A recent event that occurred in my community was the shooting of a male by a Metropolitan-Nashville police officer on February 10‚ 2017. Officer Joshua Lippert attempted to stop Jocques Clemmons after he failed to come to a complete stop at a stop sign. After stopping his car‚ Clemmons jumped out of his car and began running and not adhering to Officer Lippert’s verbal commands. After a short foot pursuit‚ Officer Lippert caught up to Clemmons at which time Clemmons still continued to try and
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Today newspapers reported that the police had recovered the shotgun‚ motorcycle and the three-wheeler used for the shooting on 22 Oct from the nearby STF camp. On 22‚ unidentified persons shot at two youths who were travelling in a motorcycle in Ariyala‚ and one person succumbed to injure after being admitted to the hospital. The one who survived the shooting said that the motorbike was from the Mandative Navy camp. Following this incident‚ the police team searched the Navy camp‚ but they failed
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Sunday‚ June 12th‚ was a grim night for the citizens of the United States. The Orlando Nightclub Shooting was the deadliest night in U.S. History. According to a National Public Radio Host‚ “...in service of precision‚ history and what we may not know‚ what happened in Orlando on Sunday was the deadliest mass public shooting in modern U.S. history” (Peralta). Omar Saddiqui Mateen opened fire inside Pulse‚ a gay nightclub‚ in Orlando‚ Florida. With 49 people deceased‚ and over 50 people injured‚ what
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decades of data‚ in 2011 the United States entered a new period in which mass shootings are occurring more frequently.” (Cohen) Now off course‚ the research that has been done by Cohen includes mass shootings from ages varying from six to twenty-one years old although another article by the “EverytownResearch.org” website reveals how out of all of the school mass shootings in the United States‚ the majority of the mass shooting incidents that have happened in different colleges or universities. Because
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Chasity Diaz Shooting an Elephant Feb.18 In the first two paragraphs‚ the reader gets plenty insight into what was happening during that certain point in history. He gives clues into the time period‚ his location in terms of what country he’s in‚ and what the mood of this place is.Through all this context‚ you can infer several things about the narrator and even what is going on. He explains that during the time‚ Europeans were mistreated and he goes on to tell how he gets harassed in public so
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Both attackers died during the assault. • Mass shootings have become a routine in the United States. In average today‚ there is at least 1 mass shooting a day. That means that‚ every single day‚ at least 3 people or more are shot in the united stated. • Too many innocent
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police officer he wrote an essay “Shooting an Elephant”‚ When the russian revolution was going on he wrote a children’s book “Animal Farm”. After Orwell’s career of writing he writes an essay “Why I Write” 1946 after he wrote animal farm. He wanted to tell readers about why he wrote and what he liked to write about. George Orwell wanted to achieve turning political writing into an art‚ draw attention to some type of lie‚ and write against totalitarianism. In “Shooting an Elephant”‚ george orwell writes
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Shooting An Elephant – George Orwell Orwell begins his essay by describing the intense hatred of the Burmese for their European masters. In Moulmein‚ in Lower Burma‚ I was hated by large numbers of people‚ the only time in my life that I have been important enough for this to happen to me. Europeans were spit at‚ jeered at‚ and insulted. As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so. I feel his sympathies were on the side of the Burmese‚ and
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Shooting An Elephant In “Shooting an Elephant’‚ George Orwell described the onus of serving with the imperial police in Lower Burma‚ during a time where the British police were hated by the natives. Orwell expressed his views towards the Burmese‚ saying “Theoretically—and secretly‚ of course—I was all for the Burmese and all against their oppressors‚ the British.” Though he felt that way‚ they did not feel the same towards him. “As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever
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Do smartphones increase or decrease social interaction? Samuel Walendowsky English Composition I Mrs. Meinhardt November 25‚ 2012 Abstract Everyday more smartphones are sold around the world‚ nowadays there are about 1 billion smartphones being used in the entire world. Now it is much easier and faster to share information‚ experiences‚ pictures and ideas to everyone. We are getting so used to all of these technologies that soon
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