Army Spc. Tevin Geike,was murdered by a fellow servicemen at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The victim, 20-year-old Tevin Geike, had been walking at approximately 2am with two other soldiers on Saturday Oct. 5 in a Tacoma Washington suburb. A car containing 5 African-American men drove by and yelled racial statements about being white to the three men who are all Caucasian. Initially it was believed to be a hate crime but now lead investigators believe that race was not a motivating factor.
The murder of Emmett Louis Till For many, the murder of Emmett Louis Till does not sound familiar but what happened to him in 1955 astonished the nation, and caused shockwaves, tremor, and that still echo today. Emmett Louis Till was only 14 when he got kidnapped, torture, then shot in the head. He was murdered in Mississippi for whistling at a young white woman in a shop. The two white men, Roy Bryant, and his half-brother, J.W Milam were put on trial for the killing and kidnapping of Emmett but despite the strong evidence against them an all-white jury acquitted them after one hour. "He was the center of attraction.
But what will it cost him to know who could murder a person in cold blood without a second thought and how will it affect his downward spiral of a relationship with his father? The main character of Mississippi Trial is Hiram Hillburn, a sixteen year old boy for most of the story who’s morals and world views go against those of the south. There is a rift between him and his father, Harlan Hillburn, who had insulted his son’s grandfather and all of Greenwood for years, something Hiram never understood until he returned as a teenager. Harlan’s father and Hiram’s grandfather, Earl, is quite the opposite of them. He doesn’t see the blacks as equals and thinks that Negros
Many believe that the budget cuts had the biggest impact on proletarian families due to the fact that they would suffer as they had not the money to pay substantial amounts for things that, due to the cuts, increased in price. However, others believe that it was other factors that caused the outbreak of riots such as technology, a lack of education in the hooligans who did riot and some even believe that the rioters are simply bad people. The government have been blamed several times for the outbreak of the riots in London. There are many reasons for this and one is the very cornerstone of the outbreak – the death of Mark Duggan. On Thursday 4th August, Duggan was killed by the Metropolitan police force.
Damage, costing billions of dollars, has made it one of the costliest storms on record. The storm had many social impacts including looting, unsanitary conditions, violence in the streets (functionalist perspective). Also people were separated from their loved ones (interactionist perspective). And the problems with FEMA (conflict perspective). In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, looting, violence and other criminal activity became serious problems.
On December 29, after three long years, finally would be some justice served for the brutal killings of Micheal Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andre Goodman. All three men had yet to reach the age of twenty-five when they were murdered for being civil rights workers. The crime was performed in an “old-fashion lynching,” by numerous White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi (Linder). These members consisted of Neshoba County Sheriff, Lawrence Rainey, Cecil Price his deputy, and seventeen others. This crime was a tragedy that took place after the men were lied to, placed in jail for no reason, then released and lured to a dam site at the Old Jolly Farm.
These are only some the cases that are being reported and are reflected through the hate crime stats for 2010 and 2011. In 2008 there was a drastic and tragic turn in the LGBTQ community. Matthew Shepard a 21 year old gay student at the University of Wyoming was killed for being gay. Shepard (2014), “The horrific events that took place shortly after midnight on October 7, 1998 went against everything Matthew embodied”. This young man was tied to a wooden fence and brutally beat and left to die.
New York City and San Francisco may have seen a decline in reported hate based crimes but it is likely that this is the result of lack of resources and victims and witnesses unwillingness to speak out. Regardless of the reason, crimes that are motivated by hate are far more damaging to the victims and the community than comparable crimes that are not hate
This plays a major factor in the homicide rate in Philadelphia, although it’s not the only factor. Being unable to support yourself financially can lead to other illegal options for people in urban parts of the city. Men typically turn to the streets and drug dealing to meet their financial needs. This may lead to bad deals that result in feud amongst different parties. According to Schneider, homicide is highly gendered.
There are people to blame for my cities downfall. Due to all the stealing that was going on in council has caused a large deficit. In recent years this has been the cause of the depressing state my city is in. its ruined state of minds so bad to the point we don’t believe in ourselves as much. Also the lack of teacher & student relations has even ruined my generation we feel as though there’s no one to fight for us.