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Daija Walker
Ms. Connie Douglas
ENG 112.56

Multi-genre Project
Group 1 Print Media
*Headlines/Front Page
Group 2 Visual with Words
*Bumper sticker
*PowerPoint
Group 3 Visual Display
*Map
Group 4 Informational
*Police Report
Group 6 Structured
*Descriptive writing

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Daija Walker
Ms. Connie Douglas
Eng.112.56
4 November 2016

Dear Readers,
I am ecstatic to share the amazing work that Ive created for my multi-genre project. Police
Brutality has been a thing for decades now and still current in today society. Its normal for people to die
every day but what is not normal is people dying due to law enforcement. Law enforcement was put in
place to help, protect, and to watch the community, therefore we should not fear law enforcement. Sadly
thats not the case, because of technology social media has brought police brutality to light. My project is
on police brutality, it shows that it is current, and that it is real. I decided to do police brutality, because I
am always hearing about innocent people being wrongly accused which later leads to their death. Also, I
feel like a lot of the violence with the police officers today are starting to get closer and closer to home.
Its super sad hearing that a man was shot and killed ten minutes away from your house because of a
misperception, or that a death man was shot and killed by a state trooper, later finding out that he was
death, even closer, five minutes from my house. Its scary that you have to watch your back when you
see a police officer. Its sad that people have to fear approaching police officers/members of law
enforcement when there sworn duties is to protect the community. I want to help share awareness and
inform people about whats going on in our community. Police brutality must stop and it isnt going to
happen overnight, but people as a community need to come together to fight for a good cause and
maybe this is a start for me.
Sincerely,
Daija Walker

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Charlotte News Outlet

Whats going on in Charlotte today?

$1.50
Friday, May 30, 2014

Pat McCrory State

of Emergency

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Mecklenburg police district is deciding
if they are going to seek charges on
the police officer who shot Scott. The
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family waits anxiously for the autopsy
DAIJA - The shooting death of Keith report to come back. Pg.5
Lamont Scott, last Thursday afternoon,
sparked outrageous tension in the
Peaceful protesting as come to
community. Many people filled the two
an end
lane street creating blockades for
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incoming and outgoing traffic. The
DAIJA The fatal shooting of Keith
entire neighborhood was in such a
Lamont Scott has created many days
rage, and it spiraled out of control
of protest, which started out peaceful.
shortly after when 4-5 police cars
arrived to calm the large crowd. Keiths An enormous amount of people filled
family refuses to talk to the media about the uptown streets mid-afternoon, with
posters and shirts requesting justice in
the incident, their only words were
society. Many people dressed in black,
why?.
and walked in large crowd, boycotting
big businesses.
About 9 oclock, the crowd got very
aggressive. A protest that was once on
the sidewalk had now shifted into the
street, causing traffic and blockades.
The swat team confronted the large
crowd, which now turned into a huge
riot. People vandalized businesses;
breaking glass, stealing, and setting
things on fire. Pg.12

Controversy over Keith

Lamont Scott death

The riot went as far as vandalizing and destroying

the police car.

The pretty site of uptown Charlotte was being destroyed.

(Photo: second column at the bottom)

Pat McCrory calls for a State of

Emergency
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DAIJA - Gov. Pat McCrory declares
a state of emergency in North Carolina
after one man was left on life support
due to violent protest in uptown
Charlotte last night. McCrory said that
he would be deploying the national
guard and highway patrol to Charlotte.
"We cannot tolerate violence. We
cannot tolerate the destruction on
property and will not tolerate the
attacks against out police officers that
is occurring right not" (McCrory.
Myfox8).
Witnesses that came out and
attended protest early that evening said
that it was completely peaceful, but it
shifted to being more violent
throughout the night. Pg. 20

Bumper sticker bringing awareness to Police Brutality

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OFFENSE/INCIDENT REPORT

1. TYPE

INSTRUCTIONS ARE PRINTED SEPARATELY. IF ADDITIONAL SPACE

IS NEEDED, USE REVERSE OF FORM; IDENTIFY ITEMS.
2. CODE NO.

2a. SORT

0456

6. ADDRESS

N/A

1001 JOHN MAIN AVE

7. NAME OF AGENCY/BUREAU

8. AGENCY/BUREAU CODE

CMPD

9. SPECIFIC LOCATION

704

11a. DATE OF OFFENSE/INCIDENT

11a. TIME OF OFFENSE/INCIDENT

12. DAY

16. NO. OF DEMONSTRATORS

CONCURRENT

PARTIAL

PROPRIETARY

ID CODE
(a)

704

13a. DATE REPORTED

13b. TIME REPORTED

Monday 10/07/2016

15. JURISDICTION (X)

EXCLUSIVE

10. LOCATION CODE

1001 JOHN MAIN AVE

8:49 PM

INVOLVEDPERSONS18.

c. SUPPLEMENT
OR FOLLOWUP

4. CASE CONTROL NUMBER

MISCONDUCT/RESISTING ARREST

5. BUILDING NUMBER

8:30 PM
17. NO. EVACUATED
0

NAME AND ADDRESS

(b)

AGE SEX
(c)
(d)

Last Name, First, Middle Initial

Lamont, James, Saturday

36

456

RACE
(e)

African
3021
American

2004

TOYOTA

d. MODEL
YEAR

e. COLOR (Top/Bottom)

CAMRY GREY
STATE TAG NO.

