According to some political observers, the different reaction of many blacks versus most whites to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, can be linked to the fact that ______.
a. whites are often treated with suspicion without any real cause
b. blacks and whites experience the criminal justice system in the same ways
c. blacks tend to perceive the police as persecutors rather than protectors
d. Stop-and-Frisk policies affect mostly white men
e. whites are more likely to receive harsher sentences than blacks
c. blacks tend to perceive the police as persecutors rather than protectors
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A representative who substitutes his or her own judgment for that of his or her constituents acts as a(n)
a. delegate. b. trustee. c. politico. d. authoritarian. e. incumbent
The first state to ratify the Constitution was
a. Delaware. b. Georgia. c. New York. d. Pennsylvania. e. Rhode Island.
In a robbery case, the accused was found guilty and was sentenced to three years of imprisonment. The majority opinion of the Supreme Court justices was based on a witness's statement. Justice Harvey, though in agreement with the Court's decision, agreed to the ruling for different reasons. He based his opinion on the DNA fingerprinting reports. Justice Harvey wrote a(n) _____.
A. anteceding opinion B. certiorariopinion C. contradicting opinion D. dissenting opinion E. concurring opinion
Russia, China, North Korea, and Cuba are a few of the countries that are usually classified as what type of state?
a. Industrialized democracies b. Current and former Communist countries c. The Global South d. Democracies e. Capitalist economies