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    George Zimmerman the man who shot and killed Trayvon Martin‚ over a five months time period he repeatedly called the police to report “suspicious” activity and every call he placed for this “suspicious” activity it was a black male each time. In the text it states‚ “From August 2011 to February 2012‚ Zimmerman had called police several times to states he deemed as suspicious. All of those reported figures were

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    through a neighborhood with a hood on at night. Apparently‚ he looked suspicious‚ so instead of staying away like orders were given‚ Zimmerman shoots Trayvon and calls it self-defense. All of this could have been avoided if Zimmerman didn’t carry a perception that all black men were criminals or bad individuals. “While Zimmerman was armed with a gun‚ Trayvon met Zimmerman with only a cellphone‚ a bag of skittles‚ and a can of tea to shield himself” (Bell 89). He didn’t resemble no harm‚ but the color

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    making up the Allied Powers. Originally the United States under President Woodrow Wilson was neutral and wanted to stay out of the war since it was in Europe. However‚ on April 6‚ 1917 America declared war on Germany‚ thus entering it into WWI. The Zimmerman Telegram led to the United States’ declaration of war‚ which made the United States’ involvement in the war just‚ and the results of United States joining the war in 1917 was the victory in Battle of Meuse-Argonne and the end of the war in 1918.

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    Muhammad (2011) : Audit Expectation Gap: The Trend to Close the Gap in the 21st Century. Research commissioned by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria ( ICAN). The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants www.accaglobal.com/af Watts R and Zimmerman J (1983): Agency Theory and the Role of Audit Welch Ian (2011) : Reshaping Audit for the new Global Economy; www.acca. Wikipedia‚ 2011:en.www/wiki/Enron. Retrieved‚ August‚2011. Wikipedia‚ 2011:en.www/wiki/WorldCom. Retrieved‚ August‚2011.

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    References: Zimmerman‚ BJ 2000‚ ’Achieving Academic Excellence: A Self-Regulatory Perspective ’‚ in M Ferrari (ed.)‚ The Pursuit of Excellence Through Education‚ Lawrence Erlbaum Associates‚ Mahwah NJ. Cunliffe‚ AL 2009‚ ’The Philosopher Leader: On Relationalism‚ Ethics and Reflexivity—A Critical Perspective to Teaching Leadership ’‚ Management Learning‚ vol 40‚ no. 1‚ pp. 87-101. Zimmerman‚ BJ 2000‚ ’An Essential Motive To Learn ’‚ Contemporary Education

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    Media has a strong influence on today ’s society and the criminal justice system. Interaction with the media continues to create problems in overcoming the racial disparities in this nation‚ due to crime that is committed by ethnic minorities in the media increasing racial stereotypes. Media also has a great influence and disadvantages regarding high profile criminal cases‚ affecting the way Americans view the criminal justice system. High exposure to the news and entertainment media has been

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    Is there such a thing as a justified killing? Is all murder morally wrong? According to the bible one shall not kill‚ but that is a very vague statement. Its basically saying that no matter what killing is bad. Even if ones life may be threatened one shall not kill. Some would say yes it is wrong to kill someone no matter what. It is a sin to take ones life and with that should never be done. Well that is true‚ no one should go out and kill people for fun or anything like that. But if someone is

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    Civil Rights Civil rights can many different things to many different people. They are basically the rights that protect a person’s freedom. They also guarantee that a person is able to participate in civil life without being discriminated against. Civil rights include the guarantee of people’s safety from discrimination against anything such as race‚ mental or physical disability‚ gender‚ age religion‚ etc. Also citizens may be ensured physical safety. Civil rights are included in the

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    The reverend Meg Riley once said‚ “We are buried up to our necks in a history of violence and brutality against people of color. I refuse to be silent anymore.” Since the majority of African-Americans were brought to America‚ it has been inevitable for African-Americas to be harmed based on the color of their skin. Throughout the years black people have been fighting for simple human rights. There have been slave revolts‚ wars‚ riots‚ and marches all for the cause to protect black lives. One of the

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    In the documentary‚ they talk about how “the police could not arrest Zimmerman because of a Florida law called Stand Your Ground that says that you can kill someone if you feel threatened‚ even though it was Zimmerman who had pursued Martin throughout the neighborhood with a gun.” Zimmerman was found not guilty mainly due to this law influenced by ALEC which is a private club conformed by politicians and corporations that encourage

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