Edwing Lazaro

This semester in Writing in the Disciplines, was honestly a fun class. In other classes we do group work but here it was majority of the semester, and by working in groups, I met new people, i'm typically a shy person, keep to myself but by Dr. Kyburz recommending to come out of our comfort zone really helped me this semester. One project that really stood out to me was the Documentary Assignment, this project was very helpful because we had to analyze a film but it into chronological order, just pure facts. This will be an important skill I will need to have when I go into Law Enforcement. Dr. Kyburz stressed it very much that it is all about simple clean writing when it come to writing reports, just facts, not using language we don't need just being ourselves when we write. Also, I learned this semester that double checking everything is a very important skill to have, and to read out loud. Before I honestly would just write and turn it in i would not double check for grammar...

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/boy-donates-birthday-money-fallen-officer-miss_n_7622124.html I thought this article was very touching because it always good to hear a kid doing something very good for other especially for kids who have lost their father on the job protecting and serving other. This kid for his birthday collect 1,000 dollars and instead of spending it on himself he went out of his way to make other kids father great by donating the money he collected at his birthday. With lots of negativity about police in the past few years its very good to hear that kids are still looking up to police or wanting to help people who have law enforcement family. 

The mock interviews conducted in class, was probably one of the best projects I have witnessed in my collage career so far. At first when the assignment was introduced I was a little frighten because i had no clue how it was going to play out. In high school we did a similar project for our law class, but it was nothing compared to the one we did in college. The high school interviews went really bad because none of the students were actually trying, they did not take the roles, and basically half assed the project. While in the one we did, our classmates really put the effort in and took on the role great from, interviewers, to interviewees, they all played a great role. it was a fun cool experience. I think i found it helpful learning about the Reid technique before hand because we right away noticed Richard using that technique.

As we all know Chicago has a very high crime rate, and is very violent. Theres lots of gangs, murders, rapes, everything. a few years back, I read an article on how Chicago Police in typically "bad neighborhoods" were going to start arming very heavily with tactical vest, high power rifles, and assault weapons, it was basically going to be like the national guard. And at one point Trump said he would deploy the National Guard to the Southside of Chicago to stop the violence. In my opinion I think that it was a good thing that the Chicago Police Department are protecting themselves, and taking the appropriate measures for their safely. However, it's also sad that they have to do these things in the city because of the high crime rate. Now, deploying National Guard to the Southside is really not necessary, to me that is to extreme how are there going to be humvees patrolling the streets? what will the kids think? how can this affect them psychologically? 

Ever since I was young I knew I wanted a career in Law Enforcement, now almost being done with college I would like to either go into the United States Coast Guard, or the Marines. I want to go into one of these branches because I know with the training and experience I would get may give me a better shot into becoming a A.T. F agent. I want to go into the A.T.F (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and explosives) because these federal agency are in charge of stopping the illegal market on firearms, are in charge of stopping the sell illegal sell of alcohol, and tobacco as well of arson or and explosives. These branch is really goes under seen because many people focus on the FBI, CIA, DEA, but the ATF is also an important branch when it comes to the safety of U.S Citizens, stopping domestic terrorism.

As the days go on, more and more concept cars keep coming out, as they keep coming with new ideas on cars they seem to have weird body designs, they look very futurist. As a guy that grew up liking, working on cars the look I like classic American muscle cars, and originals Japanese tuner cars. The cars back then would run on carbureted engines and would have this deep loud, engine noise that would leave everyone stunned. Now these new natural aspirated engines in cars are so quiet, barley have any power, in order to get any sound you have to modify headers, downpipes etc. yes that can be fun but having engine that sounds nice is an awesome feeling.    One of the favorite American Muscle is the 1987 Buick Grand National GNX this car has been proven to have a ridiculous amount of horsepower right out the factory. The type of body style this car has a  "G body" but it can seriously lay down a great quarter mile time. 

