Current Events Quiz 1.2

1. How much money could a typical homeowner save next year in taxes under the $3.5 billion budget just passed by the Austin City Council for a median-valued home? Page A1 "Austin council approves..."
-Typical Homeowners could save $14 on utilities but it could get all the way up to $60.

2. What are two similarities between a new group of human-like creatures recently discovered to today's human, according to the article on page A3 "Study: bones reveal...:
-The hands and feet are similar and they walked upright.

3. What do you think about Ben Loconte's plan to swim across the Pacific Ocean? Page A17 "The Watercooler" bottom right corner of the page.
-I think that it is for a great cause.  The oceans are in really bad shape and Cancer is still killing many people and we need the money for a cure.

4. What are two new things available on the iPhone 6s and 6s+? Page B6 "What's inside matters..."
-3D touch and a mimic flash on your selfies.

5. Which of the 10 items "Back to the Future" predicted would be around in 2015 would you like to own" Page SA2 Tech Extra "10 things..." AND which gadget do you think is the coolest on the next page SA3 Tech Extra "Must have..."
-I would like to own a flying car. 
-Personally, I think the sing along in the shower curtain is definitely the coolest gadget. 

EXCESSIVE FORCE SUITS

I do not think that this person should have gotten any money over this case. When an officer tells you to "put your hands up" you need to do it. If people would just not resist and take the consequences for their actions, excessive force would not be required. The people who later sue police officers do not deserve any money unless they didn't resist at all and the officer still used excessive force. I know that sometimes officers do use excessive force when the victim goes peacefully but most of the time, the per on resists. So whether they have a criminal record or not I don't think police officers should be sued for taking down a resisting criminal or suspect for that matter. Now if a person is killed then things are a little different. I think that if someone is not killed, less than $15,000 because the police officer should not have to use force if you go without resisting. Now if someone or a family is killed, then I think the police officer took the force too far. I think they should be entitled to around $65-80,000. It still isn't that much because the police officers are making impulse actions and are just trying to do their job. Now I know if my family was killed I would be very, very angry but I would have to remember that first of all, whoever was hurt was a suspect or a criminal and secondly that the police officer has a duty t take that person into custody. 

I think these shootings are happening a lot in our society because people are resisting. They don't want to go to jail so they try to escape and it is the cops job to take them in so they do whatever they have to to arrest them.