El Mozote massacre

Victims According to Bill Avery speech, “Now that’s being blown into dishonest narrative about hurting people killing people, planning to kill people. That’s just not true. We destroy government property.” Sergeant Brain McDonnell was a San Francisco police officer, who was wounded in the bombing of Park Police Station bombing in 1970. He was close to the blast and was serial injured and was rush to the local hospital where, three days later he dies from his wounds. Sergeant McDonnell served 20…

Twenty-six people (20 students between the ages of 6 and 7 years old and six adults) were shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School by 20-year-old Adam Lanza in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14 2012. At some point before Adam went to Sandy Hook Elementary School, investigators believed that he killed his mother, Nancy Lanza. Before living the house Adam stole three guns (A semi-automatic AR-15 assault rifle, Pistols and a Sig Sauer) and then proceeded into the elementary school,…

For most of us, religion is a way to be able to tell right from wrong, and a guidance to how to be a good person. While it is open to interpretation, some people take religious matters into their own hands, and form crazy ideologies which are quite scary to think of. Welcome to the Top 5: Creepiest Religious Cults. Number 1: The small town of Fall River, Massachusetts may seem like any ordinary town, but it's got a very dark, and disturbing history. It all started with the brutal murder of 17…

April 19 has become an infamous day for our Nation. It marks the date in which the Branch Davidian in Waco, Texas was raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigations in 1993. Where 80 Americans including 24 children were killed in a fire that was set to straw and gasoline while the FBI raided their compound (PBS). The leader there was David Koresh who led his people in a shootout following with a mass suicide against the government raid. This in turn would be the reason for what led to the…

To: David Wooly, Alma School District Administration From: Michele Ikenberry, Faculty Member Date: February 12, 2017 Re: Task Force for Alma School Protection Program In recent years protecting our students while at school has become a significant issue for our nation, and the thousands of individual schools throughout the country. Tragically, many of the worst mass shootings in our country have taken place in public institutions to include Columbine in 1999 with 13 victims, Red Lake,…

According to the article, "To Tell or Not To Tell," 4 out of 5 school shooters revealed their plans ahead of time, but no one reported any threats.” The article also stated that, "70% of people who committed suicide told someone or gave warning signs before carrying out their plan." These numbers could be decreased significantly if more people would tell an adult about a person's harmful plan, but most teenagers have troubling deciphering whether a comment from a peer is a harmless joke or a…

On 5-10-2016 I Pltm. Butram responded to Madison High School for a criminal damage report. Upon arrival I spoke with Assistant principal Jack Whaley. Mr. Whaley stated a student by the name Thomas Bryan was causing a disturbance in a classroom. Mr. Whaley stated after Thomas and the teacher Devin Artz exchange words, Thomas walk out of the classroom slamming the door. Mr. Whaley stated Thomas slammed the door with enough force it shattered the glass from the door. Mr. Whaley stated the glass…

They entered the school from different doors and placed improvised bombs made from twenty pound propane cylinders at the doors. There were also bombs made from similar means in backpacks which the duo left in the cafeteria. Both Eric and Dylan exited the school. All the explosives except one failed to detonate and it only partially did so. Explosives experts stated if they would have detonated as planned, the loss of life would have been massive. In addition major structural damage to the…

Studies have shown that, despite the belief children know better than to handle firearms, in a controlled social experiment children are likely to accept and play with a firearm despite their parents teaching them not too (Robinson). To reduce the supply of firearms you must first limit the demand through educational programs. One way to do that is through threat and police enforcement. An increased “crackdown” on gun ownership and public carry of firearms has proved successful (Braman). Similar…

Fire from the rock By sharon M. Draper In Fire From The Rock the main character is Sylvia, she is an African American, that has one brother named Gary and one little sister named Donna Jean. She can be considered a middle child, and is 16 years old. She one of many other students to be on the list for the integration of central high school. She does the right thing when she takes her name of the list at the end of the book, to have a normal highschool life. Reggie is another student that in…