ENGL1302 The Years Work at the Zombie Research Center Synopsis Assignment The Year’s Work at the Zombie Research Center Editors: Comentale and Jaffe Publis

ENGL1302 The Years Work at the Zombie Research Center Synopsis Assignment The Year’s Work at the Zombie Research Center
Editors: Comentale and Jaffe
Publisher: Indiana UP
ISBN-13: 9780253013873you need to write synopsis by reading the introduction of this bookyou can write one and half pageI have attached a sample of another synopsis you can look it and follow the format [your last name] 1
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Sack, Kevin. “Door-Busting Drug Raids Leave a Trail of Blood.” New York Times, 18 Mar. 2017,
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/18/us/forced-entry-warrant-drugraid.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=storyheading&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news. Accessed 18
Mar. 2017.
Credibility: Daly has been with the Times for over 20 years and has shared three Pulitzer Prizes.
In this article he analyzes different sources, including the actual report, interviews subject
matter experts, and uses reasoning skills to connect the information. The newspaper follows
widely accepted editing policies, thus making this article meet the standards of balance and
accuracy associated with good news reporting.
Summary:
Nature of the information/article/study, etc.: The article discusses the widely-used practice of
using SWAT teams to conduct searches in drug-related cases. Though public perception is that
SWAT teams will only be used in dangerous situations, this is not the case. Rather, warrants to
enter forcibly and without first alerting the occupants are obtained fairly easily and used when
other methods might prove safer.
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Method used to gather information: The author conducted interviews, looked at regulations,
and tried to find statistics to gather the information presented in this newspaper article.
Results: Several deaths of police officers, suspects, and innocent bystanders (including family
pets) have been the result of this practice, and data to analyze the efficiency is hard to come by
because all states except for Utah do not require reporting of these types of raids.
Conclusion(s): The author makes several points. First and foremost, this practice is overused. It
also leads to unnecessary injuries and deaths because of the stealth of its nature. People
awakened in the middle of the night because somebody busts through their door grab their
guns and are in turn killed, or kill officers. Wrong addresses have been raided, and innocent
bystanders – neighbors or other people living in the household, have been harmed and killed.
Law suits filed by victims have cost taxpayers millions of dollars for wrongful-death lawsuits,
etc. Household pets have been killed as well. The tremendous lack of data, resulting from lack
of legislation requiring reporting of these measures, makes it difficult to determine the financial
and human cost of these police actions. Unlike other times SWAT teams are deployed, these
actions are brought on by the police rather than a person engaged in a form of civil
disobedience. The judges who sign the warrant are oftentimes not legally equipped to
understand the ramifications. In addition, the information provided on the warrant may or may
not be accurate.
Evaluation:
Analysis: In Georgia, an eager police deputy recruited an informant, who in turn went to a drug
house with his wife and roommate. Based on the information provided by the roommate (not
an approved informant), the deputy then requested and was granted a warrant for forcible
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entry. No further surveillance took place, and the deputy only ran the person’s criminal records,
which produced prior drug-related convictions. However, the deputy asserted the request was
based on surveillance, the testimony of a longstanding informant (he was not, and the
information was not from him), and the criminal history. The judge signed off, and in the
aftermath a baby was gravely harmed in the home. “The affidavit included inaccuracies and
hyperbole. It asserted incorrectly that Mr. Fry — the only informant formally certified by the
police — had bought the drugs, rather than Mr. Wood. Deputy Autry described Mr. Fry as “a
true and reliable informant,” even though he had not made a buy before that night. Despite the
lack of surveillance, she wrote that she had “confirmed that there is heavy traffic in and out of
the residence.””
Synthesis: There seems to be a need to collect data of these types of police operations to find
out if they are used appropriately, and also if the officers involved have appropriate training as
the article points out that many smaller, rural departments select officers from within their
ranks who train on their own time. This is not consistent with the image the public has of these
officers being selected because of their skills and ethics. There does not seem to be any
professional development and certification requirement, though this might be misleading.
There also seems to be a link between the militarization of police forces and SWAT teams. The
article, since it is a feature, displays bias for reforms.
Evaluation: This article is in crass contrast to the way SWAT teams are generally portrayed in
the media, where these units are usually shown to have unwavering integrity, sharp analytical
skills, good negotiation skills, etc. They also practice and are required to meet stringent
standards. The reality seems to be quite different, and these expectations set forth in the form
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of entertainment clash with common police practices. Interestingly enough, police officers also
seem to identify with the ideal the media perpetuates. The gap between media portrayal and
reality leads to further alienation between citizens and police officers, and creates further
problems.
Quotes:
“Forcible-entry methods have become common practice over the last quarter century through
a confluence of the war on drugs, the rise of special weapons and tactics squads, and Supreme
Court rulings that have eroded Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable
searches.” [add page numbers if available]
“In some instances when officers have been killed, suspects with no history of violence, found
with small quantities of drugs, have wound up facing capital murder charges, and possible
death sentences.” [add page numbers if available]

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