The Reid Technique according to Douglas Starr is totally out of date. I agree with Starr because after reading and listening to the article Beyond Good/Bad Cop: A Look at Real Life Confessions there has been a lot of confession over the years that have been basically forced out of the suspects. The Reid Technique was challenged by a psychologist  named Salt Casein he labeled the technique as junk psychology. Casein then along with other psychologist started looking into the technique examining real life interviews and talking to people the technique. These psychologist agreed that this method was completely out dated and it was only confusing and making people feel uncomfortable.  Open ended questions according to Starr is the best way to get information from people. This technique is called PEACE (Preparation and planning, engage and explain, account, closure and evaluate). In this technique, you don't ask complicated questions, the question are simple like a conversion be...

Who is the Golden State Killer? In 1974 a man began raping, killing, burglarizing hundreds of woman, by 1987 this serial killer had nearly murdered more than 12 people, raped more than 50 woman, and over 100 burglaries in California, once these crimes had stopped the police were all over this man trying to figure out who was he, what was his M.O, who were the next targets but it all lead to dead ends. Last Week the police received tips that he living in a home and when the police went to pick him up he was in fact there but old. he is not in custody, and it was brought to light that to this day he is still a sick slob, would attended, strips clubs, get drunk. I really hope that he spends the rest if his day in prison and just like he abused lots of girls, killed lots of people I hope he gets what he deserves. To me, taking advantage of a woman is the most disgusting thing anyone could ever do people no woman should be forced into anything they are not comfortable doing, they should ...

Is the Second Amendment Necessary? Should there be tougher requirements for people acquiring guns?  What regulations should be implemented if any? Where should guns not be acceptable? Should 21 be the age to conceal and carry? Whats your opinion on being able to own a assault rife as 18 and a pistol at 21?

There has been lots of talk lately about, how guns should now be illegal and how the 2nd amendment should either be abolished, or should received. This has all started with the shooting that have happened in the past few years, and I have to say that I completely disagree with this. I understand where people are coming from in this situation, prevention of school shooting, gun violence, but not everyone is a killer, or use guns for malicious reason. Guns are a good this because in cases like school shooting, if no one is armed and the only person with the gun is the shooter how will he be stopped? If a Person for what ever reason breaks into a house and is stealing and he is armed and the home owner isn's and sees him he's not going to let him live, this is where the stand your ground rule kicks in take him out, protect the family. There has also been lots of talk about Ar-15's being weapons of mass destruction, its also not the case these guns and used in hunting. Guns are...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/19/homan-square-chicago-police-disappeared-thousands In one of my other Law Enforcement class I came across this article and it was basically Chicago Police officers in the South Side, and West Side of the city, were riding around picking up people who were potential criminals, or had information to criminal activity, and what these officers would do was they would take these people to a abandoned building where these officers had set up a torturing ring. The main objective if this facility was to bring people in, beat them, starve them, until they would give up dealers, meetings, gang members. Some people would even be tied to a cage and they would be forced to pee and poop on themselves. What these officer were doing was a horrendous things because it is not only a violation of their 8th amendment, but these people were basically kidnapped, forced into things they probably did not do, and made them snitches. 

There were two specific scenes that triggered me the most because to me family is everything and I feel as if family is one thing no one messes with. Now, the first scene that triggered me was when the Auto Defensas group were patrolling the streets of the town Nueva Italia, and as they were riding around town they were being shot at. As they moved into the location where they presumably thought the cartel members were shooting from they received a call saying they were in a white Volkswagen Jetta and in a white truck. When they received the description of the vehicles, the Auto Defensas saw a similar make and model and approached it and made the people get out at gun point. As they pointed the guns and the people in the vehicle got out it was two females and male and a little girl. The male was the father along with the wife and mom of the father and the little girl. The little girl was hysterically crying saying that she was going to kill herself if anything happen...

http://wgntv.com/2018/04/02/2-men-suing-chicago-police-detectives-over-wrongful-convictions/ Talking a lot about wrongful convictions in class. coercion by higher authority, I found this article that talked about how a Chicago Police Detective for many years would target latino men from the Humboldt Park area and  would frame these innocent men for murders they did not commit. One of the men was in prison for 25 years and the other was in prison for 27. In my opinion, spending almost a fourth of your life in prison for a crime you did not commit is absolutely absurd. These two men are now suing the department. In the article they mentioned that the detective would manipulate witness and would psychologically, and physically coerce these men into confessing. This reminds me of the Reid Technique, but in a more realistic way because this detective made these men get potential death penalties, if they would've stayed in prison.