Train robbery

John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a depiction of an inescapable transition where the society is transformed from an old and wild social order to a modern and organized one. In this film, Ford brings to perspective the society in the past and how it died as a result of modernization. The western frontier ideals are brought to light with the transition from a lawless social order embodied by the gunslingers into a modern society governed by law and order (Ebert). The inevitable…

The autobiography of begins with the mother of Malcom Little is pregnant with him; around the time of his birth the Ku Klux Klan attacks the home of the Littles in hopes of killing Malcom’s father, a preacher and advocator of a movement to send African-Americans back to Africa. Moreover, as Malcom is born he turns to be the lightest of all the children and is allowed to follow his father to the meetings he’s part of, Universal Negro Improvement Association or UNIA; this is one of the earliest…

was improved support in America for the police (Fridell, & Wycoff, 2004), and an increase in community policing, particularly in Arab communities (Ortiz, Hendrick, Sugie, 2007). Terrorism prevention was included in Neighborhood-Watch to educate and train citizens (Flint, C., & Brennan, 2006). When the public is prepared to respond to a terrorist attack they could help prevent terrorist attacks from happening. Richard Reid also known as the “shoe bomber” , was unsuccessful in his terrorist attack…

pouring in from the vault. With gas clouding around him, Captain Cliché, for the first time in years, did not know what to do. Suddenly, his superhuman hearing picked up the sound of a pebble dropping in front of him. With the speed of a supersonic train, he shot out of the way milliseconds before the ceiling he was beneath smashed down. Lord Criminalism’s laugh was suddenly audible. “Do you really think it would be so easy?!” he taunted. The damp gas cleared, and revealed Lord Criminalism in a…

brutality towards not only the Jews but anyone deemed unworthy of a pure blooded race. In Ellie Wiesel’s “Night” the Jewish population in Europe experienced gross acts of social injustice through robbery, silencing,…

000 crimes per 43,000 people, that means 1 out of 43 people will be a victim of a crime in York. York city in 2011 was ranked 181 out of 358 cities across the United States. Within that year over 10,041 crimes were recorded including murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft. The fear to live in York grew as 1 out of 4 people had a chance to be a victim of a crime, driving more people away from the city. In 2014, over 8,966 crimes occurred in York city, which…

In a society where the “code of the street” is more powerful than the law, the way of life within urban disadvantaged neighbourhoods and communities revolves around instances of violence, and simultaneously, the positive influence of family and community. This paper will first examine the role that community plays in inner-city street life in deterring or invoking violence, demonstrated by experiences of Pharoah and Lafayette in Kotlowitz’s There Are No Children Here and substantiated with the…

SECOND GREAT AWAKING CAMP MEETINGS The Second Great Awakening started around the end of the eighteenth century in New England. In the beginning, the awakening was only noticed by diligence in the lives of Christians and their complete devotion to God. It would later be known for the great emotional experience felt by those who attended and participated. "Many spoke of having had an experience of conversion. The awakening made headway among some of the most distinguished theologians of New…

The second amendment is the “right to bare arms.” January 1, 2016 the open carry law was officially in effect. Meaning, citizens with licenses to carry will be legally allow carry a handgun openly or concealed. I believe that citizens should not be allowed to have access to handguns, and only be left to the people that go through intense physical and mental training to be allowed to carry a conceal weapon while on the job doing their duty like: police officers and marines that’s stable enough…

following procedures that include the wearing of body cameras at all times. In turn, this should result in better-trained guards since the guards know they will be accountable when breaking any procedures. Furthermore, I think the academy should better train new recruits to prevent the confusion Conover had his first encounter trying to back up another…