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    El Chappo Thesis

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    town Mazatlan, Mexico. Although the US offered to take El Chapo into custody on American Soil, the Mexican President, Enrique Pena Nieto, wanted to keep him in captivity in Mexico, vowing to not let him escape again. Only 18 months into his time at prison, El CHapo made another daring escape. This time, he slipped through a hole in his shower and went down a ladder into a tunnel to a construction zone, about a mile…

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    The book‘s author, Kennedy, who had designed the "Boston miracle" in the last century, revealed the history and strategy behind his common sense but the Revolution ended the crime method. He has perfectly performed a way to make everyone including gang members, drug dealers, police, and neighbors, gathering in a huge community meeting. The intervention makes everyone has a common desire that communities need to have security and peace. Proving the miraculous result, Kennedy gives us a method,…

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    I once knew a boy named William. He came from a rundown neighborhood full of violence, gangs and drugs. When his mother was pregnant with him, his father left. Unfortunately, William never met his father. His mother works two jobs to support the two of them. Aside from working all the time, she sits at home and abuses multiple substances. Her main addiction is crack cocaine. Unfortunately when she’s not working, she’s high. Due to these reasons, William and his mother, Margaret do not spend much…

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    Hollywood usually uses five main stereotypes in every film that have Latino roles. The five main stereotypes used in films are maids/housekeepers, Latin lovers, sex pots (Latina Women), gang members, and immigrants. In majority of the films we researched Latinos were always portrayed negatively. Latinas were either maids or sexpots. Latinas were usually sexualized, filmed scantily clad or partially naked, in most films. They were almost…

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    Essay On Southern Border

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    the nation. These groups can undermine the security and have the ability to disrupt the border. The drug cratels are a violent group of drug smugglers that are looking for the easiest way to get their products across the border. Central American gang are some of the most violent in the world and carry no respect of the laws or peace keepers of this country. The final group is the one that gets the most attention, and that would be terrorist generally views as Islamic extremists, but could be…

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    War On Drugs Failed

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    (Miron/Waldock, 2010) The laws that have been instituted against drugs and their use have posed an immediate danger to society. More of our police are dedicated to finding drug dealers than murderers. Drug use has been glorified and gang violence has erupted, not only endangering the gang members but the innocent people that surround them. If so many resources have been dedicated to and why do drugs continue to…

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    “You see, I have a story too, Mr. Bailey. I had a friend once. A dear friend. I turned him in to save his life. He died. But he wanted it that way. Things went bad for my friend, and they went bad for me, too (Once Upon A Time in America). Once Upon A Time in America centers around a group of young Jewish thugs who embark on a quest to make it large and more importantly, rise to the absolute top of the hierarchy. While the film explores the lives of these young Jewish individuals, the plot…

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    low-key and out of trouble for at least six years after the robbery. However, one of the thieves named Specs O’ Keefe left his proceeds with a felloe thief because he had to serve a prior sentence. He then worried that when he was released from prison, he would not get his share of the money. The other thieves anticipated Specs would sell them out if he didn’t get his money. As a result, the remaining thieves sent a hit man to kill Specs. Fortunately, Specs was only injured. Specs became…

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    According to data from the Pew Center on the States, the United States has less than five percent of the world’s population, but almost 25 percent of the world’s total prison population 15. The total number of inmates in the United States, in 2008 was larger than the populations of Seattle, Boston, Kansas City and Atlanta combined 16. Incarceration is intensely determined by race and ethnicity. Among men the highest rate is black males aged twenty to thirty-four, among women the highest rate is…

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    Prohibition Of The 1920's

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    20th century. Prohibition was difficult to make happen but people pushed for it until it was passed. Bootlegging is known as the illegal production or selling of alcohol. Speakeasies are illegal hangouts where mostly men go to drink. The increase in gang violence and other crimes, like Al Capone, led to support from many people for Prohibition by the end of the roaring twenties. Al Capone was the most fierce gangster of the 1920s and possibly the most feared and successful of all time. Al…

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