15 minute writing #16

Blog Prompt #16 (Expository)
Over the past week, London has seen violence and riots as a result of the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan, a 29-year-old black man (and father of four), by police. The police claim that they were in imminent danger, even though there is now no evidence that Duggan was armed or presented a threat.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-1​4436499 Because officers have been so keyed up to expect a threat around every corner that they often "shoot first, ask questions later," fatal incidents like this are bound to occur. To what extent are these police officers accountable for their actions? If you believe they should be punished, what should the punishment be? Write in ABC/PEEL format.


These police officers should be accountable for their actions totally. The police officers should be ones in the nation, who are impartial, upright. Their decision making should carry much more responsibility than that fatal , rash shot. The London police officers should be totally accountable for killing him as they indeed killed a living man, acted very rashly, and was completely in the wrong. They should be punished for imprisonment. 


The London police officers should be totally accountable as they killed a living human. Mark Duggan did nothing wrong- at all, despite claims from the Police- and he does not deserve at all to be shot because of being suspected. The police should be accountable for their actions, as a life cannot be revived. They repenting would not make any difference at all, and punishment should be the way. For example, you accidentally shot your neighbour, and you start getting all worked up. You claim that he threatened you, and thats all for your defense. In reality, you actually killed someone, and accountability comes first; you need to take responsibility for your actions. And similarly, for the police, they are totally accountable for killing a man. 


The police acted rashly as well, killing a man whom they thought posed danger. They thought he possessed a gun, and was a terrorist; but in fact, evidences prove otherwise. The police, as they are, cannot every take out their guns and shoot anyone they suspect. Should the police act such rashly, the nation would be in trouble. For example, if you got into a rage because of external affairs, and you take it out on your family, there is not responsibility and fairness in that. Furthermore, you do not show any sense of accountability. For acting rashly, an element of accountability should come in place, and killing Mark Duggan puts them at total blame, despite a veneer of the defensive evidences that the police try to come up with.


The police was completely in the wrong, as seen from the evidences. The evidences show that they were wrong, and that Mark did not show any sense of threat. For example, if you shoplifted, and the CCTV caught you, you cannot deny. The police in this case were denying and not accepting the case they had put themselves in. With the severity of one's life in concern, never should the police avoid the accountabilities. 


They should be punished severely, and dealt with the court as does the court deals with normal murders. That is extremely fair and equal. I think that, even if the police have a minimal rank of authority, they do not deserve the mercy of the court, and they must accept the strict accountability that comes with their rash actions of killing Mark Duggan. 


benedict (: