Trump's Border wall

He wants to built a wall to stop aliens from entering the country and he wants Mexico’s government to pay for it. Being Hispanic myself, I laugh at that because I know they’re not going to want to pay for it. Have you ever heard someone’s name and cringe at the thought of the person? That’s how I feel about Trump. Our criminal justice system isn’t perfect as it is and now having someone like Trump as president, is scary.

Reid Technique Audio

John Reid was a police officer who came up with idea, the Reid technique. It has become a technique many police departments use. However, it has it's problems. It can cause innocent people to be sent to prison for something they didn't do. The Reid technique involves observing a person being interrogated or interviewed to determine if they are guilty or not. Some things Police Officers look at is the body language, whether they keep playing with their hands, pretending to pick at imaginary lint off their clothes, shaking their legs... etc. The problem with this is, it causes anxiety to the point where people confess to something they know they did not do. Pressuring people for hours only makes them want to get out of the situation regardless if they did or did not commit the suspected crime. There have been examples of people who have been in prison and years later, it is later revealed that they were innocent. This then leads to the cops being under investigation for not doing their jobs right or the city being sued for all types of false accusations.

One thing that was mentioned was how television portrays investigations and interrogations. That is also false. In real life, it is boring. Television makes these situations very dramatic, go figure. More and more cases have appeared since the Reid Technique has been used and it has shown over and over again that there are obvious flaws to using this technique. This is why a new technique is starting to be used, it is called P.E.A.C.E which stands for preparation and planning, engage and explain, account, closure, and evaluate. This is well known in England because that is where it began.
This technique helps officers distinguish between a lie and the truth better than the Reid technique. It makes the person getting interviewed/interrogated say more details. This can cause someone to trip up their story. It gets harder to retell the scenario again and again with the same details. Personally, I feel like I would prefer using the PEACE technique because some people already know how to restrain themselves from looking anxious and that may throw off an officer, also because if it has been proven that the Reid technique has so many flaws than obviously there should be changes made.

Silent Students Say No

Highschoolers are standing up and saying STOP. They are tired of losing peers, family, and friends. I am happy that people, highschoolers to be exact are speaking up and taking action. I think back to all those times my peers and I did not agree with things but did nothing to make a change because everyone was either scared or thought it wouldn't change anything. It's sad that it takes a couple of school shootings for students to try taking these situations in their own hands. It makes me wonder what the students from Lewis University would do if a shooting happened here, would we unite? Would we speak up and take action or would we do nothing?

 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/us/school-walkout.html

Freewrite

I am currently on my break at work. Earlier, I decided to walk around the store just to see what was happening outside of the office. It’s a Tuesday, so it’s not as busy as it would be on a Saturday or Sunday, thank God. I always swore I wouldn’t work in retail again and yet here I am, except this time my position is different. The setting remains the same and the people remain rude. I work at T.J Maxx in Countryside as Loss Prevention. I’m that person just watching everyone making sure no one is stealing and when I catch something, people are apprehended by my team or by the police. We are always watching. Since that’s a core skill in my position to have, it’s quite interesting what people will do for money. There are so many tactics I had never thought of before getting this job. It can be a good day or a boring day sometimes it all depends. People surprise me at the lengths they’ll go to in order to get what they want.