Another Police Shooting

This past weekend in Memphis a police officer was shot to death after pulling over a person for a traffic violation. The officer was shot and killed while walking to the suspects car and the suspect fled the scene but is believed to have been found today. This shooting comes very recently after a multitude of other recent traffic stops in which cops have been accused of using excessive force. These incidents include when a police officer shot and killed Samuel DuBose on July 19 which reignited the chant across the country that “Black  Lives Matter.” This shooting also comes at a time when there has been an increase in recent gun violence and talks of how to handle gun control laws.

The author of this article is able to take an unbiased stance on the shooting, but comes to the conclusion that all lives matter and we must take some sort of action to prevent these now common acts from occurring. The author is able to relate to his audience through the use of many quotes as well as relating this shooting to similar recent shootings. The author is also able to relate to the audience by establishing ethos when he includes quotes form the Memphis police chief and police director. All in all this is a very sad incident and we can only hope the proper steps are taken to make sure shootings like this do not continue to occur.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/02/us/memphis-officer-killed-traffic-stop/index.html

4 comments

  1. This is a very emotional topic and you stayed with an informative tone; that’s hard to do! I liked how you talked about preventing shootings in the future!

  2. Good job incorporating rhetoric, it’s terrible to hear how these things still continue in our society even in 2015. Great Post

  3. It seems like no matter what we as a nation do legislatively, or what we as a society come to endorse, tragedies like this will still occur. Nonetheless, you did a good job of identifying ethos and other appeals in the article.

  4. It is such a terrible tragedy to hear about all the shooting and senseless killings. Our country needs to wake up and realize that all lives matter. I liked the way you incorporated the authors emotional appeal and ethos.

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