During the times of the lawless wild west, the people did not need people protesting wether or not the death of a criminal was necessarily justified or not. What the people needed was a man of action that was unafraid to do what was needed to be done. If it weren’t for Wild Bill Hickok, many criminals would have either went about their lives as a physically free man or would have been sent to prison for a short time only to return to the horrendous deeds they famously performed as soon as they were released. If Wild Bill Hickok was not wild, criminals would have never had a thought as to wether they should break the law or not. With Wild Bill having his notorious reputation of being very aggressive and accurate, criminals thought twice about breaking the law wherever the wild sheriff abode.
In total he killed three sheriffs and many people! This was by far his worst
With that being said, Preston would not have given such bizarre commands. James Wyatt, a bystander of the massacre, revealed that Preston himself put the guns of the soldiers up as soon as he seen them getting ready to shoot again. Also, he was extremely upset and strongly expressed his disapproval of their actions.
McCampbell procured a revolver and in an exchange of shots between the two the McCampbell was killed by William.
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.
Rodney Alcala, infamously known as the Dating Game Killer, was born on August 23, 1943, in San Antonio, Texas, and died on July 24, 2021, while serving his sentence. Raised by his mother after his father left the family when Alcala was young, his childhood was marked by instability and trauma. Reports suggest that his mother was overprotective and frequently moved the family, which may have contributed to Alcala's difficulty forming stable relationships. Despite outward appearances, there were no significant signs of criminal behavior during his early years.
In the 1970s, the United States had a national drifter that claimed to have killed over six hundred people. He was first incarcerated for the murder of his mother and was later incarcerated for the murder of his girlfriend and his landlord. Lucas confessed to many murders, claiming he targeted female hitchhikers that were national vast. Henry Lee Lucas was an infamous murderer born to alcoholic parents Viola and Anderson Lucas in Virginia in 1936.
John George Haigh, A man of many epithets, was a well-dressed, middle class man with a surplus of charm. Using his power of charismatic seduction, combined with the motivation of money, Haigh murdered and dissolved his victims in a bath of sulfuric acid, after he drank their blood (Crime& Investigation, 2015). He was meticulous in his killings; he believed he was untouchable, without a body or any physical evidence, it would be impossible for him to get caught. In the end, his arrogance lead to his downfall.
Bullets flew through the air more often than birds in the Old West. Merriam-Webster defines the Old West as “the western region of the U.S., especially in the frontier period of the19th century.” And when “Old” is substituted for “Wild,” the time period becomes a times of roughness and lawlessness. However, was the Old West actually a time of organized lawlessness or was justice based on one’s stance—not concerning a gunfight? In regards to one of the most notorious groups known as the Earp Brothers there is no difference between those who break the law and those who are broken by the law.
In Long Way Down, by Jason Reynolds, gun violence was a prominent theme that affected the lives of the characters. William Holloman, who was 15 years old, realised it was his responsibility to take revenge for the death of his brother, Shawn, who died due to the neighbourhood’s rule number three: avenge your loved one by murder. When Will makes his way down the elevator with the intention to kill Carlson Riggs, the alleged murderer of Shawn, he encounters spirits that were dead from their involvement with gun abuse. This resulted in the ghosts sharing their life story, and the different impacts that gun violence had on them. As the cycle of revenge circulates throughout the neighbourhood, the role of gun violence deprives Will of his innocent
After he transferred back to Fort Riley he met Will Cody later he would be called “Buffalo Bill”. In September of 1867 Wild Bill was in one of the worst shootouts in history. When a ruffian named Samuel Strawhun decided to shoot everyone in a saloon. Hickok told him to stop causing trouble, when Samuel went for his pistol Wild Bill plainly shot him in the head, and then shot another man during his duty.
Roe v Wade is one of the most prominent rulings to be handed down by the United States Supreme Court in the twentieth century. This case effectively legalised abortion nationwide, establishing that the termination of a pregnancy is protected by the constitutional right to privacy. The plaintiff, Jane Roe, sought to nullify a Texas statute declaring that the termination of pregnancy is an indictable offence. Notwithstanding the sizeable precedent set by Roe v Wade, abortion continues to be one of the most highly contested issues within the political discourse. This paper will analyse the legal, social and political impact that Roe v Wade has had on America since it was handed down in 1973.
“I raised my gun and pulled the trigger, and I killed a man.” “Every time I stopped shooting to change magazines and saw my two young lifeless friends, I angrily pointed my gun into the swamp and killed more people”(Beah, 118). This is the first time he killed a person. He used the death of his friends to create anger to kill more people. He needed a reason for the killing, but later he makes it, so killing is a need for him and without it he goes insane.
The two talked briefly before her ex pulled the gun on the 49-year-old woman, shooting her multiple times until she was dead. Police said William turned the gun on himself after he watched his ex-wife fall to the ground in the murder-suicide. Two students and a custodian watched their horrifying deaths take place. State police Lt. Eric Hermick said: “We’re getting indications that there was domestic
Take Aaron Hernandez, A football player and convicted murderer. On April 19th, Aaron was found hanging from the ceiling by his bedsheets close to his window in his cell. He had wealth, fame and fortune, but he gave it all up. Joining the Bristol Blood Gangs, overdosing drugs, and committing cold blooded murder. His consequences were negative, placed in a correctional facility, losing all his fame, his life went down the drain and it was so bad, that he took his life.
