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Christopher C. Cooper Dr.

Civil Rights

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It’S Time To Replace Tsa’S John Pistole Because Of His Lack Of Conflict Resolution Skills, Christopher C. Cooper Dr. Nov 2010

It’S Time To Replace Tsa’S John Pistole Because Of His Lack Of Conflict Resolution Skills, Christopher C. Cooper Dr.

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In order to be a solid Law Enforcement leader, one must possess excellent social skills. Included should be expertise in interpersonal conflict resolution. Yes, Pistole has an obligation to keep travelers safe; however, Pistole also has an obligation to guard children from being groped by TSA employees. Pistole has an obligation to allow men and women to be free from exploitation by TSA workers. Since we are country characterized by Democracy, Pistole has an obligation to do what the people ask when the request is reasonable. This obligation extends to all of our federal elected officials. Let us commend the …


The Problem Is A Combative Chief Of U.S. Airport Security, Christopher C. Cooper Dr. Nov 2010

The Problem Is A Combative Chief Of U.S. Airport Security, Christopher C. Cooper Dr.

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) head, John Pistole, has become known by many Americans this week because of his hard-line, inflexible stance that aggressive patdowns of airport passengers will not be modified. As incredulous, although we live in a Democracy, Pistole has implied wrongdoing on the part of the media for airing stories about the aggressive patdowns that are akin to molestation.

Yes, Pistole has an obligation to keep travelers safe; however, Pistole also has an obligation to guard children from being groped by TSA employees. Pistole has an obligation to allow men and women to be free from exploitation …


A Detroit Policeman With A Documented History Of Pointing Guns At Children, Shoots & Kills 7 Year-Old Aiyana Jones, But Not After A Fellow Officer Sets The Tiny Girl Ablaze With A Grenade. This Could Happen Again. Copyright © May 20, 2010, Christopher C. Cooper May 2010

A Detroit Policeman With A Documented History Of Pointing Guns At Children, Shoots & Kills 7 Year-Old Aiyana Jones, But Not After A Fellow Officer Sets The Tiny Girl Ablaze With A Grenade. This Could Happen Again. Copyright © May 20, 2010, Christopher C. Cooper

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Is it every parent’s nightmare that the police will throw a grenade through the living room window striking their 7 year-old and then fire a bullet into the child’s forehead? Or is it, ONLY, some parents’ nightmare? I am willing to bet that there are communities in America in which the police would never throw a grenade into a home in which the officers have been told ad nauseum that there are children inside. If little Aiyana Jones was not 7 but 17, I would not have written this article because I would not have learned of her death nor …


Civil Rights Claims & Unaffordable Arbitration: Lack Of Employee Access To Arbitration, Christopher C. Cooper Dr. Apr 2010

Civil Rights Claims & Unaffordable Arbitration: Lack Of Employee Access To Arbitration, Christopher C. Cooper Dr.

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The decision by the New York Court of Appeals in Brady v. The Williams Capital Group, L.P., 2010 WL 1068163 (N.Y. Mar. 25, 2010) should cause us to note that some employer mandated arbitration agreements not only take away an employee’s right to sue the employer in court, but as well, impose arbitration costs\expenses on the employee. The employee who lacks funds is unable to make use of the arbitration process. An arbitration provision is not rendered inherently unconscionable because some of the arbitration costs will be imposed on the claimant. See Zobrist v. Verizon Wireless, 354 Ill. App. 3d …


Military Wannabes, Officer Friendly Evolves To Officer Kill & Destroy: Militarization Of Police Threatens Posse Comitatus, Christopher C. Cooper Apr 2010

Military Wannabes, Officer Friendly Evolves To Officer Kill & Destroy: Militarization Of Police Threatens Posse Comitatus, Christopher C. Cooper

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MILITARY WANNABES, OFFICER FRIENDLY EVOLVES TO OFFICER KILL & DESTROY: MILITARIZATION OF POLICE THREATENS POSSE COMITATUS BY PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER C. COOPER, JD, ESQ., PHD. (Visiting FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR) University of Akureyri, Iceland Department of Law and Social Sciences cooperlaw3234@gmail.com (C) COPYRIGHT, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO AUTHOR. JANUARY 2009 DO NOT COPY WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM AUTHOR ABSTRACT This article takes the position that the strength of the Posse Comitatus Act has been and continues to be completely eroded by many U.S. Police Departments having established the equivalent of armies. The underlying foundation of the Posse Comitatus Act is the objective of no …