Essay with Rough Draft

Mahdi Pournazari

11/14/20

Henry, Jessica S. "Police Brutality." Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Social Issues, edited by Michael Shally-Jensen, vol. 2: Criminal Justice, ABC-CLIO, 2011, pp. 586-592. Gale eBooks. Accessed 14 Nov. 2020.

Jessica Henry is a professor in the Department of Justice Studies at Montclair State University, and she served as a public defender for about a decade. Her goal in her book is to teach about social injustices and to teach law. She uses past experiences and history to inform society of police brutality towards the Black community. Henry claims that the continuous acts of police brutality is what causes riots and much of the hate between the Black community and the Police.

"Los Angeles 1992 Riots." Government, Politics, and Protest: Essential Primary Sources, edited by K. Lee Lerner, et al., Gale, 2006, pp. 103-107. Gale eBooks. Accessed 14 Nov. 2020.

The author, Alistair Cooke, was a very well-known American writer and journalist. Cooke documented much of the 1992 Los Angeles riots and discusses all the events that led up to the riots and the significance of the riots. Cooke explains that because of the riots, racial discrimination has been highlighted in the United States. His purpose and audience are people who aren’t informed of all the racial discrimination which leads to police brutality. This source is a key source for my essay because it has crucial information for my paragraph about police brutality and reasons why people riot.

Harris, Lasana, and Daniel Cossins. “The Roots of Racism.” New Scientist, vol. 247, no. 3297, Aug. 2020, pp. 43–45. EBSCOhost. Accessed 14 Nov. 2020.

Lasana Harris and Daniel Cossins both study the sciences behind racism and where it comes from and how we can end it. Their social experiments and studies can be a key part as my essay as they agree a very effective way to solve racism is love. They also discuss racism as a whole and have very good statistics and interesting facts. Cossins and Harris’s studies have been proven and have very similar information as my other sources.

VERBRUGGEN, ROBERT. “The Path to Better Policing.” National Review, vol. 72, no. 12, July 2020, pp. 15–17. EBSCOhost. Accessed 14 Nov. 2020.

This article was written very recently and this suggests that racism has not improved and still exists today. Verbruggen article was written after George Floyd’s death and all the Los Angeles riots and he argues different ways of policing. He states that the Police Department needs a change. More consequences and better training. Although, Verbruggen does know the importance of police in our communities, he knows that there needs to be change. This information will fit right into my police paragraph.

Glaude, Eddie S., Jr. “We Cannot Wait for White America to End Racism.” TIME Magazine, vol. 195, no. 22, June 2020, pp. 24–25. EBSCOhost. Accessed 14 Nov. 2020.

Glaude teaches African American Studies at Princeton University and is also a well-known writer for Time Magazine. He has experience as a African American and as a professor who teaches African American Studies and he states that there has been countless deaths like George Floyd, and the Black community cannot just wait for change. They need to start making the change happen by themselves. Glaude’s information has been seen throughout many different sources and is reliable. His idea of change is a very relevant concept today and was relevant in the 90s as well.