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    peacefully, but later in the afternoon a man who appeared to be Middle Eastern was attacked by members of the crowd. The police eventually got involved. Many similar attacks took place later in the day, followed by retaliatory attacks that night and on subsequent nights, resulting…

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    Los Angeles Riots Analysis

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    1992 The Los Angeles Riots were known as the Rodney King Riots but the riots were a series of riots, lootings, arsons, and civil disturbance and that occurred in Los Angeles County, California, in 1992. The Riots began in The South Central Los Angeles which had spread out into different areas over a six-day period time with Los Angeles metropolitan area in California , beginning in April 1992. The Riots Began in April 19, 1992 After a Trial was over because the jury acquitted to four police…

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    Cawley, the Council of Nine is in charge of the distribution of money while the Clica leaders answer directly to that council. Clica leaders are paid around $2000 weekly based on performance. Finances and Special ops that carry out operations such as police killings are rewarded under $200 a week. Next are the hired assassins who are responsible for collecting extortions. These assassins receive around $65 per victim. Lastly are those who carry out extortion and menial tasks. These members…

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    always depict the truth. Recently, a controversial film topped the charts. According to Los Angeles Times, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri received forty-three major nominations for the 2018 awards season, winning twenty awards.” While attempting to get audience members to identify with and cheer on a racist cop, the movie has made several headlines. Many want to compare the movie to current events with police brutality or even the Blue Lives Matter and Black Lives Matter Movements.…

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    Why Do Kids Join Gangs

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    Gangs are nothing new. At the turn of the century (the early 1900s), many large police departments on the east coast had gang units to monitor the immigrant gangs who got together to protect their neighborhoods and to gather for social reasons. Gangs as most people think of them today were probably first recognized by the public with the inception of the Los Angeles gangs in the early seventies. Why do kids join gangs? The stereotype that comes to many people’s minds is that kids who join…

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    I can list all the fact in the world based on why tattoos in the workplace are and are not accepted in the workplace, but that’s not what intrigued me into writing about tattoos. I find tattoos self portraying because not only does oneself reveal based on the art made in our bodies, but the significance it has on us and the image itself. Many people may not care or know but we all have a right to express ourselves which includes showing your tattoos. Although tattoos in the workplace are not…

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    One week ago a man named Chase Armione died due to police brutality, the cop was not charged. Many people in Atlanta are very upset. There is going to be a protest going down this Saturday. JJ’s first game was coming up this Saturday in Atlanta when the Los Angeles Clippers come into town. Police warned the city of Atlanta that all protesting will not be allowed due to the fact that the Hawks are…

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    The Great American West An Analysis of Willa Cather’s “My Antonia” The feminist movement in America was a time of great struggle, change, and most importantly retaliation. Considering the low status of women at that time, being subordinate to their husbands, it was difficult for them to give their. This led many women to the outlet of writing; writing was often a way for them to display their knowledge and independence and begin this new revolution which would disturb the order of things which…

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    Golden Gulag Analysis

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    economic premises in order to explain how social concepts such as retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation, and incapacitation have each contributed to both the radical expansion of prisons in California and the political influence of California’s Department of Corrections as a whole. A perfect example of this can be found on page 14, where the author individually dissects each concept and explains how they all collectively relate to maintaining social stability through the application of “mix…

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    Why Youth Join Gangs

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    Youth gangs is an interesting topic to be explored, particularly the influence on why youth feel compelled to join gangs. To provide a generalized concept of how youth gangs in this essay, it will be used in broad terms of persons aged twenty-five and younger and group engaged in unlawful behavior (Esbensen, Ni He, and Taylor 2001:106). Based on peer-reviewed research youth join gangs because of parental, school and peer influences. A prominent force that invites youth to join gangs is parental…

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