Kristina and Trey gathered all of their little belongings mostly caring about the lockbox containing about $3,600 of the finest mexican glass a.k.a meth. Rushing out of their little apartment as soon as possible after seeing a wanted picture in the newspaper of kristina stealing money illegally with a fake id. She thought it was odd that she had very very little remorse about getting up and leaving without saying goodbye to her baby that wouldn't even recognize her, her mom which she stole her identity and money from. It didn't phase her and she kept loading what little belongings she had into Trey's mustang. They rushed onto the snowy freeway still tweaked as usual, but exhausted from no sleep like usual and running from the police and the mexican drug lord that they owe and weren't planning on paying back.
One thing that I have been taught in my World History classes is that humanity does not learn from its past errors. One way of reaffirming this statement/belief is with the relation between what happened during the last half of the 20th century in Boston, Massachusetts and the current crisis that we as Venezuelans are facing. Even though everything about both groups of people are different in infinite ways, our everyday problems are alike. While reading All Souls, an autobiographical novel written by Michael Patrick MacDonald based on his life in the South Boston area during the busing stage of Bostonian history, I first could relate to the author with the corruption his community faced.
Antonio Beaver is an African American male who was wrongfully imprisoned for a carjacking which occurred on August 15th, 1996, in St. Louis, Missouri. The situation that Beaver was involved is a great example of how innocent people can fall into being victimized for crimes that they had no involvement in. Antonio had no reason to be involved in this crime that had taken place. Here is written evidence that will prove why he did not deserve to be stricken from the years he lost as a free man.
This is where the journey began since the cops basically didn’t care they came to a realization that sometimes they might be on their own and if it happens once there’s a chance of it happening
Firemen searched the building searching if their was any evidence on how the fire was started and discovered something even more important. They figured out that during the fire the doors were locked which prevented the girls to get out of the building. “... we never went out the front door. We always went one by one out the back. There was a man there searching, because the people were afraid we would take something, so that door was always locked” (Leap for Life, Leap for Death).
The Jersey side of the harbor came completely under the control of the American Mafia. Many other racketeering crimes were committed by this union such as gambling, loan-sharking, and cargo theft. “Organized crime corrupted port employees, provided access to cargo shipments and storage areas, security for the movement of contraband, such as narcotics, falsification of insurances and shipping documents in insurance scams, and collusion in the expropriation of stolen property such as luxury vehicles and construction equipment”. Abadinsky, H.
Over 100 years ago the Town of Villisca, Iowa experienced a mass murder like no other. This would leave everyone questioning who did it forever. Still, with all that has gone on in the horrible murder, they have not found the person who committed this terrible crime. On June 10th, 1912 all the neighbors, family, and friends of the 8 people who were brutally murdered with an ax had their lives change forever with no explanation. Frank Jones hired William Mansfield to kill the Moore’s because he had a known hate for Joe, he knew about their house and them personally, and he was too old to go and kill 8.
The most famous shootout was dubbed the St. Valentine's Day Massacre where seven men from the “Bugs” Moran gang were gunned down. Out of the mayhem, the gangsters built partnerships, negotiated treaties and had specific territories. (Mappen, “Prohibition …”). These gangster bosses were involved in political, social and economic considerations of their time. (20th Century, “Legends…”).
The people of Boston had a town meeting. They wanted to remove all of the British soldiers and convict the soldiers that took place in the Boston Massacre of murder. A trial was held. John Adams and Josiah Quincy II defended the soldiers, eventually they were acquitted. However, later
“At approximately 2:49 that afternoon, with more than 5,600 runners still in the race, two pressure-cooker bombs–packed with shrapnel and other materials and hidden in backpacks that were placed on the ground amidst crowds of marathon-watchers–exploded within seconds of each other near the finish line along Boylston Street. The blasts instantly turned the sun-filled afternoon into a gruesome scene of destruction and chaos” (“Boston Marathon Bombings”). Soon after the attack a manhunt set out in search for the two suspects. Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev were the Boston Marathon Bombers who caused an unexpected event that led to the manhunt. The bombings, along with the manhunt caused much chaos and destruction to the city as well as to the
The Boston Massacre was an accident in the beginning, but it continued to go on until it reached an extent where it could be an accident no longer. The real question is when did this accident start, and when did it get too far? Some say it should have never happened. others say it was the start of the revolution. Captain Thomas Preston was a British officer stationed in Massachusetts staying in a home with other soldiers under the Quartering Act.
On April 15, 2013, in Boston, Massachusetts the Boston Marathon Bombing occurred during a marathon which was a very devastating day in the United States , there was also two bombs that went off close to the finish line. Also, the Marathon is always held during Patriots’ day to honor the war. The Boston Marathon Bombing injured around two hundred sixty-four people and the explosion of the bomb killed three civilians also, there were fourteen people who were amputated. The bombing had two suspects both who were brothers and later on in 2012 their family emigrated to the United States. The Boston Marathon Bombing was a huge event throughout the whole United States and maybe the whole world.
In 2011, my uncle was at the wrong place, at the wrong time. He was killed in a shooting between two rival cartels in the city. Two family businesses had to close because their safety was at risk. Business owners had to pay extortion money to the cartel-linked gangs to continue operating. However, the extortion money was too much, and the business would eventually end bankrupt.
He ran to the bedroom that everyone in his household slept in. His mother was alredy asleep and so were his siblings. He layed down on his little matress and tryed to go to sleeep but kept thinking about what had just happend to him. All the little clues leading up to Jimmy and his gang. He was walking in an alley, which he knew he shouldn't have been doiong and then he saw crates with the number 56 on it next is when he saw the gang and they chased him home.
One of the most historical incidents that has happened in the world would be the Boston Massacre, which took place on March 5, 1770. Even though this event happened many years ago, it is something that is still talked about heavily today in history. There will always be one person that people will relate to this massacre, Paul Revere. If no one knows anything about him, they will know him by his famous line, “The British are coming”. However, Paul Revere was not the only notable person that should be related to this affair.
