Police have been around since laws have been established. They have the sworn duty to “protect and uphold” justice, but what happens when the term justice is taken out of context and bent to where it hardly resembles justice at all. Further more how will this corruption deceive to the younger generations views on Justice?
This image uses the illustration of a police officer wearing riot gear and holding a baton in the air as if he was preparing to swing. The image and the text correlate with each other between the image of a riot geared police officer above the text, “Too many cops Too little Justice” which hints at the fact that not all cops are just. The plain black and white colors of both the text and image provide a straightforward message, but the text progressively grows in font size from a small font on top to a larger at the bottom. This provides further emphasis that justice is not being fairly distributed and practiced by the law. The text, “Too many cops Too little Justice”, argues that even though there are so numerous cops, only a portion of the time accurate justice is served.
This can be proven through out history, where there is true justice, there is also a share of corrupt judgments.
With in this image certain rhetorical strategies are used to give a deeper description of the point that is made by the cartoon. The words play off the image by giving an example of what “Too little Justice” may take the form of; in this case it is a police officer in riot gear ready to get violent. By personifying the words with an image of violence, the simple message is brought to the viewer. When referring to the text alone a cause and effect example is brought to the reader’s attention. There are “Too many cops” that have everything under control to where they begin to have a “power trip” seeking their own justice, which refers to the term “Too little Justice”.
The Image uses its distinct layout and lack of color to emphasize logos (based on logic or reason) and the imagery of a fierce riot geared police officer to emphasize pathos (based on emotion). When referring to the logos the choice of color and layout of this cartoon gives it a serious factor. The seriousness also gives the image of the officer a sense of harshness seeing as a colorful uniform would not strike fear in the eyes of the reader. The logos also can be connected to today’s youth through their basic logic when looking at the law. This is shown through the cartoon as there being “Too Little Justice”, illustrated by the officer in riot gear, which is/should rarely be used except for intense and violent situations. But more often it is used just to keep a protesting crowd in complete control. The pathos of the cartoon reflects a sort of sadness as it is related to the lack of respect given by those who enforce the law. Police are supposed to be respectable and given the right circumstances heroes, but with more and more honorable officers displaying violence, we are only left to feel fear. This image conveys fear in its fullest. The sight of a fully dressed riot gear police officer with a baton raised is a site that most hope to never see.
Situations like these are seen by today’s youth, giving them reasons to conspire against the law and or rebel as they see that our justice system is not as truly just as it appears. With reoccurring events based towards our youth, youth crime has begun to spurt upwards deteriorating their views on how to conduct their behaviors.
The youth are becoming accustomed to “being in the wrong place at the wrong time” and suffering for others mistakes. On Wednesday, October 4, 2006 there was an incident at our very own campus in which a white male was breaking and entering into a black male student’s car. The black student was stabbed in the leg while the white male fled the scene. Upon the arrival of the Auraria Campus Police Department, the wounded black male was taken into custody as the police assumed he was the suspect mentioned by the caller. With today’s growing police force and limitless laws, one is left to think about just how far justice can be taken or lessened. Police officers are becoming less restricted and getting away with unjustifiable acts, while knowing that they can get away with it. More than often police who commit accidental killings are left uncharged and faultless, placed back on the work force and are allowed to continue their jobs.
Police run over, kill sunbather in Calif.
"Two police officers patrolling the beach in an SUV on Monday ran over and killed a sunbather, authorities said.
The officers did not immediately realize they ran over the woman and continued driving, police Cmdr. Tom Chronister said in a statement.
The officers have been placed on paid leave pending an investigation."
On August 30th, 2004…
"The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has launched a harsh crackdown against anti-Bush protesters, arresting between 1,500 and 2,000 since demonstrations against the Republican National Convention began last Friday… …cops beat teenagers, threw an elderly man to the ground and tackled women on concrete sidewalks…"
A non-violent protest turned violent after scenes such as this erupted throughout the city, and these people were coined, “New York’s Finest”, yet they displayed such actions that only add to our youth’s out look. If our youth is constantly bombarded with such acts of degenerative violence, what will our future hold?
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