Questions based on “The Education of Edwin Raymond” http://www.nytimes.com/2016/
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Questions based on “The Education of Edwin Raymond”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/magazine/a-black-police-officers-fight-against-the-nypd.html
by Saki Knafo, 2/21/16, NYTimes Magazine
1. Why are Edwin Raymond and several colleagues suing the New York City Police Department?
2. What did the federal courts rule in Floyd v. City of New York?
3. Detail one or more things about Edwin Raymond’s personal life or development that shaped the person he is now as a police officer.
4. How did Edwin Raymond approach policing different from some of his colleagues?
5. What was the police department’s overall approach to policing? Did Edwin Raymond’s approach to policing conflict with the police department’s overall policy? Explain.
6. In your opinion, and based on Raymond’s conversations with superiors, did the New York City Police Department violate the 14th Amendment or the 2010 state ban against quotas? Explain your answer.
7. Edwin Raymond ultimately questioned whether he was a smart police officer. When you consider his actions including starting a teenage leadership academy, participating in conferences with Chief Bratton, recording conversations, suing, etc., do you think that Officer Raymond was a smart police officer? Explain why or why not.
8. Does Edwin Raymond have a whistle-blowing claim or a retaliatory constructive discharge claim? Define these terms using your textbook (Chapters 34-35) or other materials. Explain whether or not Edwin Raymond can make any of these legal claims. Explain how the NYPD would respond to these claims and how the courts would resolve them.
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9. Do you have any suggestions for ways that the New York City Police Department can improve its policies?
10. Do you have any suggestions for remedies that either the NYPD or the courts can provide for Officer Edwin Raymond?
Explanation / Answer
1) Raymond who was a police who get racist discrimination from his higher authorities, in the mean while he was summoned for his arrest to do evaluation about his arrest case but no use he got penalty. So he and several colleagues suing the New York City Police Department.
2) Federal courts ruled in the favour of Floyd, all human beings should be treated as a equal showing discrimination in colors considered to be injustice, and the City of New York should stopped that patrol all the citizens includes young black police men were equal.
3) Raymond at 3 or 4 age her mother was died on cancer, his father were unemployed after his mother died, neighbourhood women given the food to Raymond and his brother, both were grown at the age of 14, raymond saw one of his friend being a police, that police friend said if you joined in a police you have to roam behind criminals then you will get all monetary benefits after retirement also. Monetary benefits makes the Raymond to be a police officer in his future.
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4) Raymond filed a case against NYPD regarding quota based policy almost seems as guilty it was implemented on the motive of black people would be arrested. Even NYPD said to public that policy is no more available, but raymond knew it was still exist. So he and his minority working men filled a case moreover he had recorded voice of showing discrimination for the black people in NYPD wise itself, because only 7% of black police officers holding as highest post in the department.
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