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The purpose of this assignment was to show visuals. We have been reading and expressing our thoughts through writing about our topic since the beginning of class, so it was time to show examples of what we were writing about. This is the assignment that I enjoyed the most was the in this class. My topic was police brutality and I was able to learn a lot about my topic that I didn’t know before because of this documentary. I also learned that you have to be very creative when trying to figure out how to create advocacy for something. You have to be persistent and specific about what you’re advocating. I use a lot of pictures of beaten civilians and video clips that showed citizens being murdered by police to advocate awareness of police brutality. It was a very touching topic and researching the video clips for my documentary really changed the way I look at certain things in life. In some ways the documentary helped improve my writing for the OP-ED. The documentary gave me a lot of supporting ideas to use for the arguments in my OP-ED. It was actually the first time I ever used iMovie or even made a documentary, which was a great learning experience for me. 

To reflect on the literature review, let me first say, “Thank God it’s over”. I learned a lot of information pertaining to the Department of Justice. I think this helps me conduct better research for future assignments. I think I included graphics really well in this assignment. The literature review was difficult in many ways. First we had to have an abstract that summarizes the purpose for writing our report. This was to show our readers what the report is intended to determine and provide the objective overview. This was the last thing I did, because I was able to include sentences from each body paragraph in my abstract. Next was the introduction, which was supposed to introduce the issue and provide background information that supports the issue. Also this is where I included my research questions and my thesis statement that focuses on the topic. The body consisted of each research question and any supporting paragraphs that answers the question. I was able to find a lot of research on my topic and present facts supporting the issue. Finally the conclusion ended with letting the readers know that my research provided an opportunity to create a knowledge base for them to continue to develop ideas and draw from in order to understand the issue more fully. This total literature review was 12 pages long to include a title page and reference page. I learned many things about my topic that I had not known before. I also learned that doing strenuous research on your topic and continually to get other writer’s input on your paper is key to writing an effective literature review.

Is it difficult for victims to see justice?

My first question was, “What is meant by ‘police brutality’?” I can either improve this question by rewording it or address it by focusing on a specific aspect. So I have decided to stay in the middle and ask, “What is considered to be police brutality?” This is more argumentative and can be answered in so many different ways. Just as if I were to ask the victim and a police officer, I’m sure I would get different answers. My second question is, “Is this a legal issue?” I like this question, although I may need to focus on a specific policy, I think this can work. My last question is, “Is it difficult for victims to see justice?” Just like my first question, I believe I would stir up an argument with this and get all sorts of answers. I will try to reword it and make this work.

My topic for this semester is Policing the Police for RWS 1302