Cuddy, A. (2020). George Floyd: Five pieces of context to understand the protests. BBC News, Web.
The article reproduces a brief description of the George Floyd case and elements in the context of understanding the protests that followed it. George Floyd, 46, was arrested May 25 in Minneapolis on charges of using counterfeit money to buy a pack of cigarettes. He died after being strangled by a white police officer for nearly 9 minutes, while Floyd was pleading that he could not breathe. The policeman, 44-year-old Derek Choven, was charged with murder and fired from the police station. Cuddy (2020) identifies the problem of police violence and an unfair justice system among the elements in the context of understanding the followed protests. The author leads many high-profile cases in which African Americans were killed by US law enforcement officials who were not found guilty of a felony.
This piece is useful as one of the sources for understanding and further investigating the problem of the inequity of the criminal justice system. The author gives statistics to support that white Americans’ experience is different from African Americans’ practice when it comes to order and law. The article quotes former US President Barack Obama that the protests over Floyd’s death represent a legitimate and genuine disappointment over years of failure to reform the criminal justice system and police practice.
George Floyd: 10 things that have changed since his death (2020). BBC News, Web.
This article describes who and how the George Floyd case affected. In particular, it has had an effect on almost all the inhabitants of the world. In addition to the fact that demonstrations of the Black Lives Matter movement took place in all states of the United States, they also passed in cities of 50 countries. It even led to riots and the fact that people demolished statues and monuments to people in any way associated with slavery in the UK and the United States. The article reveals that many of the world’s largest brands have announced their support for the Black Lives Matter movement. At the same time, other companies and people have faced criticism. The case also affected the police department, which banned chokeholds and neck braces, and police raids known as restraining orders. Apart from it, the authors describe other influences on modern society.
This article will help in exploring who affects the George Floyd case. It describes in detail all the changes that have occurred in the world since his assassination. An increased number of people are talking about discrimination and everyday racism they face. The article reveals that an entire society is becoming racially sensitive: inappropriate characters are removed from films and TV shows, and streets are renamed in honor of the Black Lives Matter movement. At the same time, those who make a mistake in the slightest way in this matter are criticized.
Kwan, J. (2020). Killed by the police: The illegitimacy of the United States and the legitimacy of protests. Santa Clara University, Web.
The article describes Kwan’s view that the deaths of George Floyd, Tony McDade, and Breonna Taylor are the latest examples of state-sanctioned police brutality against African Americans. Kwan (2020) also considers this issue in the ethical context of the difference between the values of legality and fairness. The author gives an example of what would happen if the tax system were moderately fair and concludes that the former makes special and weaker requirements than the latter. However, he proposes the thesis that the protection of human rights, such as the right to life, is the minimum necessary for both legality and justice. The author speaks of the structural, institutionalized racism ingrained in the United States police force and, more broadly, in its criminal justice system.
This article is useful for exploring the inequity of the criminal justice system problem by addressing issues of equality of law and justice. It helps to understand ethical considerations to support the decision that George Floyd’s killer was punished. Kwan (2020) describes the severe and underestimated consequences of the United States’ illegality, among which he distinguishes protests, riots, and looting. This article characterizes a significant part of the ethical force behind the George Floyd protests, which consist of a rethinking society without injustice that has been taken for too long.
Madubuko, O. P., Allison, B. E., & Sneed, I. L. (2020). New York State police and criminal justice reforms enacted following George Floyd’s death. The National Law Review, X(176), 1-5. Web.
Madubuko et al. (2020) present the impact of George Floyd’s death in legislative reform around issues of criminal justice, police brutality, race relations, and social equity in the United States. In particular, the authors provide a brief overview of 12 bills, 10 of which were passed by two houses and were signed by Governor Cuomo. In addition, they describe an Executive Order that was consistent with the police reform package, and a separate order that recognized June 19 as a public holiday. Their provisions include the repeal of the section of the Civil Rights Law, according to which police officers’ personal records are unverified and confidential. Moreover, it changes the qualification of aggravated strangulation as a class C felony. It provides civil penalties when any person who intentionally calls the police for no reason due to perceptions or beliefs regarding race, origin, gender, religious practice. In addition, the Office of Special Investigations must issue a public report on each incident. The piece includes apart from it, the other statutory provisions.
This article serves as a splendid guide for researchers of the criminal justice system problem and how it affects police officers and citizens. The authors provide a concise and straightforward overview of New York State decrees and laws regarding legislative reform on criminal justice, police brutality, race, and social justice. This piece gives essential information for those interested in the George Floyd case’s outcome in terms of the legislative changes that followed it.
Tyler, R., & Luban, S. A., Q&A with Driscoll, S. (2020). Police use of force, training, and a way forward after the death of George Floyd. Stanford Law School, Web.
In this article, Tyler and Luban (2020) discuss in detail the Floyd case, in particular, the indictment of Derek Chauvin, and the ways it relates to training police officers. In addition, the authors propose solutions for further development. They highlight a severe flaw in officers’ training, expressed in philosophy, according to which the necessary degree of use of force is the amount of effort to force the subject to obey. They also describe another important risk that the police have the right to use power to punish a person for resistance. Tyler and Luben (2020) propose, as a further solution, the elimination of biased officials. The article provides statistics confirming police action’s excessive speed against African Americans and the racially imbalanced police force.
This article provides the ways in which the Floyd case concerns police officers. The authors propose to change the philosophy of the necessary degree of use of force. In addition, they support the need to increase police departments’ transparency, and unions and transfer control to an independent civilian object for better governance. Police authorities and local district attorneys have conflicts of interest that prevent them from conducting fair inquiries and punishing their employees.