In 1995 the term "school violence" associated with frightening images of terrified children running a school building where his classmates had been shot. Highly publicized shootings at schools drew nationwide attention to little known places like Pearl‚ Mississippi; Paducah‚ Kentucky; Jonesboro‚ Arkansas; and Springfield‚ Oregon. In 1999‚ the Columbine High School became the most famous high school in the United States because two boys were in a shootout‚ killing 12 students and a teacher before
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senior editor of USA today and Mother Jones stated that in 2002‚ there was a mass shooting that happened in Appalachian School of Law in Virginia. The killer was stopped by armed students‚ but those students were current and former law enforcement officers. Also‚ the killer was out of bullet when they subdued him. (More guns More mass shootings) This shows no matter how responsible the gun owners are‚ if they don’t know how to handle the life threatening situations‚ it becomes more dangerous because
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Shane McCormick 4/21/2013 Principles of Investigation Research Paper 2012 Aurora‚ Colorado Dark Knight Shooting So picture this; imagine thinking that you are going to go see the much anticipated movie‚ The Dark Knight Rises. This might as well be a good night as any to ask the girl‚ who you have been eying for a couple of weeks‚ out on your first date. Nervously‚ you go up to her and ask her if she would like to go see the midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises and get some dinner before
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The officers who did the shooting never‚ ever came across the street to help and the neighbors and bystanders were all in shock so no one made a move. I continued screaming until finally employees from the local hospital who were on their smoke breaks heard my plea and rushed over
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In George Orwell’s essay‚ Shooting an Elephant‚ he is an outsider in his country. As a European in a mainly Burman consumed country he was thought of an outcast or treated as a fool for just being from a different origin than the others. Throughout his days he is continuously taunted and bullied by his own community members‚ yet ironically they are the ones that he is supposed to be protecting. One day he is presented a problem that he had two potential ways to solve‚ the non-lethal choice that
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throughout the book and is shown through Candy and his dog‚ George and Lennie. Candy has had his dog since he was a puppy and have spent everyday together because of this they have a very strong bond and this shows when he says “i had i’m too long” this is evidence that they have been together for a long time. George and Lennie’s relationship is very similar to that of Candy and his dog as there is always a leader/father figure and a follower/son. Lennie says “i got you to look after me and you
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Shooting an Elephant: Imperialism When the word“dictator” comes to mind‚ humans are dolorous and empathetic. A great proof of this fact was observed during the early parts of the 20th century when oppression and iron fisted rule was established as a social normalcy in much of the world. The oppressive days of totalitarianism have passed and were marked by the death of the infamous and grandiose era of imperialism. Nonetheless‚ it left a bad imprint upon the countries and people that were involved
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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 gun that was in his hand was his cell phone. Again‚ on December 23‚ 2015 Kevin Matthews was brutally murdered by police in Michigan. Once again‚ police claimed
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George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” 1. On page 517 of The Norton Reader‚ Shorter Edition‚ the first question asks‚ “Why did Orwell shoot the elephant? Account for the motives that led him to shoot. Then categorize them as personal motives‚ circumstantial motives‚ social motives‚ or political motives. Is it easy to assign his motives to categories? Why or why not * Orwell did shoot the elephant because he felt the pressure that came from thousands of native people behind him when he
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fittest”-social darwinism. Candy’s dog and Lennie are two characters that do so perhaps the most significantly‚ although in the case of Candy’s dog it is slightly less obvious as he’s not given much of a personality. Upon digging deeper into these two characters‚ you will find that they share similarities despite one of them being human and the other a dog. Both Lennie and Candy’s dog are seen as weak and useless. This is especially true for Candy’s dog-nobody‚ not even Candy‚ can seem to find a use for
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