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BOOM! Everywhere on the street buildings are exploding. The bright flames and shattering glass terrify ongoing civilians. People in odd make-up and costumes use various weapons to create chaos on the once calm street. The gang of people robs stores and drag the owners away. That is, until Batman comes. In his suit as dark as night, he grabs two of the evildoers by their eccentric clothes and bashes their heads together. They fall down immediately. This startles the gang and a few of the members…

Although I have lived in both states i still think their are a few advantages to living in california. Yes they may have a lot of similar things in common but i still think one is better than the other. yes there can be some down sides, but i mean come on have you been to california. it's the most fast pace, beautiful place i have ever lived. There's so many amazing things to do in california whether it's with family or with a group of friends. You get to experience so many amazing places and…

Sunday October 1,2017 Las Vegas NV, was one of the most talk about devastating news across the world. Many innocent people had their life’s taking by a heartless man. Many peoples were affected by this senseless crime. Many healthcare provider’s careers will never be the same. I remember being at work at 2:00am in the morning watch live videos of people running/pleading for their lives, children crying, people lying in pools of blood. Many emotions waved through my body. I can remember think…

The Homewood Trilogy by John Edgar Wideman questions the effects of his first true influences, the Academy and the Street. “My university training had both thwarted and prepared this understanding, and the tension of multiple traditions, European and Afro-American, the Academy and the Street, animates these texts,” Wideman acknowledges. The essence of Wideman’s argument is that the life he lived at the academy and in the street influenced him to become the person he is today. I agree with author…

decline overall since 2006, however of those committing crimes in 2009, 54 percent of the offenders were juveniles with the majoring having connection to gang activity (Other youth topics, n.d.). In 2011, there were 147 murders in Memphis (“Memphis police explain increase in murder rate,” 2012). Of those, the suspect in 48 percent of those murders was under the age of 25, while 25 percent of the victims were also under the…

1. Phoenix felt that because of the violence that they have been experiencing in the summer of 1977 has helped them to come up with an idea to make the G.R.E.A.T program. A few years later the police started making documents of 150 street gangs and 885 gang members which was arrested for different minor crimes to murder and also 9 gangs that happen to be related homicides. From 1987-1988 the California gangs would influence and associate with the Crips to be able to expand their drug markets in…

has changed in terms of outlook and optimism. While songs like Public Enemy’s “fight the power” called for a rise in black nationalism and sweeping social change across a nation. Songs Compared to songs like “Real Niggaz Don’t Die” and “Fuck the Police” the song of today have a more positive outlook that preaches of a light at the end of the tunnel after much strife and tribulation for impoverished minority communities across the county. Today, Kendrick Lamar…

For sometime, the reasons for gang creation have been studied in an effort to reduce overall gang violence. “At recent count, there are an estimated 850,000 gang members in the United States in more than 30,000 gangs. With so many of today's youth adhering to the life in a gang, what is pushing them to pursue an early life of criminality. In reference to the Rational Choice view on youths joining a gang, “Members of the underclass turn to gangs as a way of obtaining desired goods and services,…

Don Siegel’s film Dirty Harry was released in 1971 during an anxious decade in the United States as well as around the world. There was rebellion following the Vietnam War as well as an economic recession. The film Dirty Harry received mixed reviews because viewers gathered different themes with each viewing. Filled with action, style, and detail Dirty Harry displays the anxious behavior and feelings of the American people. Dirty Harry is about extremism, justice, and ethics and reveals through…

In the article, “The More Factor”, by Laurence Shames he explains how historically Americans developed a desire for “more” as the people became a custom to economic growth. The author describes the relationship between the frontier and American consciousness. This is seen as he first provides a historical explanation from the 19th century. He gives us an insight of how historically way of life has changed however, he shows how people are still believing that the country will keep on growing.…