While LA rap-rock group Rage Against the Machine’s 1992 debut ‘Killing in the Name of’ was a violent and highly relevant criticism of police brutality, it failed to make the charts in the United States, perhaps due to its rough, unedited sound (Grow, 2012). Conversely, KRS-One’s ‘Sound of da Police’ was a resounding hit, reaching number seventeen on the billboard top 100 in 1994 due to its resonation with many listeners (Billboard, n.d.). Lyrics such as ‘The officer has the right to arrest / And if you fight back they put a hole in your chest’ voiced the fear of police brutality that was prevalent in much of the nation following the Rodney King case, particularly among people of color (Burdon, Chandler, Lemay, Lomax, & Parker, 1993). The lyrics also draw comparisons between police officers and plantation overseers, alluding to a view that black individuals did not yet consider themselves free during this time period.…
“Debunking the 9/11 Myths: Special Report” and “The Conspiracy Industry: Afterword to PM Expanded Investigation” are two articles both written for the Popular Mechanics magazine by James B. Meigs, the latter being written in 2006, one year after the former. “Debunking the 9/11 Myths: Special Report” is an in-depth analysis of conspiracy theories surrounding the 9/11 attacks and the factual evidence that refutes these theories. “The Afterword” is a reflective piece that describes the uprising of the conspiracy theory community after the first article was published, and then poses the argument as to why conspiracy theorists have an “illusion of coherence”. The first article published by Meigs garnered a lot of attention from the conspiracy theory…
It was September 11th, 2001, and Kris Young was at a sponsorship meeting for him and a few other teammates at the North Tower in New York. All of the sudden, Kris heard the sound of a loud crash! He was about 7 floors below where the plane had hit. There was debris falling everywhere. Suddenly, a big piece of wood fell on Kris’s leg.…
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell presents how police corruption and brutality was a major influence in the perpetualization of racism in America during the civil rights era and even today. They do this by not being afraid to pull any punches or censor anything in the art style and literary readings of March. March goes through the life of John Lewis and his struggle to be a leader in a time of great adversity. The story follows through his life as he becomes chairman of the SNCC and lives on to be one of America’s greatest unsung political heroes. One of the examples used in March to (quite literally) illustrate how police corruption and integrated systemic racism effected the American mindset was the “supposed” homicide and subsequent…
The Greatest Hoax In US History Was 9/11 really a terror attack? Many people believe that on September 11th, 2001, terrorists flew two airplanes into the World Trade Center because they “Hate our freedom.” The initial perception fails to take into account the mass amount of evidence that disproves the widely thought occurrence. Once people understand the event, they will finally realise the shady works of our US Government.…
The manipulation of the government and media after the 9/11 event were similar to the propaganda used during World Wars by Japan and Britain to increase public involvement in the war effort. Both Britain and Japan were directly involved in the circulation of propaganda; while the Bush administration did not directly circulate propaganda, it did spread false information and the mass media reported it to the people. Each instance used different strategies to shaped public opinion The Bush administration used fear and false information to shape public opinion. Britain used stereotypes were ingrained in national sentiment and Japan used false information to shape public opinion.…
The 9/11 attacks were horrifying. On 9/11 two terrorist over took planes and were rammed into the twin towers in New York City also known as the world trade center according to document 1. People were jumping out of windows to their deaths or would die from the plane crashing and the towers falling. Many died that day and many were injured. The government needed to step in but killing people or just blaming people wasn’t very satisfying either.…
Throughout the twenty-first century, domestic terrorism has grown into an important issue in the United States. After the infamous terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, the federal government of the United States has placed a much larger emphasis on homeland security and preventing terrorism. On October 2, 2001, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT) was introduced in an attempt to improve homeland security. The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 should not have passed because it violates the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, intrudes upon the First Amendment of the Constitution, but passed because of the widespread fear of terrorism across…
In my opinion, God gives us life, free will, and a good heart. There is no argument that there is chaos and evil in the world. God tries to guide his people down the path that He wants them to follow, but unfortunately, they do not always listen. Even those who do their best to love others and bring good to the world have tragic things occur in their lives. These tragic events are not caused by God but allowed to happen due to free will.…
Kevin Myers Professor Vollaro ENC 1101 6/25/16 Editorial 9/11 Conspiracy September 11, 2001, is remembered as most one of the most tragic and unbelievable days in United States history. No American will ever forget this day. Most likely ever person in the world was affected in some profound way affected. Our very freedom, our way of life, and our pride came under attack in a deadly series of terrorists attacks.…
Some people have the ability to alter public space through racial, gender and environmental stereotypes . The ability to have a person go across the street just to get away from you. The ability to have people speed walk by you. The ability to change another persons movement. What is this ability?…
Since the government is invading our privacy it’s like having them watching our every move and constantly looking through our photo’s, Facebook messages, and text messages. For example when the FBI wanted Apple to unlock a terrorist phone so that they could look at the text messages. Apple informed the FBI that if they unlock that phone then they would be forced to unlock all of the phones. If they did this then hackers or the government could get a hold of something they don't need to know about. The government need to stop invading our privacy because if something gets leaked it could cost the government a lot of money or ruin someone’s life.…
On september 11th one of america's greatest tragedies took place in New york. This horrible event caused chaos and fear in thousands of lives and the entire nation felt this monumental impact. This took a toll on Americans every day life because they had to now question every move they made. Before this event Americans thought they were invincible but they now realize that we are not safe as we thought we were once were. 911 changed America's views on their security and we never truly were the same after this event.…
The song 's lyrics directly reference the Diallo case in which four New York City police officers shot an unarmed man: "Is it a gun, is it a knife/ Is it a wallet, this is your life/ It ain 't no secret/It ain 't no secret/No secret my friend/ You can get killed just for living/ In your American skin.…
9/11: The Inside Job The war on terrorism has been a crisis for decades, a major event in the war against terrorism began after the supposed terrorist attack on the twin towers. The September 11, 2001 attacks also known as 9/11, were four coordinated terrorist attacks which caused the deaths of over 3000 people, the most deadly terrorist attack on US soil. As well as it has been reported to have been perpetrated by the Islamic terrorist group known as al-Qaeda.…