704-0001223

TINTED WINDOWS

h. VIN

i. VALUE

4S4545640CS540

$1,500

a. NAME OF ITEM

b. QUANTITY

c. OWNERSHIP

N/A

N/A

e. SERIAL NO.

f. COLOR

g. MODEL

N/A

N/A

N/A

YES PERSONAL
RECOVERED

h. VALUE
N/A

GOVT

PERSONAL

d. BRAND NAME

N/A

i. UNUSUAL OR UNIQUE FEATURES

N/A

j. PROPERTY WAS
SECURRED

HOME

f. IDENTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS

C56-555

VANDALIZED

TELEPHONE
(g)

n/a

c. MAKE

2004 NC

GOVT

9:30PM

BUSINESS

b. YEAR

g. REGISTRATION

SUSPECT

b. TIME END

INJURY CODE
(f)

243 Apple Tree Ln, Charlotte Nc

STOLEN

14. DAY

Monday
a. TIME START
8:49 PM

Number, Street, Apt. No., City and State

a. STATUS
`1Q2

b. CONTINUATION
??

3. TYPE OF OFFENSE OR INCIDENT

5640550

TAKENITEMS20.

YES a. ORIGINAL

k. STATUS OF PROPERTY
UNSECURED

RECOVERED

MISSING

PARTIAL RECOVERY

VALUE RECOVERED
N/A

21. NARRATIVE (If additional space is needed, use blank sheet and attach.)

I was driving around on patrol as normal. I spotted an African American middle age man in front of
GROCERY INN store half naked yelling into a camera. I pulled over to see what was going on. He
ignored me and continued to make the video. I immediately got into defense mode. I got out of the car,
told him to put his clothes back on, attempted to pat him down. As I attempted to pat him down and
search him he jerk away. This is when I took the right actions and threw him on the floor, and requested
for him to stop fighting back. We were on the ground tusseling for several minutes when I thought I
seen him reach for something, so I tased him in the back.

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Daija Walker
Ms. Connie Douglas
ENG112.56
29, November, 2016
Police Brutality in America
For over two decades, people have rioted and protested against police brutality.
Excessive use of force by police officers is frequently seen in the news. Some think
excessive force is necessary to deter crimes, yet this is typically not the reason for
brutality.
Police brutality in America is seen as a serious offence, which is investigated by
independent parties. However, there are many complaints that are not investigated.
Research articles suggest that this is because by law police have the authority to use force,
even legal force, when necessary (Chevigny, 1995). This means that when a complaint is
presented without video evidence or multiple eye witnesses, many detectives feel that
conducting an investigation would be a waste of time because nothing could be proven.
When claims of police brutality are confirmed, they are typically due to one of three
problem areas: sociological, organizational, or psychological. In the case of sociological
problems, an officer will use excessive force due to the victims social status. He or she
believes that, just because a person is a lower social status than his or her accuser, then he
has to be guilty and deserves brutality (Geller et. al, Police violence: understanding and
controlling police abuse of force). The next cause is psychological. Studies have found that
police officers who have not developed their psychological maturity and skills through

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extensive education tend to engage in physical contact instead of using words to diffuse
situations (Chevigny, 1995). The result is that they are typically more aggressive, more
likely to use deadly force, and more likely to take actions, which meets the definition of
excessive force than their colleagues with more education (Geller et. al, Police violence:
understanding and controlling police abuse of force). Although, some suggest that
psychological development can be achieved by experience and some more experienced
law enforcement officers show the same aversion to brutality as less experience, but more
experienced officers. The last cause is organizational. This occurs most commonly when an
organization promotes either an us against them model or a philosophy that fosters
aggressiveness.
The statistics for police brutality are striking. In 2010, approximately 4,861 cases of
police brutality were reported, which involved a total of 6,613 officers and 6,626 victims,
with 247 fatalities (Packman, 2010 NPMSRP Police Misconduct Statistical Report). After
over $346,212,800 in court costs, approximately 235 of these cases resulted in a judgment
that police brutality occurred (Packman, 2010 NPMSRP Police Misconduct Statistical
Report). The number of cases has increased exponentially each year from 2010 to 2015,
which seems to contract the argument that excessive use of force leads to reductions in
crime rates (Packman, 2010 NPMSRP Police Misconduct Statistical Report). Furthermore,
the two areas known for the highest amount of police brutality, Los Angeles in California
and New Orleans in Louisiana are also states that have experienced some of the lowest
decreases in crimes over the past five years.
Police brutality is a major issue across the United States. Some consider it a
necessary evil in order to decrease crime rates. However, it appears to be more due to
psychological, sociological, and organizational paradigms than crime rates.

