Write one page or more response essay by addressing these following questions:

1.What is Bower's argument for why we should demand compassionate policing?

2. What does he insist is our right when dealing with police officers?

3. What is your perspective that police should be held accountable and transparent for using unreasonable force like the choke hold or fatally shooting a suspected criminal?

4. Do you believe in defunding the police (taking some of the money from the police department and using it to provide much needed social services and drug counseling centers in the community, etc.)?

5. Do you feel that the police department have been unfairly blamed and should be praised instead for keeping the community safe from crime?

6. How do you feel about the Black Lives Matter Movement to end systemic racism?

7. What compromise do you propose to bring the police department and the protesters together to develop some solutions to the recent racial unrest?

Incorporate at least 1 or 2 quotes with properly formatted in-text citations from the story to support your points.
 
 

The Case for Compassionate Policing 75 The Case for Compassionate Policing Josh Bowers Josh Bowers is an associate professor of law at the University of Virginia School of Law. He serves as the codirector of the Program in Law and Public Service. Before You Read How do you perceive the police in your community? Does everyone respond as you do? How and why might people have different reactions? Words to Learn comparatively (para. 1): seeming to be something when compared with others (adverb) candid (para. 1): honest; sincere (adjective) cultivate (para. 1): to grow or raise (verb) empathy (para. 1): the feeling of understanding and sharing another per- son's emotions and experiences (noun) implicit (para. 2): understood without being directly stated (adjective) trite (para. 4): not original (adjective) touchstone (para. 4): a fundamental part or feature (noun) counterproductive (para. 5): not helpful (adjective) onus (para. 5): responsibility (noun) devolve (para. 7): to decline (verb) chaos (para. 7): a state of complete disorder (noun) exacerbated (para. 7): to make worse (verb) optimal (para. 7): best or most effective (adjective) gratuitous (para. 8); unnecessary (adjective) I write this on New Year's Eve, as I try to discover a silver lining to 2014's darkest clouds. In Staten Island, Ferguson and Cleveland, men and boys were killed by those obligated, first and foremost, to protect and serve. In Brooklyn, police officers were assassinated for doing their jobs. There is nothing new to violence by and against the police. But there is something comparatively new to our candid, public conversation about these events. This dialogue may lead Americans to cultivate empathy and understanding; we may come to see an old thing in a new way.