Charleston

it. A television episode about policing is not an accurate portrayal of an officer everyday work. On Sunday, April 16, 2017, I completed the assignment of riding for 8 hours with a law enforcement officer. My shift began was 7pm to 2am. I chose Charleston County Police Department because of its close to home and my familiarity with the area. I was assigned to officer Garcia. Officer Garcia has been…

The police were acquitted by a predominantly white jury (Maurantonio, N. 2014). Then there’s people in the present like Walter Scott, a black man who was shot on April 4, 2015, in North Charleston, South Carolina for a non-functioning brake light. Walter Scott was shot by Michael Slager, a white North Charleston police officer. Slager was charged with murder after a video surfaced contradicting his police report. The video showed him shooting…

The statute is understood according to the case of Nelson v. Lewis (36 Ill.App.3d 130, 344 N.E.2d 268 1976) and Siewerth v. Charleston 89 III App. 2d 64, 231 N.E. 2d 644. The issue at hand is whether the plaintiff’s act of throwing the snowball at the dog constitutes provocation within the meaning of the statute. In Nelson V. Lewis, the act of the plaintiff was unintentional yet…

more comfortable. Since most dancing was done at parties or nightclubs, most youth participated in it rather than adults. Many dances were made due to dance contest where professional dancers made new moves. The Charleston became popular once it was shown on two Broadway shows. The Charleston included both jazz and tap movements. During the Renaissance, it became popular because it included European steps, and jazz music with African steps. Another popular dance during this time was The Shimmy.…

Celia, as an orphan and a poor seamstress in Charleston, is the demographic that championed the idea of hard work can lead to the higher standard of living and obtaining the things she never had: a family, a home that was hers and economic security. This all changed when she met Jimmy Rand. Celia fell…

Francis Marion was born on February 26, 1732, he was one of six children. His mother and father were Gabriel and Charlotte Marion. He was born on his parents’ plantation and lived there for the first five years of his life in Berkley County, South Carolina. Then his family settled down on a plantation near Georgetown, South Carolina. Although he wasn’t very educated, he was one of the great partisan leaders of the American Revolutionary War, also known as the War for Independence. He was…

slave trade back to the Dutch settlers of New Netherland in the seventeenth century. Philadelphia became an active site of the Atlantic slave trade, and slaves accounted for nearly 8% of the city’s population in 1770. In southern cities, including Charleston, urban slavery played an important role in the market economy. Slaves, both rural and urban, made up the majority of the working population of the thirteen…

blacks: Septima P Clark dedicated her life and career to the educational advancement of African Americans in the south. Septima P Clark was born on May 3, 1898 in Charleston South Carolina. Her father who was a freed slave, worked as a caterer following the civil war. Her mother Victoria Poinsettia had been born free in Charleston South Carolina, but had been taken to Haiti in 1864 by her uncle, along with her two sisters. Victoria Poinsettia took in laundry A job sheto help add to the family…

The opiate epidemic runs rampant in West Virginia, killing parents leaving kids left alone to pick up the pieces of their parent's mistakes, wondering what happened along the way. Eli Saslow beautifully narrates the story of the Pulliam family in such a predicament in his article "What Kind of a Childhood is that". Published in December of 2016 by Washington Post, Saslow shows the devastating effects of heroin addiction and how it affects the standard American family. By using narration, imagery…

baseball program, according to head coach Jason Rockwell. “We have never played in a post-season game before,” said Rockwell. This year it becomes a reality as the Hurricanes will travel to Charleston, South Carolina to play in the South Carolina Homeschool Tournament. Four teams are in the tournament, Charleston, Columbia, Coastal and Upstate Eagles from Spartanburg. Next year, Augusta should join the event as well. Rockwell said, “This should be a good time for the guys with something to play…