First and foremost, the news report that I will analyze is...

First and foremost, the news report that I will analyze is about an African-Canadian man, Curtis Young, who was assaulted by the cops for no legitimate reason. His rights were breached, the police written a false report about what happened, and as a result, he was detained in 2012. Fortunately for Curtis Young, a cellblock video captured the scene of the crime and by 2014 the judge concluded the case to be police misconduct which lead to his release from jail. The judge also concluded that the cops had lied and over exaggerated the situation about what happened. Furthermore, cultural conflict reinforces cultural domination or ethno-centricity (Mayer, 2000). According to Mayer (2000), culture are common norms, values, practices, and†¦show more content†¦James (1998) states that police force is considered a culture because the officers of law follow the same values, norms, and practices. It is apart of the police culture to uphold negative misrepresentations and stereotypes of ethnic minority communities and as a result, these neighbourhoods are over-policed compared to non-ethnic upper class communities (James, 1998). The police culture also reinforces the discourse us verses them philosophy (James, 1998). This is also known as binary polarization which means if one individual is not apart of the police force, then one is considered categorized as â€Å"other†(James, 1998). It is a practice for cops to oblige to the norms of policing; to support the values and practices of their profession regardless what their cultural or ethnic background is. For instance, a police officer who was grew up in an ethnic minority community may be requested to over patrol the same community more than an upper class community because cops assume that there is a better chance to find trouble in hat neighbourhood. Most police that have been recruited from minority cultural backgrounds are expected to have attitudes that include distrust of immigrants and minorities regardless of the individuals own ethnic and cultural background (James, 1998). Furthermore, when two or more parties that are culturally different have a dispute and a third party intervenes, the