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Works Cited
Chevigny, Paul. Edge of the knife: police violence in the Americas. New York: New Press,
1995. Print.
Http://www.facebook.com/fox8news. "Gov. McCrory Declares State of Emergency after
Violent Protests in Charlotte." Myfox8.com. N.p., 22 Sept. 2016. Web. 15 Nov. 2016.
@google. "Google Drive - Cloud Storage & File Backup for Photos, Docs & More." Google
Drive - Cloud Storage & File Backup for Photos, Docs & More. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Nov.
2016.
Geller, William A., and Hans Toch. Police violence: understanding and controlling police
abuse of force. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1996. Print.
Graphicsland. "Custom Stickers by Category." Browse Templates & Customize a Bumper
Sticker | MakeStickers.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Nov. 2016.
McLaughlin , Tom. Tom McLaughlin." : Mainstream Media Racism.
http://tommclaughlin.blogspot.com/2012/06/mainstream-media-racism.html?m=1.
Accessed 29, November 2016.

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Packman, David. "2015 NPMSRP National Police Misconduct Statistical Report."
PoliceMisconductnet. http://www.policemisconduct.net/2015-q2-npmsrp-nationalpolice-misconduct-statistical-report/. Accessed 29, November 2016

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Daija Walker
Ms. Connie Douglas
ENG.112.56

Rationales
Group 1 Print media
My print media was headline/front page, selecting this would bring awareness to the community.
Lots of people pick up news articles ant there everywhere; at gas stations, outside of businesses,
grocery stores, etc. I can see this article being read in places of business; when females go to the hair
salon and they have to wait theres magazines and news articles to occupy their mind, some families get
newspapers sent to their house, the audience is mid-age to older age people in the community because
teenagers are not going to pick up a newspaper and just read through it to read, if so its very rare. The
newspaper ad could also play hand-in-hand with the map I created from group 3.

Group 2 Visual with Words

I did two pieces from this group, PowerPoint and a bumper sticker. The first piece I did was a
bumper sticker, by creating a bumper sticker this message would go everywhere. Everyone would see it,
it would be something that you cant just miss. The bumper sticker provides statistics and a catchy
phrase, which could open up the eyes of certain people that might be blind to the activity going on in the
society. I did a PowerPoint to be informative, to give a quick overview of police brutality. This PowerPoint
would target kids in school, by reaching this younger audience it would allow them to not be blind to the
thing happing around them. Kids would be aware and know how to go about the situation or could even
provide information about it which could be passed on and then that could be passed on and so on.

Group 3 Visual Display

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I did a map, and when I was creating the map I thought that it would be pretty cool for it to
actually be on like a build board somewhere. The map demonstrates the areas that are mostly affected
by police brutality. It also provides a statistic so with the map and the statistic I was hoping it would urge
people in the community to get up and do something about it, if not its there for people to see.

Group 4 Informational
I did a police report thinking that it was going to be super easy, but that was so not the case. The
police report shows a cop perspective on incidents. It shows how their perception could be a bit different
about things. I believe it would just show the police side of incidents and how they first attempt to be nice
and go about things respectfully until they feel disrespectful.

Group 6 Structure
For structured I did descriptive writing, I did descriptive writing because I didnt want to do a report
I felt that it didnt fit with what I was discussing. I couldve did persuasive but I didnt want to be bias, I
wanted to give a handful of information to just put it out there. This is also why I didnt decide to critical
analysis I didnt want to have a certain perspective on it. I think that police brutality is happening but you
cant make someone go out and create change. I want everyone to know that its current man, and I
wanted to just keep informing people with real situations and statistics.

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Daija Walker
Ms. Connie Douglas
ENG.112.56

To whom it may concern,

I finish off my project with saying that I think that Ive aced each concept. I really enjoyed doing
the multi-genre project, it was completely different. I enjoyed it most because it wasnt just another
paper, it was several elements to it making it very creative. I think exploring the issue through this project
affected my research and that I was coming up with approaches on how I wanted to constructed certain
things that I wouldve have never done in real life. An example would be the headlines/front page, I
created the different articles and the headline, but I never thought about how if its not really appealing to
then you wont have an audience. Ive learned that there are several different approaches to handling
out information and tons of information on police brutality. I feel like I was most successful in my
headlines/front page article because I had things that happened currently that I could discuss and talk
about without it being a big issue with me having to go on the internet and search about certain things to
include. I also felt that I was successful in my descriptive writing, I think that its very straight to the point,
and hopefully its one of the best ones that I have done thus far. I struggle tremendously with the police
report, coming up with an incident was really hard, and there were so many different parts to the police
report, it was long I really had to sit and think about it. If I was to redo it, I would maybe allowed to do
several things from the same group. I really enjoyed the project it was a great way to wrap up the class.

Sincerely,
Daija walker