Arson and Bombing Portfolio 1. Discuss the reasons arson is considered a low-priority crime. Because identification is a problem in most arson cases. In most arson cases all the evidence that the police need to identify the cause of the fire is destroyed in the fire‚ which leads to dead ends. If you have no information to pursue any kind of suspect on‚ equals a dead end for the police. 2. Discuss the relationship between fire and police departments and the insurance companies that represent victims
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Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Ladd-Whitney Monument It was April 19‚ 1995 at 9:03 that the lives of thousands were affected by one single explosion. The explosion took the lives of 168 men‚ women‚ and children. The explosion physically injured 600 individuals and emotionally injured numerous amounts of people around the world. The explosion took place at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma. A staff writer for a newspaper was quoted stating " the bomb was color blind" ( Yumi
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The three main events that led up to the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the bombing of the Pearl Harbor‚ the Bataan Death March and the United States successfully testing the world’s first atomic bomb. First‚ on December 7‚ 1941‚ Japan bombed the Pearl Harbor. Japan had always wanted an empire in Asia‚ so in early 1931 japan set off on their quest and forcefully moved into China. In 1937‚ Japan launched a major offensive thinking they would force China into submission
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so destructive that they called in the National Guard. The protesters send things on fire and when firefighters tried to put them out the rioters attacked them and sliced there hoses. This riot ended in the death of four protesters. The constant bombing of North Vietnam was very effective but because of all the riots at home the North thought they were winning and so they didn’t give up. Even with all the protesters‚ 65% agreed that Nixon had a handle on the war. In 1972 Nixon flew to Beijing to
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Arson destroys neighborhoods as surely as mass bombing. Only a few people commit the crime‚ but all residents must suffer the consequences. Decaying buildings are torched by their owners to collect insurance money. Most arsonists escape punishment. Burnt-out structures are‚ in turn‚ a haven for gangs and drug traffickers‚ who cause even more arson. Once several blocks have been gutted‚ a kind of collective hopelessness grips those who can’t afford to move. The young may continue to set fires from
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course Salonas did not listen. Warhol was shot three times and fell to the floor. He was brought to Columbus hospital and pronounced dead but doctors brought him back to life and he has survived. On October 31‚ 1968 President Johnson brought the bombing to a stop five days before the presidential election. The North vietnamese raid was said to be completely stopped on November 1‚ 1968. They called this action Operation Rolling Thunder. The only way he was able to stop this was by getting the Hanoi
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Brooke Holcomb Professor Yarbrough English 112 4 April 2013 The Lessons In a Lesson Before Dying Jefferson was not the only one to learn a lesson. Jefferson did more for Grant then he knows. There is not only one lesson In A Lesson Before Dying there are many‚ Ernest J. Gaines teaches the important lessons all the way from dignity to caring for others to both Jefferson and Grant. Jefferson was convicted of murder and sentenced to the death penalty. When Grant was first made to go see Jefferson
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Can the bombing of Dresden be justified? Dresden was Germanys 7th largest city at the time of the war. Historically‚ Dresden had been northern Germany’s cultural centre – a city filled with museums and historic buildings. The Frauenkirche Cathedral was one of the world’s famous buildings. Dresden was also an extremely important industrial area‚ which was something that the allies really did not want‚ but before February 1945 Dresden was a peaceful country and there were not any threats from the
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Logann Stambaugh Mrs. Kohn English II 24 March 2014 Final Copy Atomic Bombing The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are still considered two of the most devastating bombings ever seen in mankind. There is uncertainty over the rationality and judgment of President Truman’s reasons for releasing the bombs‚ as well as the thought process on the mortality of the situation. However‚ there is no doubt that this was a difficult decision to make. The United States is still paying for this cataclysmic
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since the decision was made to bomb Hiroshima‚ much has been written both defending and attacking it. With all the information given‚ this paper should present an argument that the atomic bombings of Japan were wrong. The “wrongness” of the bombing of Hiroshima can be approached from a few different ways. One reason why I am against it is because I feel there were other things that could have been done that were less intrusive than an atomic bomb. Secondly‚ I argue that it was pragmatically wrong because
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