Stage Four

I enjoyed reading commentary from Texas blog, GritsForBreakfast, about studies showing the high level of vulnerability in youth during police interrogation and how the youth don't use there rights. The article written by Scott Henson, a former journalist turned opposition researcher/political consultant, public policy researcher and blogger, made commentary on an article from this New York Times piece. Potential intended audience for his commentary would point towards parents of the youth to inform them about real world situations and the constitutional rights they're able to exercise. Among the 57 videotaped interrogations of the teenagers, aged 13 to 17, 37 percent made full confessions, and 31 percent made incriminating statements. John Firman, director of research for the association had this to say,"We want to avoid involuntary or false confessions from juveniles. The ultimate goal is to get accurate information from them. And if you don’t understand juvenile brain development, the likelihood is that you’ll get bad information.” The writer, Scott Henson, starts off the piece with "Adolescents are a psychologically vulnerable population when it comes to police interrogation tactics," agreeing with the previous article he stumbled upon and I support his claim. In the end it's the parents responsibility to inform kids about the rights in which they have so there better prepared for the future.

Stage Three

By now, everybody is on there toes about Ebola thing, since the unfortunate tragedy for Thomas Eric Duncan. I stumbled upon an article on the TexasObserver website written by journalist Christopher Hooks, who previously had works published in Politico Magazine, Slate, and Texas Monthly, among others. The article gives his views and comedy on the Ebola misunderstandings from people and and bittersweet incident leading to a Child Protective Services report filed against the Dallas County Judge, Clay Jenkins. The article, intended for majority of Texans, I think primarily in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, was written to prove “fear of this(misunderstanding of Ebola) could be more damaging to this community than the virus itself.” As a gesture of compassion and reassurance to Dallas residents, Jenkins paid the Duncan family a visit at their apartment, and then came back the next day to personally drive them to a new donated lodging away from the public’s glare and on the advice of experts, he didn’t wear protective clothing. Things to a sharp turn when Breitbart Texas ran a story with a charming title: “NAIVE LIBERAL TEXAS JUDGE ENTERS EBOLA APARTMENT WITHOUT PROTECTION.” Resident Breitbart virologist Bob Price implied that Jenkins can now spread Ebola to anyone he touches, even without showing the sickness himself. Writer Christopher Hooks helps clear this mess up by stating,"Ebola is difficult to transmit, and not contagious until a person shows symptoms." I totally agree with Hooks statements and his entire piece, that often misunderstood things should be taken into careful consideration before being published and we should be better informed on such matters of seriousness.