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    Tlatelolco Massacre

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    Massacre of Tlatelolco’s Analysis Exactly Forty-seven years ago, on October 2, 1968, a large group of students filled the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in Mexico City’s Tlatelolco where the Mexican government massacred hundreds of these harmonious protesters and making of this event a dark day in history. The Mexican government’s actions shocked many people throughout the country because they did not expect the Mexican government to massacre the students with so much aggression and force. The…

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    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,…

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    Improvised Bombs

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    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…

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    Another example of rampage killers, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold was brought upon the video. Both of these young men made a homemade bomb hoping to kill thousands, but when the bomb did not work they decided to shoot up the school. Boht of these teenagers can be described as mass murders. The killed serval people at school which was one location, within a few hours. Dylan Kledold was looked at through his diaries and was very depressed and suicidal. He talked about feeling like he did not…

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    Colorado. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were the two adolescents that committed this heinous crime. Over all, these murders had caused thirteen deaths and twenty one, brutal injuries. Although, most of the deaths and injuries were by gunshot, many explosives were also used. The explosive were manufactured by Klebold and there were roughly ninety nine of these devices planted throughout the campus. Since Klebold was the brains of the operation, Harris played the part of the brawns. Eric Harris…

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    incidents involving guns and school grounds, but none on this massive level. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold took the time to journal and plot the murders of their peers and teachers at Columbine High School in April 1999. The journals that were left behind tell just some of what they were experiencing; but no one could quite figure out the motive for the mass murder. Then there were no one to explain as both Harris and Klebold took their own lives after they were finished. Theories were thrown…

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    2007 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado one of the deadliest school shootings in the history of the United States took place. Two teenagers by the name of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold rigged two bombs fitted inside duffel bags to explode in the middle of Columbine High School, when these bombs failed to detonate Harris and Klebold began there killing spree. Resulting in thirteen casualties and twenty injured before committing suicide (History.com). People have come up with many…

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    tragic incident that the two boys were active in. The main theme shown to always know what is going on around you and be aware of the unknown, anything can happen even on a bright sunny day with two seemed to be normal guys. b. Growing up Eric Harris was a normal boy who loved baseball and all the things kids usually love at a young age. Eric was very talkative and a volatile…

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    The Columbine Catastrophe

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    crime was the most exceedingly terrible high school shooting in U.S. history and incited a verbal political confrontation on weapon control and school security, and additionally a noteworthy examination to figure out what spurred the shooters, Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17 (Gumbel, 2009). It's been more than a…

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    Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold perpetrated the Columbine High School massacre on April 20th, 1999. Both were seniors at the school, both kept journals largely concerned with planning the massacre, and both killed themselves at the conclusion of the shooting. Both had been bullied severely, but had friends other than each other. Harris had a history of depression and suicidal thoughts, and was prescribed medication for this. Klebold had more severe depression,…

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