CRIM 2652 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Machismo, White Supremacy, Will Horton And Sonny Kiriakis
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Guest speakers: mariful alam, phd candidate, socio-legal studies program, york. Enhance accountability, make police officers think twice about their actions. Supposed to create a non-bias, neutral thing. We are not partaking in excessive force, and we are doing our job properly. In favor: stop people of changing their behaviour and making complaints that are not reported. Cops say that people tend to lie about their complaints. When there is an image in front, narration is important. Police officers say that the narrative is not clear and will be turned against them, and they think their actions are justified. 75% agree that toronto police should all wear body cameras. Most police officers like the cameras, comfortable, doing their jobs, they are the good guys. Person of colour: they are being watched thus they wont do anything, e=inherently the accountbility is present, the situation wont escalate. Small percentage of police who are not in favour.