Anti-police brutality is not anti-police

On Thursday, February 18, 2016 The daily Texan published an opinion article titled Anti-police brutality is not anti-police.  The authors intended audience leans to more of a black community due to the effects of not just recent cases, but long time cases as well. This article can also allow different races to join in this big issue against police officers. The author acknowledges the other sides argument that international activist groups such as Black Lives Matter are often portrayed as murder movements instead of movements that fights for equality. The author gave an example of a recent shooting that happened in Austin. A naked, unarmed 17 year old black male was killed by a black officer, which caused a local protest by local activists. The authors' claim is that local law enforcement should be trained in rebuilding their image to gain trust of not just the local black community but the community in general. The author believes that the way to build any kind of trust between the local community and the local law enforcement is to have fewer prejudices. This would make since this trust would allow citizens and law enforcement not to be on edge. I agree with the author that law enforcement not only local but also nationally should be trained to not be discriminatory or bias to a general race. I also agree with groups such as Black Lives Matter should protest until this issue between law enforcement and the community comes turns into a equal trust between the two.   

Houston Slayings Fueled Border Security Debate

On Sunday, January 31, 2016, the Texas Tribune published an article titled Houston Slayings Fueled Border Security Debate. This article is about a 25 year old male named Spencer Golvach who was shot in the head at a red light by an illegal immigrant named Victor Reyes and a few others who were killed or injured that same night. The first half of the article tells a chilling story of Spencer's history leading up to his death. The section following goes over the gunman's records, starting from 2001 all the way up to January of 2015. Between those 14 years Reyes managed to enter the united states four times illegally. After the encounter with Spencer, Reyes was killed in a shoot out. At the time the Houston police department were not allowed to ask person if they were undocumented a making it a "safe heaven" for illegal immigrants. This brought more attention to boarder security in Texas. Overall I think this article is very interesting to me as a Mexican-American since this talks about immigration and seeing how people give bad reputations to not just Mexicans but all Hispanics. These type of articles help notice any future laws or regulations on immigration that could be put into act.