different when it comes to police action shootings. Mistake-of-Fact shootings happen all too often. Although officers are trying some less lethal options‚ 18% of police action shootings in LA in-between 1998-2002 were thought to be mistake-of-fact shootings. Steps need to be taken to lower numbers of mistake-of-fact shootings. In my opinion officers need more low-light training‚ less lethal training‚ and usage of sight alignment. A lot of mistake-of-fact shooting are due to three major things: misidentification
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On April 20‚ 1999‚ two high school students by the names of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold carefully and maliciously planned a massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton‚ Colorado. They killed fifteen people‚ one being a teacher‚ and left twenty-three in need of hospitalization before finally turning their guns on themselves. This event influenced Elliot Aronson to write his book‚ Nobody Left To Hate‚ in hopes to educate people on why such travesties occur within our schools‚ andmost importantlywhat
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death that have a far more wide-ranging impact‚ such as imperialism. In George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant‚” an unnamed narrator‚ despite his initial reluctance‚ succumbs to collective pressures to shoot a marauding elephant in Lower Burma. Orwell comments on the dangers of collective pressure and the horrors of imperialism in order to explore the moral dilemmas of imperialism in the short story “Shooting an Elephant.” Orwell employs simile and connotation relating to a spectacle to describe
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“Shooting an Elephant” study questions 1. Describe the nature of the voice in the opening paragraph. Is there any humor and irony? 2. You already came up with some ideas about Orwell’s attitude toward imperialism‚ and now it is time to come up with some examples from the text. 3. What is Orwell’s attitude toward the native people? You also already brainstormed on that‚ but where in the text do you see examples of Orwell’s attitude towards the native people? - Orwell feels hated by the Indian
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Doudar Daniel Ante-Contreras English 1B 18 May 2014 You Have the Potential to Shoot Up a School! In the eyes of news media‚ whenever a travesty such as a school shooting occurs all other forms of news cease to exist. News stations spend days reporting on the same exact story regardless of any updates. Every time a school shooting occurs the media attempts to establish that the shooter is psychologically ill. Media outlets bend the truth‚ exaggerate quantitative data‚ and appeal to unqualified
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All over the world people are killed because of mass shootings. From young children to the elderly‚ many lose their lives or are injured. It is a constant issue for the United States and other countries. Some shooters have mental illnesses that cause them to lose control‚ psychologists offer help to those individuals. Some high school shooters are bullied and they feel like they need revenge on their tormentors. It kills innocent people‚ scares other citizens and with the advanced laws placed in
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Louise Jeppesen Main topic: Crime My topic: School shooting I’ve chosen this topic because: Personal interest It’s a big problem I’ll try to find the reason School shooting: Information about school shooting - What kind of people do it Columbine High School The gun law - The Second Amendment What could be the reason My own opinion - Relate to Denmark Sources: The book ”School shooting” by Heidi Kokholm and Lene Nielsen page 8-11 and page
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also injured a 6-year-old little boy in a shooting at an elementary school. Prosecutors have taken action to have the case moved to the Court of General Sessions where the 14-year- old can be tried as an adult. His charges include murder and others. The teenage boy murdered his father while he was watching television within their home. The teenager then took the car and went to the elementary school. He was carrying a handgun at the time and began shooting‚ ultimately wounding two boys and a teacher
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attacks‚ and shootings. I think one of the problems that continue to grow rapidly is school shootings. In 2015 there have been more than 45 school shootings. This has left schools with a tragic event they will always be haunted with. In order to protect the school‚ teachers should have the right to carry a pistol on campus to make it a safer place for students‚ faculty‚ and staff. No matter how prepared you are it can still happen‚ and being armed could bring down risk of school shootings or protect
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Inevitable Morals George Orwell’s 1930 short story “Shooting an Elephant‚” demonstrates the total dangers of the unlimited authority a state has and the astounding presentment of “future dystopia”. In the story‚ Orwell finds himself to be in an intricate situation that involves an elephant. Not only does the fate of the elephant’s life lie in Orwell’s hands‚ he has an audience of people behind him cheering him on‚ making his decision much more difficult to make. Due to the vast crowd surrounding
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