The defendant Darius Clark was taking care of his girlfriend’s children, her 3-year-old son L.P. and her 18-month-old daughter A.T. At the time Clark was taking care of her children, he sent her away to engage in prostitution. One day, L.P. was at preschool when his teacher noticed marks on his body. The boy identified Darius Clark as his abuser to his teacher. The teacher then contacted a child abuse service, which resulted in Darius Clark getting arrested and charged for child abuse.…
Jenelle Evans' ex-husband, Courtland Rogers, was arrested and jailed again on Friday, November 20 in Burnswick County, North Carolina.…
A man by the name of George Zimmerman shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida. From the start, Zimmerman claimed that he had acted in self-defense, and the Sanford police initially accepted that account. Calls by Martin's family for further investigation around the case, which resulted in second-degree murder and manslaughter charges against Zimmerman. The case went to trial in the summer of 2013, and in July of that year, the trial jury let Zimmerman free of all charges. Zimmerman chose not to ask for a pretrial Stand Your Ground hearing, and at trial he gave a self-defense claim.…
With the widespread national media coverage of the Treyvon Martin shooting, facts can be easily misconstrued and bring about prejudices on the case in its entirety and also George Zimmerman. What was tragic incident turned into a highly publicized phenomenon. Facts and specifics of the case should be private and the amount of time from indictment to trial is detrimental to a fair trial, a sixth amendment right under the United States Constitution. The circumstances surrounding Martin’s death, combined with the initial decision not to charge Zimmerman after detainment and questioning by police, along with a query and examination of Florida’s “Stand Your Ground”…
To sum it up, The world has been formed into colored vs. whites so even if he didn't die from the gunshot the media would still take to heart because it was an African American teenager. Trayvon was accused of being a part of a shooting he didn’t necessarily know anything about. Zimmerman says, “ He acknowledges that he shot Martin, claiming that it was self-defense, cnn.com. Before Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin “he was instructed to not get out the SUV or approach the person”, says CNN.com. At the end of the Trial George Zimmerman was claimed not guilty and it started a riot with the media.…
This case is about Casey Martin, a professional golfer, which had a disability that prevented him from trotting across the golf course in a timely matter. Martin had a degenerative circulatory disorder that constitutes a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) (Quimbee.com, 2015). “Passed by Congress in 1990, the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the nation’s first comprehensive civil rights law addressing the needs of people with disabilities, prohibiting discrimination in employment, public services, public accommodations, and telecommunications (eeoc.gov, 1990).” Martin requested for the PGA Tour, Inc. and others in association with company to make an exception in their rules to accommodate him using a golf…
Peter Fazio talked to Cypress/GR Houston I, LP about buying retail property, with the main tenant being a Garden Ridge store. Fazio and his agents conducted a background investigation, while doing so he found information that concerned that Garden Ridge was in poor financial health but after being certainty by Cypress that Garden Ridge had a positive outlook. Fazio went ahead and sent a letter to Cypress and sent a letter to Cypress that he is willing got buy the property for $7.67 million “based on the currently reported absolute net income of $805,040”. After which Cypress agreed to disclose all information in its possession but they failed to disclose 2 factors:…
Several residents of the Retreat at Twin Lakes development presented some of the most important prosecution testimony in the case, but it seemed to help rather than hurt Zimmerman's defense. Selene Bahadoor testified that she saw the scuffle outside her home and heard a gunshot, where she later saw that Trayvon was shot and lying dead on the ground. Also another eyewitness, Jonathan Good, testified saying that he did see Trayvon fatally struggling to get away from Zimmerman. He also stated that he did not see Trayvon bashing Zimmerman’s head into the concrete. From this statement given it later undermined a key element in Zimmerman’s defense.…
Trayvon Martin, A black teenager’s last phone conversation was with his girlfriend before he was shot in Florida; the 17-year-old was being stalked from the suspect and was killed on February 26th by a neighbor watch volunteer in the community where the shooting took place.…
Gun wielding men fighting and shooting each other. Brother have turned on brothers. This is the american civil war. You may be wondering what lead to the first civil war in american history. One man's case drew the line in the sand for war. This man was a slave who just wanted freedom. This case changed how the united states supreme court looked at cases and each other. This man's name was Dred Scott.…
Racial tension and gun violence has been present throughout the history of the U.S., but it has recently been given a spotlight in the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The young African American teenager was visiting his father and went out to the gas station to buy food, while on his way back, he felt like he was being watched and followed. After he decided to run, Trayvon was "confronted, shot, and killed near [the home he was residing in]." Gunman, George Zimmerman, frequently notified the police on many accounts. He supposedly noticed someone "suspicious" in his neighborhood, and Trayvon Martin happened to be that suspicious individual. His murder was evidently a hate crime, due to all the police reports that state that a majority of the suspected individuals Zimmerman spotted were black males. This case acted as a stimulus for people to reunite and attempt to make some change. Many people began losing trust in the system and acknowledging the…
Rodney Glen King lll was an American taxi driver in Los Angeles, California. Tragically, he became nationally known after being identified as the victim, beaten by Los Angeles Police Department (L.A.P.D) officers following a high- speed car chase. Due to the incident, it caused riots all over the nation. California in particular, was the initial place the riots started. Early Sunday morning around 12:30 on March 3, 1991, Rodney King, along with two additional passengers, Bryant Allen and Freddie Helms, were driving on Interstate 210 when officers Tim and Melanie Singer, husband-and-wife members of the California Highway Patrol, noticed King's car speeding on the freeway.…
February 26, 2012 marked the day that the innocent minor, Trayvon Martin, was shot to his death in a gated neighborhood in Sanford, Florida. The shooter, George Zimmerman, still has not faced any serious consequence for the murder. Many people in the Sanford community, and even around the country, believe that there is no question that Zimmerman should be convicted and sent to jail, but, unfortunately, it is not up to the people; it is up to the justice system. With the consideration of Florida’s state laws, this is a difficult case to foresee the outcome of George Zimmerman’s conviction and prosecution.…
SUMMARY When California’s Public Safety Realignment Act of 2011 became law last year, Kern County, CA, was faced with a significant increase in the number of offenders to be supervised by the Sheriff’s Office or housed in one of its four existing jails. At full implementation of the Act, projections were over 2,000 additional offenders. They built a “Virtual Jail” system around the idea of reliable, innovative electronic monitoring technology that will keep offenders accountable, promote community safety and save taxpayer dollars.…
Black Lives Matter was created in 2013 after the murder of Trayvon Martin. Black Lives Matter is a protest against anti-black racism. The movement is being supported by many other blacks and even networks such as B.E.T. This protest wants all blacks to be treated equal to any other person, BLM wants to also make sure the disabled blacks, black undocumented black trans all blacks get treated right. BLM wants to stop the killings and mistreated ways the police and viligants are treating them. The movement grew stronger after the death of two unarmed blacks last year . The background of blacks in amercia was that they were slaves. Laws were also passed in English North America forbidding marriage between whites and blacks. Most laws implied…