What is the purpose of these statements ? What is the author trying to illustrate ? It will not do to note that 99 percent of the time the police mediate conflicts without killing people anymore than it will do
for a restaurant to note that 99 percent of the time rats don't run through the dining room. Nor will it do to point out that
most black citizens are killed by other black citizens, not police officers, anymore than it will do to point out that most
American citizens are killed by other American citizens, not terrorists. If officers cannot be expected to act any better
than ordinary citizens, why call them in the first place? Why invest them with any more power?

Ineed . identify the item that shows sharp and vivid details rather than vague and general ones (put a or b for your answer.) a. my brother doesn’t know the value of money. he buys new things, even though his old ones are still perfectly good. he recently took his girlfriend on a trip. they stayed at a nice hotel and ate all their meals out. while they were there, he proposed marriage to her and gave her an engagement ring. b. my brother bought a new car this year, even though his last car was only three years old and running well. he recently took his girlfriend to hawaii for a week. they stayed at a hilton hotel right on the beach and ate dinner by candlelight in elegant gourmet restaurants. on their last night there, he surprised her with a two-carat diamond ring.