Scott Peterson is a convicted murderer for the December 2002 death of his eight –month pregnant wife, Laci Peterson. Laci went missing in 2002 and in April 2003, her body along with the unborn fetus washed ashore on the San Francisco Bay. The sole motive behind this horrific act was that Scott Peterson was in the depths of an affair with a masseuse, Amber Frey. Peterson was convicted of first-degree murder of his wife, and second-degree murder in regards to the death of the unborn fetus. He was then sentenced to death by lethal injection.…
As charlie walked around the corner,then they heard a gunshot boom. The power went out on maple street , the people on Maple street thought there was monsters or something. Steve was telling everybody that there are aliens . Charlie shot Pete Van Horn when he walked around the corner, then Steve got punched in the face. The first reason is that Charlie shot Pete Van Horn because he thought he was a monster or alien .…
Erick Garner was a 43 year old black male. He was a family man, a grandfather of 3 kids and a father of 6 kids including a 3 month old baby. Mr. Garner was a hard working person, and a person that cared about his community. His friends described him as a hospitable and generous person. Mr. Garner was murdered in the streets of New York City on July 17, 2014 by a police officer from the New York City Police Department by the name of Daniel Pantaleo.…
After trying to do another surgery to try to stop the internal bleeding, Tupac Shakur body eventually gave up and he died.…
August 9th of 2014, an African American male who was eighteen years of age named Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson, Missouri. It was shown that minutes before his death Mr. Brown was earlier at the local liquor store stealing cigarillos. Mr. Wilson, of 28 years, was the police officer that picked up on the situation as he saw someone to appear as to what the suspect looked like. Once stopping Michael, and him cooperating onto the sidewalk, there was later an altercation between Mr. Brown and Officer Darren Wilson, who is of white heritage. Moments later, Michael Brown was shot and killed by Wilson, after having the officer chase him.…
At the peak of the West coast versus East coast beef many people on both ends began to feel a personal connection to the issue and for Jenee Desmond-Harris that was exactly the case. The situation between both rappers, Tupac and Biggie, brought out the violence within the African American community to the forefront and the influence it had upon many on both ends. The essay I decided to evaluate was “Tupac and My Non-thug Life” by Jenee Desmond-Harris. The article entails Ms. Desmond-Harris’s experience of hearing the news of late rapper Tupac Shakur’s death. Ms. Desmond-Harris explains how she and her best friend Thea were huge fans of Tupac and the effect that his death had on their lives.…
His death is not honored as it should be, because of his race and the time that he lived…
Baylee Curran accused Chris Brown of threatening her with a gun early Tuesday morning which led to a standoff with LAPD for 14 hours until Brown was finally arrested Tuesday night. Chris Brown’s attorney, Mark Geragos, tweeted later that night stating "Chris is out and well. The allegations against him are demonstrably false #TeamBreezy." Brown had posted a few Instagram videos on Tuesday showing the helicopters surrounding his house along with a few words for the police and about the whole situation. He has since deleted those videos from his Instagram.…
November 22, 1963 is a day that will forever be a mystery. This was the day that President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas. The Warren Commission says that the killer was Lee Harvey Oswald, a Soviet defector who sympathized with the Communists in Russia and Cuba. However, many Americans believe that Oswald couldn 't have done this alone. Theories range from multiple gunmen, to the shots being fired from a different location, as well as those who agree with the Warren Commission.…
Tupac always dreamed of being famous and one day his dreams became a reality. At the beginning of his career he was signed by a group called Digital Underground as there backup dancer. He had gotten his first recording deal with Interscope records. At this moment he was on his way to the top, but as we all know with fame comes problems. Even though professionally he was becoming successful, his life became entangled in violence and he had frequent conflicts…
Over the years, African Americans have significantly impacted music through their daily struggles and failures. When slaves were emancipated their music and culture came along with them. African Americans have created different genres of music such as blues, Jazz, Rock N Roll, Hip-Hop, and Rap. They used music to express themselves and communicate with each other, as well as a mode of physical survival. They have marked history for the legacy of music by relaying a powerful message in the form of a musical story and all music today captures your attention in the form of a story.…
Jenee Desmond – Harris wrote an article called “Tupac and My Non-thug Life,” which was published in an online article called The Root. The title of this article seems very contradictory and that is because it is. This article is about how Desmond – Harris, as a young privileged half white, half black teenage girl, finds herself trying to embody Tupac after his death. The contradiction of this is that Desmond-Harris did not relate to Tupac in the ways of how they grew up. Desmond – Harris had yet to confront any of life’s hard edges when Tupac had passed.…
There are many times when the president has called for a special breaking news press conference and many times it’s because he bared bad news just like president George W. Bush on the Tuesday night of the September 11th attacks when he told the American people. “Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts.” He then mentioned the nearly 3,000 American lives that were lost because of the pre-meditated attack on the United States. Once the initial shock had faded some Americans’ grief or sadness then quickly turned into anger and a demand for the those responsible be brought to justice quickly.…
Sometimes when life and suffering become unbearable, death offers a welcome escape. When it is a question between seeking expensive long term treatment or ending one’s suffering altogether, assisted suicide, Death with Dignity, gives someone a choice whether or not to end their life. Death with Dignity refers to a person’s legal right to end one’s life. This “solution” to pain and suffering is often frowned upon for various reasons in many religions and by specific individuals such as doctors, nurses, and family members. Despite these objections, death with dignity should be legal throughout the United States because it gives people a chance to decide what is best for themselves, it costs a lot less money than a long-term treatment, and it ends their suffering.…
Lesane Parish Crooks was born June 16 1971 then later renamed to Tupac Shakur. This rapper, actor, poet was also known as 2Pac and Makaveli. Growing up he attended the Baltimore School for the Arts, while there he took acting classes and dancing classes. He grew up the son of Black panther activists and was raised by his mother Afeni Shakur. As she was pregnant with Tupac, she was in jail for multiple charges including bombing charges.…