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1966 Miranda V. Arizona

by rm132080

“which required police to inform arrestees of their right to remain silent, that anything they said might be used against them, and that they had a right to have an attorney present during questioning.” (page 238)

This court case decision was a major decision that greatly impacts the way law enforcement officials work today.  Most of us know and joke about our Miranda rights from the television shows and movies we see about police officers.  However, people may take for granted our Miranda Rights which aren’t guaranteed in other nations around the world.  If arrestees are not read their miranda rights by a specific period during their arrest process, it may be used for their freedom during court.

The Watts Riot

by rm132080

“Lyndon Johnson immediately understood that the Watts uprising would foster a white backlash against the civil rights movement and his Great Society.  He tried to distance himself from the LA events, delaying the announcement of a planned national urban policy so that it would not be seen as a concession to rioters.” (pg 215)

This small confrontation turned into a riot of roughly thirty five-thousand people.  The L.A police department could not subdue this mass riot alone and had to be reinforced by sixteen thousand national guard soldiers.  The riot resulted after five days of the Voting Rights Act.      This scale of hatred in L.A of racial inequality was on a completely new level with this violent riot.  Thirty four people were killed during this riot and four thousand had been arrested.  This riot was a whole new level of liberalism.