the 1980s, as housing and social service cuts increased and the economy deteriorated. The United States government determined that somewhere between 200, 000 and 500, 000 Americans were then homeless.[2] The number of homeless is reported to have risen since that... read full review »
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