School Shootings I. Cases of where this has happened A. Columbine High School massacre B. Montreal‚ Canada shooting II. How can it be prevented A. Metal detectors 1. Efficiency 2. Private rights B. School Resource officers 1. Intimidating 2. Friend C. School Surveillance 1. Cost 2. Effectiveness D. Counseling III. Who is committing these crimes? A. Students B. Outcasts at school C. How they form groups IV. Why is this happening? A. Teasing B. Lost of old friends
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Columbine Shooting On April 20‚ 1999 two young men from the city of Littleton‚ Colorado went on rampage causing a massacre. In total there were thirteen casualties; twelve students and one lone teacher. Preventing violence in public areas such as schools‚ airports‚ malls‚ etc. security must be increased. Violence can happen anywhere therefore security in schools and public places should be increased. In our society
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In the story “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell‚ the main character had gone threw a big change throughout the story. The changes that he had encountered may have not been intentional‚ but peer pressure has its way of influencing people to do things they don’t want to do. In this story a tamed elephant turns for the worse and the main character is called into take care of the problem. The main character in this story starts off with a very different mindset then when he ends the story. At
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Anoop Mahal Dr. Gavin Paul English 1100‚ Section 15 29 June 2013 Critical Analysis #2 George Orwell’s essay‚ “Shooting an Elephant” details one of the most unforgettable moments in his life. He relives the period in his youth where he was stationed in Moulmein‚ Burma as a “sub-divisional police officer of the town” (472) Orwell explains how he was tasked with subduing a runaway elephant‚ which was rampaging through the town; Orwell ultimately found himself going against his will and having to
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Violent shootings are becoming more and more popular in the United States. Last year there were 58‚543 shooting incidents. There were 1‚956 incidents where it was a self-defense case. There were also 2‚552 home invasion cases and 2‚201 of the shooting incidents were unintentional‚ which does make a whole lot of sense to me because I don’t know how you accidentally shoot somebody. However‚ 384 of these shooting incidents were classified as mass shooting incidents. That means there was a mass
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The case of police brutality targeting African-Americans has escalated more and more. The cases of police brutality such as Eric Garner‚ Michael Brown‚ and Freddie Gray have caused sparks in the media (Akkoc). Their tragedies because of police brutality have made people protest‚ and in some cases‚ riot(Akkoc). One of the cases is that of Eric Garner‚ who after refusing to follow an officer’s order‚ was jumped by multiple cops and one put him in a choke hold (Akkoc). Garner repeatedly said ’I can’t
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In officer involved shootings‚ I found a lot that confused me. In the paragraphs Sighted versus Unsighted Shooting‚ Shots Fired & Hit Probability‚ and Night Sights‚ is what I’m planning on writing about. In my opinion this does not make any sense‚ either you do something or you don’t. And it seems that the police officers need more training. Firstly‚ in sighted verses unsighted shooting‚ “Good sight alignment is fundamental to the target shooting‚ yet 70% of the cases reviewed indicated that no
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Judgement Topic 1 Kristen Sigda-Holyoak Dr. Susan Bauman English 100 September 27th‚ 2013 Orwell was a police officer in Burma during the time of Imperialism‚ which was a very difficult task. The Burmese did not agree with the British coming in and gaining power by taking over and this made Orwell’s job very hard to do. The Burmese did not like police officers and Orwell was often taunted and teased by the people he was tripped in soccer games and people made him the center
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Thompson-Starr (B) Police Officer‚ excessive force‚ qualified immunity. Part One For many years police officers have enjoyed the power of authority over the general public with the motto “to protect and serve”. If this is the case‚ then let this become the yardstick that will measure the conduct that police most earnestly proclaim. Police officers are held as the safeguard of the community. They are designed to protect the people from the criminal elements and serve as role models for those
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utility of police sting and reverse sting operations in today’s society and in the policing role. Several enforcement tactics target this approach and force the role of the American police’s role more challenging. According to chapter 7 pg. 136‚ there are limitations to all approaches‚ both buy-and-bust and buy-and-warrant operations often result in revealing the identity of undercover officers (Hoover‚2014). There is also an enormous amount of time consumed in working the case‚ building the case‚ and
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