1. Arch Puddington claims that statistics on police brutality are not compiled, yet both he and Human Rights Watch come to conclusions about the extent of police brutality. What evidence does each viewpoint use to support its argument about the prevalence of brutality, and which author do you think makes the more convincing case? Explain your answer.
2. Sunil Dutta comes to the conclusion that the police are not corrupt by generalizing from his personal experience, while Joseph D. McNamara concludes that police corruption is widespread by generalizing from media accounts of individually corrupt officers. In your opinion, which do you believe is the most reliable method of forming conclusions, generalizing from personal observation or from media accounts? Explain your answer by outlining the strengths and weaknesses of both methods.
3. Both Oliver “Buck” Revell and Phyllis Schlafly draw conclusions about the FBI based on one event...