A Rhetorical Analysis Of A Baltimore Arrest Gone Wrong

Surprise Ending in Freddie Gray Case: A Rhetorical Analysis of a Baltimore Arrest Gone Wrong Early morning on April 12th, 2015, Freddie Gray an African American, was arrested at 25, due to the possession of a knife in his pants pocket. Gray fled from the police, at first sight, was briefly chased on foot by the policemen and was later consequently arrested. As seen on phone cameras, Gray cried out for help before being transported to the police van, which is where Gray became fatally injured. On the way to the Western District Police Station, after several stops, Gray was found unresponsive once arriving at their destination. I will be analyzing the three sources, NPR, The Washington Post and CNN, in order to determine how each source†¦show more content†¦He maps out the entire incident in a timeline starting on the day of the arrest, April 12th to the day of Gray’s death April 19th. Peralta has hard facts and countless testimonies to back up his evidence. The reporter reaches his audience through logos, appealing to the statements and reasoning of this matte r. Peralta uses logos in his report by stating facts and evidence of the crime to inform his audience on Gray s arrest. Gray fled at the sight of police officers and was arrested due to the possession of a switchblade in his pants pocket. However, according to the Baltimore chief prosecutor Marilyn J. Mosby, â€Å"the knife was not a switchblade and was legal under Maryland law, so she says Lt. Brian W. Rice, Ofc. Edward M. Nero and Ofc. Garrett E. Miller illegally arrested Gray† (Peralta). Here is where the story contradicts itself, according to the prosecution, when Gray was arrested and placed on the ground, â€Å"he began to flail his legs†. Ofc. Miller placed Gray in a restraining technique known as a leg lace (Peralta). A leg lace is when the perp is faced down on the ground with their legs bent backward and a hand on their neck to keep them secure. Now, Peralta shows pathos in his report, appealing to the victim s case by including a contradictory police report on f ile stating that Gray was, â€Å"arrested without force or incident† (Peralta). Witnesses Moore described Gray, â€Å"folded up like he was a crab or a piece of origami†Show MoreRelatedRethinking Mercantalism Essay15042 Words   |  61 Pagesselfish national commercial policy of a harsh and rude kind.† Though some states, such as Britain, â€Å"could begin to think and act in the spirit of free trade† and leave â€Å"far behind† the â€Å"toilsome work of national development,† such states were wrong to forget that state formation was constitutive of modernity and criticize others for mercantilist policies.3 Swedish free-trade proponent Eli F. Heckscher agreed with Schmoller in this depiction, if in little else. For Heckscher mercantilism wasRead MoreLogical Reasoning189930 Words   |  760 PagesReasons ................................................................................................ 236 Deceiving with Loaded Language ................................................................................................... 238 Using Rhetorical Devices .................................................................................................................. 240 Review of Major Points .............................................................................................Read MoreOrganisational Theory230255 Words   |  922 Pagestheory focuses attention on the human issues in organization ‘There is nothing so practical as a good theory’ How Roethlisberger developed a ‘practical’ organization theory Column 1: The core contributing social sciences Column 2: The techniques for analysis Column 3: The neo-modernist perspective Column 4: Contributions to business and management Four combinations of science, scientific technique and the neo-modernist approach reach different parts of the organization Level 1: Developing the organizationRead MoreOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 Pageslamentable. Taken together, the key themes and processes that have been selected as the focus for each of the eight essays provide a way to conceptualize the twentieth century as a coherent unit for teaching, as well as for written narrative and analysis. Though they do not exhaust the crucial strands of historical development that tie the century together—one could add, for example, nationalism and decolonization—they cover in depth the defining phenomena of that epoch, which, as the essays demonstrate