needless killings. Two of the most memorable examples are the Massacre at Columbine and Sandy Hook. On April 20‚ 1999‚ two teenagers went on a shooting spree at Columbine High School in Littleton‚ Colorado. They ended up killing thirteen people and wounding more than twenty others before turning their guns on themselves and committing suicide. This shooting caused many debates over gun control
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Hot Shooting by Tigers in Second Half Sinks Gents‚ 72-67 COLORADO SPRINGS‚ Colo. – Despite taking an 8-point lead early‚ the Gents only shot 28.6 percent in the first half and 31.3 percent for the game – compared to 54.2 percent in the second half and 46.3 percent for the game for the Tigers – as Centenary (9-12‚ 3-7 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) lost its second tight game of the season to Colorado College (8-13‚ 7-3 SCAC) 72.67 Friday night‚ February 23. Despite only hitting 10-for-35
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Although Sarah Vowell‚ the author of Shooting Dad faces the struggle of a relationship with her father due to his extreme admiration for firearms and Philip Larkin’s poem This be the verse discusses the parent’s experiences to help guide their children to success; both pieces of literature have many similarities. Vowell‚ although allowed to voice her own opinion on politics and beliefs she had a hard time relating to her father’s view points. Larkin’s poem shows that the parents want to use their
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home where his shooting spree had ended in a showdown with over fifty law enforcement officers. Only after firing hundreds possibly thousands of rounds at Howard‚ officers used tear gas to bring Howard out of his stronghold‚ and with this‚ the siege of Camden was finally brought to an end. Howard had previous problems with the neighbors. He felt they were making fun of him for living at home with his mother and also suspected him of being a homosexual. On the morning of the shootings‚ he got up‚ dressed
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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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Racial prejudice by police is becoming alarmingly out of control as state by state African Americans men are gunned down in city streets throughout the USA. During the past year‚ there have been major controversies and civil unrest surrounding the number of minorities murdered by law enforcement without cause or reason. Keith Childress was killed in Las Vegas on December 31‚ 2015. Police explanation for the shooting was the victim had something in his hand and they thought it was a gun. The assumed
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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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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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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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