Defund the Police? Newspaper Critical Thinking Assignment

 Defund the Police?
Newspaper CriticalThinking Assignment
ATTACHED IN WORD DOCUMENT IS ALSO THE INSTRUCTIONS
 
Grade: 20 marks total, 20%of final course grade (see rubric for details)
Due Date: See SLATEplease
 
Instructions:  Use a minimum of 4 credible (https://thecanadaguide.com/basics/news-and-media/) news orelectronic sources to investigate the Defund the Police campaign. Investigatethis campaign from a Canadian perspective and address these questions in your assignment:
 
1.   Historyof this issue what does defund the police mean? How did this campaignstart? Who are the major advocates for this campaign?
 
2.   Whatis the goal of this campaign?
 
3.   Identify1 Canadian case that is associated with this campaign.  Briefly, in one paragraph of less than 150words, summarize the case. In the next paragraph (also less than 150 words),discuss how this case supports or challenges the goals of the Defund the Policecampaign.
 
4.   Whatis your opinion on the Defund the Police campaign? Support your opinion withcredible evidence, statistics and facts, ensuring your properly APA cite yourreferences.  You will not be graded onwhether you support or challenge the Defund the Police campaign You willbe graded on whether or not you provide a credible rationale for your position.
 
Format: Your assignment is to follow proper APA format andcitations this includes a formatted title page, in-text citations andreference page.  Please use font 11and no more than 500 words total for the entire assignment (not including yourtitle or reference page).  Be conciseand precise!

Grading:  Please see the assignment rubric on SLATE fordetails. 
 

Criteria

Mark Allocation

Comment

History of Defund the Police Campaign

4

Goals of the Defund the Police Campaign

4

Canadian Case Overview

4

Critical Thinking

4

4 Credible News Sources

2

(.5 mark per credible news source)

APA format/spelling/grammar

2

(.5 deducted per error)

Total

20