Rafael Ramos

families of fallen NYPD officers, Russell Timoshenko, WenJian Liu, Rafael Ramos, and recently killed Sgt. Paul Tuozzolo. Councilman and former New York Trump campaign co-chair Joe Borelli was also in attendance to give his thanks and support to members of the NYPD, as well as comedian Artie Lange. A non-profit charity called Blue Lives Matter NYC, was created by fellow NYPD Sergeant Joseph Imperatrice following the deaths of Ramos and Liu in 2014. Imperatrice decided after the two funerals that he was going to make a difference. The difference started with a bracelet as a sign “unifying not only police officers, but civilians” to show solidarity by coming together as one. “After the two funerals, every cop went there own separate ways and there was no way to have that bond other than that one day,” Imperatrice said. “So we thought lets have these bracelets to unify people, and not just police officers but civilians who wore that…

TV Anchor Jorge Ramos Swam Across The Rio Grande”). Jorge Ramos is a 58 year old Mexican/American journalist and author who is well known for spreading the Hispanic community’s rights and words. To me and many more Hispanics, he is a hero. Someone who doesn’t give up on us, but fights for us. Jorge 's influences, challenges, and legacy are worth knowing about. Many people, events, and influences are what has shaped who Jorge Ramos is. He has came across many immigrants who have left their…

out pictures of models that you can tell are extremely unhealthy compared to people that are average. How skinny models are, many people are unable to reach that goal unless they starve themselves. According to the story “When the models themselves were famous, designers would gladly alter a dress to fit the girl. But when the models are generically interchangeable, it’s easier to find a girl who fits the dress” this quote from the story is actually from a Vogue article. What is interchangeable…

To begin with, Ramos professionalism is sure to admire because he takes all positive and negative sides of things and strives for more. As an exemplar, when Jorge confronted Donald Trump at a conference, meeting back in August this year about his immigration plan Donald trump expulse Jorge from the conference and told him to “go back to Univision” which is a Spanish television network. During this event, he remained calmed and just wanted an explanation of why he was being expulse from the event…

The U.S. - Mexican Jobs Problems It is sad how the American people and the politicians are taking and have exploited the idea that the Mexicans are the real problem in this country and every election time they used this idea to gain votes, making promises about deporting all the Mexicans from the US and build a wall on the US-Mexican border to stop the crossing of the Mexicans. Like Donald Trump say on TV about the Mexicans, “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re…

Isn’t it crazy that we automatically blame others for our problems? The Dominican Republic is blaming Haitians for their problems. They are blaming them for job loss and food loss. It seems like history is repeating itself. In 1937, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo did an ethnic cleansing and kicked out all the Haitians and dark-skinned Dominicans who did not know how to say the word “perejil.” Once again the Dominican Republic is hiding the cruel reality of a racist act by using excuses. Haitians…

overprotective father. He also resisted to the dictatorship in the Dominican Republic because of it the family decided to flee to the United States. Laura is the mother of four girls, when she came to the United States did not feel that she belongs here because in The Dominican Republic she was wealthy, privileged and influential family. Carla was the oldest of the Garcia sisters. After Carla, Sandra is the second oldest daughter. Yolanda is also known as Yo-yo, she was the rebellious tomboy of…

Old regimes in Dominican Republic hindered the democratization process because of the authoritarian regime it had. During Rafael Leónidas Trujillo thirty-one-year dictatorship he used the military to fight president Horacio Vásquez. He used his military influence to his advantage by having the army as his tool; this type of military usage hindered the democratic process. The poor actions of Trujillo is what ultimately caused his assassination, although death should never be glorified, his death…

The book, In the Time of the Butterflies, opens in the Dominican Republic with Dede Mirabal preparing for an interview. The four Mirabal sisters each write from their perspective about living in a time with the dictator Trujillo. The story follows the start of a rebellion that the sisters become the leaders of. Three of the sisters, Maria Teresa, Minerva, and Patria, join the rebellion along with their husbands. Dede is the only one who does not join the rebellion, partly because her husband…

Transformation of Patria and Maria Teresa – Literary Analysis In The Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez takes the reader through the lives of the Mirabal sisters as they are living in the Dominican Republic under the rule of Trujillo and leads up to the death of the three sisters, which, was ordered by Trujillo on November 25, 1960 (“In the Time of the Butterflies”). Trujillo was a dictator who controlled his country in every aspect and exterminated those who opposed him including three of…