The Murder of the Hollywood Starlet A young hollywood starlet was brutally murdered in 1947 with no killer identified to this day. This is real case that still puzzles investigators today. The woman in question was named Elizabeth Short, but is more widely known as the “Black Dahlia.” She was given this nickname by the press because of the sheer, black clothing she tended to wear (“The Black Dahlia Murder - Read All about it in FBI Records.”).
“...Much of the recent crime increase threatens the vitality of America’s cities–and thousands of lives–it is not, in itself, the greatest danger in today’s war on cops. The greatest danger lies, rather, in the delegitimation of law and order itself’ (Mac Donald). In the book “The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe,” published in the year of 2016, author Heather Mac Donald provides credible evidence to expand on her viewpoint of our country’s current criminal crisis. In addition to “The War on Cops, Mac Donald has written two other books. Her works “Are Cops Racist?”
Nannie Doss was a American serial killer from 1920’s though 1954. Nannie Doss killed around 11 people and she was referred to as the Giggling Granny, the Lonely Hearts Killer, the Black Widow, and Lady Blue Beard. Nannie Doss was born Nancy Hazle on November 4, 1905, in Blue Mountain, Alabama. Her parents names are James Hazle and Lou Hazle. Most of Doss’s Childhood was with her father who ruled the family with an abusive iron fist.
The Devil in the White City Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America In the book the author tone switches from both casual and intense, as show through the two main characters, Burnham and Holmes Daniel Burnham was the architect who got a contract to build the Chicago World’s Fair with John Root in 1893, however John Root dies before the contraction even starts. The author describes the Devil in the White city as how wherever there is good, there is also evil. The purpose of the Chicago world Fair being built was to show the world the greatness of America. During the 1980s the United States was not in a good position, economical wise.
This is Laney Bjerke here to tell you about the murder at apartment 224 in Hollywood on December 31st, estimated time 3:10. I am a CSI Investigator, ready for anything. I work as hard as I can to solve all crimes, no matter how small. I was called in because at a party on December 31st, there seems to have been a murder. I went to apartment 224 and found a woman’s dead body near a desk with white powder, which I later found out was cocaine, on it.
Baltimore, a city in Maryland, not only known for its numerous sightseeings, but also for the scandalous cases happening around the city since the 1950's. One of the cases that caught people’s eye was the killing of Hae Min Lee, a former Woodlawn high school’s senior. Almost 2 decades ago, Hae Min Lee at 18 years old went missing on January 13, 1999. After 4 weeks her body was found. Baltimore has one of the highest homicides cases in America and 47% of them are not solved.
Pacoima is a city with five or six active gangs. Here, the low-income neighborhood carries a sense of fear and despair that permeate the air. In the summer of 2016, after having mustered the right confidence, I took on a summer job at Hubert H. Humphrey Recreation Center - home to one of the city’s most deadliest gang, the Humphrey Boys. Ironically, that summer would be the park community’s turning point, hosting the safest, most loving, and consistent 2016 Summer Night Lights (SNL). At first, the despair stuck with me, and the job terrified me.
“He [Billy Weaver] pressed the bell… it must have been at once because he hadn’t even had time to take his finger from the bell button--the door swung open and the woman [Edna Perkins] was standing there” (Dahl, 11). From the beginning, Edna Perkins has the entire murder planned out. Ms. Perkins knows Billy is coming, she is certain about her first move, and she is assertive about her last move (first degree murder). It is close to impossible for Ms. Perkins to be insane and have successfully committed murder in the way she did. Not only did she commit this crime on Billy, but also two other guests.
Increasing Awareness of Unjust Police Shootings Through The Hate U Give The Chicago Police Department kills African Americans at an annual rate of 8.9 per million and Caucasians at 0.4 per million (Police Brutality Center). It is saddening to think that there is such a statistical difference in murder rates just because of the color of their skin. In Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give, she writes a story of a character named Starr that goes through her life between her neighborhood which is African American to her predominantly white school where she experiences instances of police brutality and racism such as the murder of her childhood friend Khalil.
Contrary to the common belief, crime has been on the decline for the past three decades. Yet, news and media have been covering crime more than ever, resulting in the public belief that crime is at an all time high. The sharp drop in crime since the early 1990s has left experts curious to discover the reasons for the decrease in crime. As I compare the article Understanding Why Crime Fell in the 1990s: Four Factors that Explain the Decline and Six that Do Not by Steven D. Levitt and the article Evaluating Contemporary Crime Drop(s) in America, New York City, and Many Other Places by Eric P. Baumer and Kevin T. Wolff, I will briefly describe the articles, compare their agreements and disagreements, as well as discuss my personal preferences.
The “Code of the Street,” materialized in American’s major metropolitan inner city communities’ predominately homogeneous African American neighborhoods because segments of this population felt disenfranchised from mainstream American due to lack of economic opportunities as well as the distrust between citizens in these communities toward law enforcement. The common belief in among a minority of the population in these neighborhoods is that the criminal justice system is bias toward poor minority groups and every person must fend for himself or herself. Therefore, urban communities have developed a set of socially acceptable norms within these distressed communities coined the “Code of the Street.”
Article 1 In the article “Police Violence and Citizen Crime Reporting in the Black Community” written by Matthew Desmond, Andrew V. Papachristos, and David S. Kirk, discusses police misconducts causes communities to be unsafe for citizens especially the black community. Many black men have experience racial profiling or police brutality in Milwaukee and this continues on to a point where calling 911 for help is no longer a choice for individuals to use due to a publicized case of police violence against an defenseless man, Frank Jude. Jude, as stated in the article, was unarmed, accused, stripped naked, and beat by the police brutally. This terrifying incident caused many to protests against the police force. Desmond, Papachristos, and
The city of Los Angeles, which is located in California, is most commonly known for being the entertainment hub of the United States. With over three million people in the city alone, it is one of the largest areas in the United States. Many films have been shot in this city, but each one seems to portray it in a multitude of ways. Some people, like Thom Anderson, do not always agree with the ways in which Los Angeles is depicted in films. The movie Nightcrawler is set in Los Angeles and revolves around a poor man named Lou Bloom who finds an interest in becoming a nightcrawler after he witnesses someone filming a car accident.
Chicago and other major cities remain in the news, as they continue to struggle with high murder rates. In fact, the city of Chicago has witnessed a 50 percent increase in its murder rate in only a one year period, and this area is not alone. Thankfully, cities across America and noticing violent and property crime rates remain at historic lows. The new adminstration has noted the increase in murder rates, but needs to also consider that other crimes on are the decline, which is always a good thing.
Los Angeles supposedly is the city of angels but it is infected with gangs, drugs, criminals that do things that go against the morals of society. The city has been taken over by the sounds of sirens, and all the murders
