Trayvon Martin, born February 5th, 1995, was a 17 years old Black American high school student. He lived with his mother in Miami Garden, Florida. According to Greg Botelho, his article titled “What Happened the Night Trayvon Martin Died”(Botelho,2012), discusses about the true reason why he died and how it mainly relate to police brutality. It all started with Trayvon Martin buying skittles and a bottle of Arizona from a convenience store. The neighborhood watch and guard, named George Zimmerman suspected that teen and decided to call the police.…
On February 26th, 2012, in Sanford Florida, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin an unarmed black teenager was shot and killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. Igniting a national debate on racial profiling and civil rights. Trayvon Martin was walking back from a nearby 7-Eleven before the crime was acted upon (Bay News 9 Staff). After three weeks of testimony, the six-women jury rejected the prosecution’s contention that Mr. Zimmerman had deliberately pursued Mr. Martin because he assumed the hoodie-clad teenager was a criminal and instigated the fight that led to his death. Mr. Zimmerman said he shot Mr. Martin in self-defense after the teenager knocked him to the ground, punched him and slammed his head repeatedly against the sidewalk.…
The Texas Church Shooting "People covered in blood and screaming. It was pandemonium everywhere. " A shooting November 5, at a church, occurred at eleven a.m.…
On February 26th, 2012, 17 year old Trayvon Martin was shot on the streets of Sanford, Florida, because he was perceived as threatening by local vigilante, George Zimmerman. Following Martin’s death, the nation was both shocked and outraged. How could something of racist nature occur here, in America? Yet this wasn’t the first incident, it was the first time the populace found out. In the United States, African Americans are two and a half times more likely to be killed by police than their white counterparts, though they may not even be committing a crime.…
Rodney King beating was a horrendous act that happened in Los Angeles, California, on March 3, 1991. It was an act that involved 15 police officers and King. And this incident was caught on camera by an amateur recorder, if it hadn’t been recorded by this civilian we may not have known the situation or outcome. Due to the video, it captured the police officers using excessive force on King for a high-speed chase. Excessive beating and kicking resulted in “11 skull fractures, a broken cheekbone, a fractured eye socket, a broken ankle, missing teeth, kidney damage, external burns, and permanent brain damage” (Kappeler, Sluder, and Alpert, 1994: 146).…
Most people who use social media have heard of the shooting in Ferguson, Missouri. Those who haven’t heard of this topic will most likely hear about it if they turn the news on for more than 10 minutes. There has been much debate on who aggressed who to cause the shooting. Some people believe that the officer overreacted and shot the kid, while others believe the eighteen year old tried to take the gun. Testimonies and reports given by families, friends, and witnesses go both ways on this topic.…
Sandy Hook Shooting Conspiracies The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary was a tragic event, with twenty six dead and only questions remaining, it’s hard not to sympathize with the families of those lost. There is a movement, however, that claims the shooting was false (Spaeth). The shooting is believed to have been staged in order to pave the way for stricter gun control (Salazar). Conspiracy theorists, calling themselves Truthers, have presented evidence to support their claims numerous times in attempts to convince the general population.…
While it is unlikely that we can completely stop things like this from happening, if we stop and reach out to our neighbors and accept everyone for who they are then together we can reduce these tragic events in…
The first victim of the Columbine Shooting was Rachel Joy Scott. “I’m not going to apologize for speaking the name Jesus. I am not going to hide the light that God has put me. If I have sacrifice everything… I will (Laura Collins3). Rachel wrote in her diary “I lost all my friends at school, now that I have begun to ‘walk my talk,’ they make fun of me.”…
The Injustice of Trayvon Martin It’s what you see everywhere, it’s what you’ll hear anywhere: it’s racism. In the 2010s, racism was still prevalent despite how far the United States had come from slavery. On February 26, 2012, a white neighborhood watchman shot and killed and unarmed 17-year-old. George Zimmerman, the watchman, claimed self-defense against the black teenager; he was never arrested.…
Are we going to encourage it, hide from it, or push back against it? And those who like to think they’re totally different from the person who pulled the trigger in Orlando need to remember that our attitudes matter just as much as our actions. Jesus said as much all the time. We’ve seen it play out so many times.…
I believe that psychology takes place in the recent event of the Orlando mass-shooting. " Guns kill people" most people say; but I believe that people who were brought up to hate a certain kind of race, gender, sexual orientation and much more, kill people. That guy who shot and killed 50 or so people and injuring just as many, knew what he did was wrong but did it because of what he believed in. He believed that homosexuals should not do what they do (kiss, hold hands, etc...) as it is not what he believed in. Religion (I am sorry for those who are religious, this is only my opinion) takes a major part in all the hate crimes.…
Following recent events (involving multiple mass shootings and attacks) many people think that the laws on guns in the United States of America need to be much tighter. I am one of these people. At the moment, as soon as you cross the US border, you have the legal right to purchase yourself a fire arm for personal protection, sport and (apparently, in some unfortunate cases) carrying out an unreasoned mass shooting. This document serves to explain some of the holes in the American legal system. While my foremost problem is not with guns themselves, it is a fact that they are, in the first place, an inherent danger and owning them, in the first instance, causes more trouble than they’re worth.…
Power, Violence, and Discrimination an Analysis of the Shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri Austin Dix PSYC 2602-002 Spring 2015 University of Colorado Boulder The shooting of an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown by a white police officer, Darren Wilson, in Ferguson, Missouri polarized the nation and catalyzed a renewed focus on police violence and racial biases in policing. Ferguson, Missouri has 21,000 residents, and is primarily white. Of their 53-man police force, only four are black, and according to the U.S. Justice Department, the Ferguson Police has a highly disparate number of black suspects arrested. Thus, questions were quickly raised after the shooting whether biases or prejudices…
However, people can come together through these heinous events that are sparked by race, no matter what race we are. It also shows that people can find unity in dark situations and come together when there are terrible things threatening our nation. People in this country today have mostly come together. Some groups of people still do not get along with each other, but that will hopefully change as time moves forward. We have made great strides as a country.…