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Jordan Bratton made a Twitter post on April 13th that he was going to “kill tonight and shut up the critics once and for all.” The prosecution can use this evidence to show that Jordan Bratton had a motive for killing Preston Balmen and given the quantity and types of evidence, they can try to persuade jurors that the findings of the investigation were not coincidental. They must convince jurors beyond a reasonable doubt that Jordan Bratton was responsible
A 24 year-old man whose name Denea Peterson has been charged a wild shooting which resulted in a significant injury to innocent mother and her child. According to the criminal compliant, Peterson was a member of the 10Z gang and he had violent argument with a man who is only identified as OTZ at various locations. According to complain in June 22 of this year at around 2pm Peterson realized the light colored SUV OTZ and his friend had been riding then approached them and began fired gun at least eight times. Most of the bullets hit their vehicle and one that missed them struck a mother and her child who was just walking down the street they were not intended target. Minneapolis police and prosecutor worked with this case in order to bring
October 2nd, 2002 was the start of a long and horrific three weeks in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area. People were terrified to be in the area and everyone was on edge. What appeared to be random killings, turned out to be a well-organized series of senseless shootings that took the lives of ten innocent people. After days of people being scared to death and much confusion, investigators discovered that there were two suspects in the shootings; John Allen Muhammad and his teenage partner Lee Boyd Malvo and they were in a blue 1990 Chevrolet Caprice sedan designed to terrorize people. This break in the case came when one of the suspects called the tip hotline and told them to look into a murder in Alabama, which lead to the case being
Stephanie Crowe was 12 years old when she was found murdered. On January 21, 1998 Stephanie's grandma Judith Kennedy woke up to an alarm coming from Stephanie’s room that wasn’t turned off. Judith went to see why Stephanie wasn’t shutting it off. At 6:30am Stephanie Crowe was found murdered in her room, stabbed 9 times. Police questioned Richard Tuite, but police dismissed him as too “bumbling”(AleidaLaw.com) to have killed her.
The murder of Christopher Wallace (The Notorious Big still remains an unsolved mystery. He was killed in a drive-by shooting on March 7, 1997 around 12:47 a.m. According to the FBI case file, he was traveling with his entourage after the Soul Train Music Awards on Wilshire Boulevard, and a car pulled up beside him at began firing. Witnesses claimed a black male dressed up in a blue suit with a bow tie began shot four times in the front passenger seat where Biggie Smalls where seating. The weapon that was used was a 9mm pistol was used to kill Biggie Smalls while driving in a Chevy Suburban.
Earlier this week, Wade Jamison was fatally shot in his home. The people who are allegedly responsible for this horrific crime are Melvin Simms, R.W. Simms, and Harlan Granger. The Simms brothers carried out the crime, while Mr. Granger paid them a large sum of money to do so. It is thought that the brothers broke into Mr. Jamison’s house around 1:00 A.M. Wednesday morning and tried to shoot Mr. Jamison while he was sleeping. When Mr. Jamison woke up and fought back, the Simms brothers fatally shot him with the gun that T.J. Avery allegedly stole from the Barnetts.
The only police officer who was actually trying to slave this case was Russell Poole. He dedicated his years of service to the Biggie and Tupac cases. So he believed that cops were the ones responsible for the murder of Biggie Smalls. The whole thing makes a lot of sense but then he was forced to retire in 1999. Than while talking to police he suddenly died from a heart attack.
A Closer Look at Cop Killer Ismaaiyl Brinsley by Limus Woods, Contributing Writer A 28-year-old with a harsh criminal background, the troubled NYPD cop killer Ismaaiyl Brinsley was not just a shooter who came out of nowhere and decided to kill two policemen. He actually was affiliated with a prison gang some years ago that hated the police in particular. Some of the actions that he displayed during the entire day, from the time he left Baltimore until he committed suicide in the New York subway, hinted at mental illness. But, until you see the history of him from childhood to the time of his death, you won’t understand how the timeline over the course of his life may have been leading up to this type of ending for him for a long time now.
The Whole System Failed Trayvon Martin The American journalist Charles Blow in his scandal article The Whole System Failed Trayvon Martin illuminated such deep problems of current society as the credibility of self-defense, the imperfection of the U.S. criminal justice system, criticism of gun culture, and race relationships. This paper focuses on the Trayvon Martin case and explores the stereotypes that created the motive for the homicide. The Trayvon Martin case caused a substantial public interest in racial profiling. According to Charles Blow’s words: “the system failed him when the neighborhood watchman grafted on stereotypes the moment he saw him, ascribing motive and behavior and intent and criminal history to a boy who was just walking home (n.d.).
What began as peaceful demonstrations on Sunday night in Ferguson descended into chaos as volleys of gunshots rang out as police in riot gear tried to disperse protesters blocking traffic and smashing storefront windows along a street that was a flashpoint of riots last year after Brown, 18, was shot dead. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon called Sunday 's violence "a sad turn of events" carried out by a criminal element and appealed for peaceful rallies on Monday (Ingwerson 1985). . But Nixon, who had deployed the National Guard to quell violence last year, did not make any mention of additional security for those rallies. The county 's order allows it to distribute money and material for emergency purposes "and to protect the health and safety
Throughout history there have been several events across the country that has helped abolish slavery and segregation such as “Brown vs. Board of education” and the “Emmitt Till Murder Case”. In small towns however there have been events that have changed the beliefs of communities. Some will eventually be known nationally. Others will never be heard of by those that live outside of those small communities.
On December 14, 2014 Jim Morin published a political cartoon through the Miami Herald as a commentary on the (at that time) recent Eric Garner case. His cartoon became popular across the country, scattering rapidly through the internet and social media. He sought to represent and support the ongoing movement against police brutality and systematic racism. His cartoon showed that the brutal treatment of African Americans in the United States today, by the police, is similar to the past when African Americans were subjected to racism and lynching.
In recent news we have seen massive riots following the killings of African American men by caucasian police officers. These all follow after one of the most prominent not guilty verdicts of the 21st century on the Rodney King beating. With these riots we see the words of Teju Cole begin to take life.
The Brock Turner case is a very controversial case that spark debate on the subject of white male privilege and the abuse of power. People speculate that the only reason Turner received such a minimal sentence is because his parents are affluent and influential, due to their success and status as a white professional. He was found guilty and the judge gave him a very lenient sentence. Many people saw this as unfair to the girl that was raped and to everyone else impacted by this man 's crime. The judge 's name is Aaron Persky.
Good Afternoon my fans. We have finally reached the end of our journey with Sarah Koenig and the mysterious case of Hae’s murder. After weeks of intense interrogation and speculation, we have heard the stories of almost everyone remotely involved. Stories of innocence and stories portraying guilt. Koenig has done a wonderful job of covering it all.
