Police our protecting the People by Killing those People

The blog piece I will speak about comes from the Dallas Morning News an opinion piece written by Tod Robberson on October 14, 2014 which he titles it “In black and white: New study shows racialskew in police use of lethal force.”

In this piece Robberson focuses on the actions called by American policemen with the decisions that have left death being the main choice to how to correctly respond to potential assault. The article begins with some public events that have been happening in the states like the Ferguson tragedy and the Wal-Mart accident, showing that not all that were killed were attacking our policemen. Then the article moves on to provide some the statistics provided by ProPublica. Just to share a bit of the research it showed there has been 1,217 fatal police shootings between 2010 and 2012, the ages between 15 and 19 were killed that were black. Rate showed 31.17 per million compared to the white race which was 1.47 per million. Not all officers were white some black officers. I believe that audience that Robberson is wanted to reach is mainly blacks not just teens but the parents of those teens, and not just blacks but some our other minorities. In the article I think another audience he also like catch attention of is the policemen and how their represented, being that this is officers of any race doing numbers in the murder rates. When reading the article you can say it is well articulated, research has been done and it provides plentiful information for the readers. I believe that as he targets his audiences, that the solution provided is meant to be an eye opener as well as a motivation for the readers. It was suggested that United States should review the training for our police force. Personally in school I was taught that Police are meant to serve and protect you as an American. However in reality it has shown otherwise because even if you run being in such situation, showing your back which shows no threat you can be shot, and more than once until you’re dead. The statics aligned with personal experience, and tragic stories can put truth into you knowledge.  

Towards the end of the article he shares a story of personal experience of an Afghan story that could have easily in our state turned into another murder but it was easily settled by quick thinking with a better ending. This article I believe grabs your full attention and also makes you think why it should be legal to kill because you have on the badge to do so, then having leading thoughts to if they are protecting us then who will protect us from them. The article in my opinion is informative and if you have time I recommend to go read it no matter what of ethnicity background.

New Center prompts Students to watch out for Identity theft

      I have chosen an article from The Daily Texan titled New Center for Identity should prompt students to watch out for identity theft written by Jan Ross Piedad Oct 6, 2014. This topic is closely related to every one that I sit and share a classroom with. Piedad a college student themselves is addressing who and why certain groups of people are likely to be selected for identity theft.
      According to the article college students like myself are at the greatest risk of getting there identity stolen. Many times of the day we swipe our debit card, piling up many transactions for lunch, snacks, gas, online shopping that's including buying off of our social media websites. Many of the transactions are done with out thinking twice about who all where all you personal information is going. Piedad speaks on some of the ways "skimmers" are receiving our information. It is also mentioned the things to look out for and although they put no official date they also speak of UT launching information from the center of identity there new program to encourage identity management some time this month. Piedad also gives a new site that is set to launch October 7 is called IDWise which provides protecting important personal information , which can help mainly those at risk. Piedad provided a well-round opinion piece for students and others to think about when spending money off a plastic card. With-in just moments into the article I had to think twice of what information I share on social media that includes my full name and birthday making it easier for "skimmers" . Sharing some personal experience with about how they to have experienced charges of there card that actually did not go through due not having a big enough balance. There personal experience about there account strengthen there argument showing it can happen to anyone . Then I too found myself thinking how times have I made transactions without making sure my information was secure. Overall I believe Piedad provides great information to the public to prompt students and others for identity theft. It helps spread the word so you keep your information safe.