“We are all sitting around the rail.” This is how the short story written by Walter Dean Myers begins. “The narrator and his friends are hanging out on a rail, and they are talking about who was the best fighter of all time. A friend of the narrator, Willie Murphy, was kind rt, that someone in a building, near the boys, had an automatic weapon. It suddenly got really crowded and a kid claims to see someone in the building. The narrator and his friends crawl into the restaurant, and the cops hide behind their cars, and they all aim at the building” A cop suddenly slips in some dog shit and his gun goes off.
This paper will also highlight the strengths and weaknesses in the criminal justice process. Introduction A request for investigation was called in by John Wolf, who heard a commotion coming from his next door neighbor’s home. He explained to the Paradise 911 Emergency Call Center that the commotion came from the front yard and ended in a terrible scream, and upon calling the police, there was a body lying still in his neighbor’s driveway. When Mr. Wolf went to the window to assess the situation, he saw a body lying in the driveway and James driving away from the scene in a white Ford Bronco. Mr. Wolf’s neighbor is Lucy Lane, who has recently divorced from James Lane, and got a restraining order on him that day because of previous emotional and physical abuse and threats to her and Rodney Hill, whom she has been dating for several months.
The curious incident of the dog in the night time is a story about a fifteen year old boy who finds a neighbours dog dead on the front lawn. Christopher, then embarks on a quest to find who killed the dog called Wellington. This book is very hard to understand as this book like the mind of Christopher, as he is has Asperger’s Syndrome. The writer Mark Haddon has written this book so Christopher is telling the reader the story. Even though it is hard to understand when you read further into it you begin to understand not only the story but also Christopher.
Steven fell 30 meters to his death. While doing the post mortem it was discovered that Steven had recent injures from cigarette burns and bruises around his neck from being hauled around his home on a pet lead, his hand had foot print marks on them. Sarah, Darren and Stewart have since been convicted of his murder with Martin Pollard getting a conviction of manslaughter. A serious case review was ordered after the murder of Steven Hoskins which included a review there were warning signs and missed opportunities for relevant agencies to have intervened the abuse and suffering Steven had suffered. These agencies had been put in place to protect Steven.
The man told me that if I cried he would shoot my mother. Luckily the man had to do errands so he took our car, left us on the side of the street and standing a block away was a police officer who quickly caught up with the man and arrested him. This was my first real experience of fear. I wasn’t sure if I was more scared of losing my life or losing my mom. Just like the Lieutenant Cross, I suffered the fear of losing not only myself but a loved one as well.
BODY A. MP1- Our safety is threatened, the very people (police) that we pay to keep safe are the ones hurting us The public’s safety is threatened as shown in the Oscar Grant and Sean Bell cases 1. The Sean Bell shooting took place in New York City in November 2006 3 men were shot a total of fifty times by team of plain clothed and undercover officers killing one of the men being Sean Bell and severely injuring his two friends According to one of the undercover officer known as Gescard Insnora he overheard Bell and his friends talking about retrieving a firearm from the car so he followed and revealed his badge. Sean Bell accelerated and hit Insnora and over 50 shots was fired into the vehicle Sean Bell was reported as being legally intoxicated 2. Oscar Grant an Oakland citizen was gunned down by a police officer, he was fully cooperating with authorities Grant was seen begging the cops not to shoot The Police ran around after the shooting looking to confiscate any cell phones and video recording devices Oscar Grant was murdered in cold blood at the age of 22 by BART police 2 hours into the New
Ten Key Events: Disorder of Life 1. The book started in Chapter 1 with the murder of Wellington. As Christopher discovers the body of Wellington, he becomes mystified. He ends up hugging Wellington as he likes dogs. He is discovered by Mrs. Shears and runs away due to her screaming.
The encounter ends with Brown on the ground with 8 shots in him. What happened that made the officer shoot the teen though? St. Louis County Police Chief Joe Belmar claims “Brown physically assaulted the officer, and during a struggle between the two, Brown reached for the officer's gun. One shot was fired within the car followed by other gunshots outside of the car (Gannett).” How could we possibly know if this was what actually happened though? For all we know the officer is making this story up to protect his career from a possible mistake that he made.
THE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN TRAIL ''improving Organizational Performance"" BCOM/275 15/2013 CHRISTINA BEHLING THE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN TRAIL My article is from the Los Angeles Times and the topic is very controversial because there was a killing of a child and the only statements were from Zimmerman who was accused of second degree murder. Within the article it states that George Zimmerman acted in self-defense, in response to the attack of Trayvon martin.After spotting the teen walking in his neighborhood, wearing a hoodie on a dark and rainy night. Zimmerman followed the teen and then called 911 to give a description of martin to authorities and continued to follow Trayvon even after being to not to do so by the 911 operator. A fight in sues it is never clear or important who was on the top or the bottom followed by moans for help are heard from neighbors. The facts of the case were as the following there was a killing of an unarmed black teen walking home from the store where he purchased a bag of skittles and a Arizona ice tea.
The first proof they used was Simpson’s motive Simpson was mad because his ex-wife broke up with Simpson a second time; Simpson was also an emotional mess with also losing his current girlfriend. Also Simpson had a cut on his index finger of his left hand and no one could remember seeing the cut before the murders. The second proof that they used was the physical evidence. While searching the crime they came across a left handed glove that had blood on it and a ski cap. The matching glove to the left hand glove was found behind the home.