Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building

Terrorism is the use of violence in the pursuit of political aims. Terrorism is not always just violence it can also be threats made against anyone that is involved in politics. The threats or violence is made to a certain group of people in an area to achieve a political goal. Terrorist do not always have to be someone from another country, but can be someone from the United States. The Oklahoma City Bombing was an act of terrorism. McVeigh was angry with the United States government for an…

together again. For Lincoln that was his Gettysburg Address which he told at the dedication of a military cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War. For Clinton it was the “Oklahoma Speech” he told when the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was bombed in Oklahoma City.…

Ted Bundy is one of America’s famous serial killers and rapist. He was born on November 24, 1946 in Burlington, Vermont. It’s never been known the exact number of women Ted has killed. His killing spree started in 1974. He would lure his victims into his car pretending to be injured. Women had been disappearing in Utah and Seattle area, where bunding had been residing. Bundy was arrested in 1975 for the kidnapping of Carol DaRonch. Carol was one of the few women to escape from Bundy. He was…

Religion Assessment - By Kai Harris 9RE1 Oklahoma City Bombing On April 19, 1995, in Oklahoma City, USA, a truck bomb detonated outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Government Building. It left 168 people dead, and hundreds injured. The truck bomb was detonated by anti-government militants Timothy McVeigh, who was executed for his crimes in 2001 and Terry Nichols, who received life in prison. Teachings that are most relevant to this event from each religion The Catholic teachings most…

Public Law 103-322 authorizing American Flag to be flown at half-staff on May 15, Peace Officers Memorial Day, was enacted into law. April 19, 1995 Timothy McVeigh explodes a truck bomb that destroys the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The blast kills 168 people, including eight Federal law enforcement officers: Agents Cynthia Brown, Paul Broxterman, Paul Ice, Donald Leonard, Mickey Maroney, Kenneth McCullough, Claude Medearis and Alan Whicher. November 9, 2000 President…

The death penalty is a hard subject to talk about, it is used in some of the federal prisons in the United States. The death penalty, also called “Capital Punishment”, is a sentence no one wants to hear, not even the bravest of criminals. I personally agree with the death penalty just because I believe in the famous quote written in the bible “an eye for an eye.” I believe that the death penalty is a good way to get rid of criminals who do heinous and brutal crimes. In addition, the death…

September 11th, 2001 is a day that everyone in American history knows. It is observed annual in schools and other federal buildings, and anyone alive and aware of their surroundings on that day could tell you exactly where they were and what they were doing when they received the news of the treacherous event. A terrorist attack where two passenger planes were hijacked to crash into the twin towers would change American history forever. Not only would this change the lives of the individual…

By June of 1995, Presidential Directive 39 absolutely sketched out the obligations of Federal offices in reacting and battling terrorism on a national and neighborhood level. Presidential Directive 62, issued in May of 1998 further portrayed the obligations of particular offices. Both Directives called for creating a streamlined, rapidly deployable…

into the 1920’s where boundaries soon after were redefined from the spoils of World War I. The 1990’s foreshadowed a preview of 21st century mass-casualty-terror tactics; bombing attacks that included the World Trade Center (1993), Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, the U.S…

In 1967 the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice was released and changed society’s outlook on police for the better and allowed for police to finally be the hero in many films. In the beginning of the cop film era all cop heroes or ideal cops were white masculine men and maintained the gender norms in society. The ideal and masculine cop was shown as detectives who could always get the girls and their suspect by being quick to pull their gun. Mills in the film…