FACTS: On December 20, 1973, defendant/appellant Charles Goodseal accidentally killed James Warren Hunter when appellant slipped in the snow and a gun he was holding discharged. Appellant had a previous felony conviction; under Kansas law possession of a firearm by a convicted felon is itself a felony. HISTORY: Defendant was convicted at a first trial of unlawful possession of a firearm (from which no appeal was taken), and was convicted at a second trial of murder in the first degree, done in the commission of a felony. The collateral felony was unlawful possession of a firearm after a felony conviction.…
“On 02/28/2016 at 11:12 am, the victim was outside playing on a trampoline when the suspect shot him in the right leg. The suspect was interviewed by Det. Johnakin, and he confessed he was showing the gun towards the victim when he accidentally pulled the trigger and fired the weapon. The suspect stated he had found the firearm behind a trash can in the Merrifield’s neighborhood. Officers on scene recovered the firearm in the next yard over, and the suspect stated he had thrown the gun along with the shell casing into that yard.…
Wrongful Conviction On the morning of August 10, 1984, Deborah Sykes was brutally stabbed, sexually assaulted, and eventually killed in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The man convicted for her murder was Darryl Hunt, a 19 year old boy that would go on to spend 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Hunt was convicted based on eye-witness testimony and informants, but was later exonerated based on DNA evidence that matched a man that was caught just a few months after the murder took place. This case is an exemplar of the strength of DNA evidence and the fragility of eyewitness testimony.…
On January 16, 2017 at approximately 1603 while working the Martin Luther King celebration at Fort Mellon Park, located at 600 E. 1st Street, I observed a large crowd moving west from the park toward the event field. Officer Gentry and I begin walking alongside the crowd to see what was going on. As Officer Gentry and I walked toward the field some of the crowd stopped moving. At this time two groups of MLK participants began walking toward each other that’s when Officer Gentry and I began to walk toward the groups to keep them separated.…
The two parties were protesting for their own rights. The white supremacy was protesting for the fact that different races have the same rights as them, and that they are sharing the same country of a different races. In addition, the opposing party was fighting for their own rights, and they were protesting against the opposing party. The white supremacy group was motivated and captivated by Donald Trumps campaign when he was running for president. My opinion on this would be that the white supremacy group was taking it to far and where abusing their rights of protesting.…
Recently, in Chicago, a worldwide scene has shocked the nation. The question is determined if police brutality was used. Several police officers shot and killed the seventeen year old, Laquan McDonald. One of the police officers, Jason Van Dyke, is accused of shooting the seventeen-year-old about sixteen times to bring the suspect down. Officer Jason Van Dyke was accused and charged with first-degree murder in the month of November no longer than a month after the incident occurred.…
On any given evening, music could be heard drifting through the streets as it seeped through windows and doorways of bars and lounges. The true nature of the tunes could be felt then, out in the dimly lit streets as it permeated the thick, humid southern air. The wild energy carried out into the night like a ghostly memory, bittersweet in its distant warmth. Music was the lifeblood of the city, the birthplace of jazz. New Orleans, 1953, nurturing the unique blend of rhythm and blues as it poured throughout the city.…
Oscar Grant was a 22 year old African American who was fatally shot by a police officer in the early morning hours of New Years in 2009, by bart police officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland California ,United States. A young man was enjoying his time in San Francisco with his friends and when he ride the bart station in Fruitvale his life was taken by a police officer. People gather together to protest for Oscar Grant life. Throughout the World in the United States we fight for our rights. Hundreds of people were protesting in Oakland for discrimination and fighting for justices.…
comment: Add more about photograph and angles and such. Trayvon Martin. Freddie Gray. Eric Garner. All individuals whose names have been etched in the media and the hearts of people, sometimes as martyrs, other times, as criminals.…
following the Newark Riots. The exosystem also interferes greatly because the government, political systems, laws, educational and economic systems were interconnected leading up to the riots and after. In an attempt to fight back against discrimination and injustice, the citizens of Newark were punished and remain so in a place that is physically, emotionally, and mentally broken down. Developing an alternative perspective regarding diversity, has allowed me to gain a better understanding of my interview with Lester.…
In one particular case, State v. Henderson (2011), James Womble witnessed the shooting of Rodney Harper. On January 1st, 2003, Harper and Womble were together at a friend’s apartment. Two men forcefully entered, one of which was George Clark, whom Womble knew. Clark and Harper stepped into another room while the other man held a gun to Womble, making sure he did not follow them. The ensuing argument in the other room resulted in Harper being shot by Clark, who then threatened Womble.…
The Rev. Jarret Maupin lead a protest with over 100 people at the intersection of 24th St and Camelback Road in Phoenix. Rev. Maupin delivered a Community 12 Point Plan for #Peace & #Phx #Police reforms to Police Chief Joseph G. Ya hne r. Protester and anti-protesters battled to be heard during the rally held on Friday July 15,…
In the light of, racism on the rise there was a rally formed by white supremacists to protest the removal of General Robert E. Lee in Emancipation Park. “ Charlottesville was on edge Sunday as police and residents tried to piece together how a white nationalist rally turned deadly when a man rammed his car into counter protestors in an act described by a member of the Trump administration as terrorism.” [ A day After VA Clashes Protest- and Sorrow], stated by and article that covered the rallies aftermath. Three people were killed, thirty five injured at the rally, with two sides that day the white supremacists then the/ anti-protestors oppressing the hateful message.…
The reason these events have cause such a stir in the media is because it is seen as racial discrimination. In most incidents the black male does not possess a weapon and is unjustly shot by a white cop. The argument is that if it were a white offender, the cops would not be shooting their firearms however, because black males are the offenders in these incidents, they have been portrayed as hate crimes against black people. As for Du Bois, being an African American man, he specifically focused on white oppression and the unfair treatment of black people (2016:99). During his time, he was treated differently because he was African American and wanted equality, but believed that there was white dominance…
Ian Tuttle reports in the National Review that in St. Paul, MN, “…more than 100 protesters were arrested when protesters used an overpass over Interstate 94 to throw rocks and rebar at police, injuring 21 officers, including one who suffered broken vertebrae when a concrete block was dropped on him from above” (Tuttle, 2016). This is just one example of the violence that has been uncovered by media and shown to the rest of the country, with the Black Lives Matter name front and center. It was also reported that these protesters shouted crude and degrading things about the downed officers, in celebration. While…