...bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in 2013, former President Barack Obama stressed the event as an act of terrorism on America (Boston Marathon Terror Attack Fast Facts). The Boston Marathon bombing has played a significant role in reshaping the American views on terrorism. This attack killed three spectators, injured over 260 people, and caused an uprising of several controversies in the United States (History.com Staff). The American views on immigration, gun control, and police actions have been influenced by these bombings. The attack brought up on by the Tsarnaev brothers caused a shift in perspective on immigration. Since the two bombers were recent immigrants, many Republican legislators insisted on...
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...events to do this project on, I came across the Boston Marathon Bombing Attacks. I found this event fairly more interesting than the others because it was a more recent event and it changed the United States’ point of view on punishment and safety. The two terrible men who created this mess were two Muslims. The brothers who went by the “Bomb Brothers” struck one of the United States’ biggest traditions with a boom. The bright, happy, and exciting day in Boston turned downhill fast. As the runners took their final turn toward the finish line and the audience cheered, a loud boom silenced the happiness and cranked up the fear. Blood and Terror rose as the smoke did. But as everyone thought it was an...
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...Terrorist attacks are very dangerous and terrifying in the lives of people. The Boston Marathon Bombing is marked as the deadliest terrorist attack since September 11, 2001 in the United States (Rose). It not only affected individual lives, but also the city. The city had to rebuild and come together for the victims. The Boston Marathon bombing caused many deaths and injuries, changes in everyday life for many civilians, had a major effect on the city and people and a great time of healing. This day changed the lives of not only those that were signed up to run the race, but those that were watching along the route and on television. On April 15, 2013 at 2:49 p.m. two explosions occurred (Genck 3). The first explosion occurred on 671 Boylston Street, which killed Krystle Campbell (Genck 3). The second explosion occurred on 755 Boylston Street, which killed Lu Lingzi and Martin Richard (Genck 3). The explosives were placed near metal barriers which caused more injuries (Genck 3). Many people’s lives were forever changed from these explosions. A massive manhunt ensued and was simply brought to a peak when one of the perpetrators carjacked a citizen who was later able to escape and notify the police. On April 18, 2013 near midnight one of the bombers carjacked an...
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...During the investigation evidence and testimony were evaluated by both the defense and the prosecutor. The Prosecution team in correlation with law enforcement charged Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s, Azamat Tazhayakov, and Dias Kadyrbayev accordingly based off crimes committed. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged with Thirty different charges and found guilty on all counts. The penalty for seventeen of those charges were death (Levenson, E.,2014). Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s sentencing decision of the death penalty is justified but I do not understand how that provides justice for those who were affected by his actions. I would suggest life in a federal maximum-security prison. Death is too kind of a gesture for a person who committed such action. Azamat Tazhayakov...
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...2013 Detecting Media Bias On April 15, 2013 at exactly 2:49pm, Boston time, two handmade pressure cooker bombs exploded, killing 3 and injuring over 200 innocent spectators. According to National News reporters across the globe, the bombs exploded 3 seconds apart and about 210 yards near the finish line. The city of Boston was in complete devastation. Many victims lost limbs from different parts of their bodies. There was nothing but cries of pain, confusion and unawareness as to what was really happening in America. At this point, the media begin to play the blame game and assume the unknown. Even though, President Obama spoke out to the US, acknowledging what happen but at the time he was oblivious of who could have possible did such horrible act of idiocy. Based on research, there was a 12 preposterous cases of media bias after the bombing streamed through the different types of media forums. For example, Wolf Blitzer from CNN News, stated, “It is a state holiday in Massachusetts today called Patriots’ Day and, uh, who knows if that had anything at all to do with these explosions.” Other well-known reporters, tied the Boston bombing to an Al Qaeda terrorist attack. Inclusive to the faulty reports and assumption without the actual facts, many American citizens were in a frantic. There is an ole saying that says, you can’t believe everything that you hear, and this story definitely confirms it. When the bombing occurred, I was currently at work so I had to solely rely on social...
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...On 15 April 2013 at 2:38pm two men carrying backpacks walked down the crowded Boylston Street towards the finish line of the Boston Marathon. At 2:42pm the men split and one continued towards the marathon finish line. At 2:45pm the second man moves too in front of the Forum restaurant where he places his backpack on the ground. At 2:49pm the second man makes a call on his cell phone and an explosion erupts to the east on Boylston Street. The second man turns and walks west ten seconds later a second explosion goes off in front of the Forum restaurant. These blasts caused three deaths and 264 injuries. (Botelho, 2013) The people responsible for this attack were not Al-Qaida terrorist trained in Yemen, but instead were two refugees who had legally emigrated here from border area of Russia and Chechnya. They were attending college and were seemingly assimilating into American life. Neither of the two men had ties to any terrorist group, but instead became self-radicalized through jihadist websites and learned how to construct improvised explosive devices on the internet; this has become a disturbing trend in domestic terrorism. Extremist’s websites have allowed Americans to become domestic terrorists, without any terrorism affiliation or training, through self-radicalization; teaching them how to construct weapons of mass destruction; and how to plan and conduct terrorist attacks. The persuasive techniques employed by extremist’s websites have been effective tools in the radicalization...
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...question whether the acts of violence can be justified. Police brutality proves to be a large concern of the public, the biases some police have can influence the level of violence used in each situation. The article “Thinking About Crime” written by Matthew Cooper discusses how law enforcement not only continues to raise fines but imprisons more and more people. They use the raising price of fines as their primary income and look at African Americans in a harsher manner. Not only have certain law enforcers shown a bias based on skin color, but they act more violent towards those who do not have financial stability. Labeling of people and unjust acts of violence have become a common issue (Cooper). The rising number of police brutality reports creates skepticism among society and instills a sense of fear. The article, “Make America hate again: Donald Trump, Big Lie oratory and the rise of the angry white man” written by Sasha Abramsky also supports the idea of the supremacy the law enforcement believes they have. Each year, the number of deaths due to law enforcement continues to rise: “Every year, hundreds of Americans are killed by police officers and sheriffs' deputies--there were 1,146 victims in 2015” (Abramsky). Violence utilized by law enforcement seems unjustifiable and has taken a step too far; however, in some cases, acts must be confronted by violence. Violence has been used to cease public, violent protests. Law enforcement controls a vast amount of situations ranging...
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...actors, furthermore, generally carry out terrorism. The term itself carries a heavy weight by the way it can be used; to accuse a group as being terrorists immediately delegitimize their motives, thereby upholding the existing system of power at a national or global level. ‘Terrorism’ is a controversial term simply by how one determines whether one is a terrorist or not. Terrorism is used politically in order to highlight a group’s actions as being immoral and illegitimate. The controversy lies within how we differentiate between one man’s freedom fighter and another’s terrorism. Similarly the term ‘terrorism’ has become to commonly used which creates uncertainty of what really is terrorism, for example the Boston marathon bombings. Many argued that the marathon bombings were an act of terrorism, whereas Obama refused to describe it as an act of terror. Thus one could conclude that the term is arbitrary seeing as any form of violence creates fear, it does not necessarily mean that it is an act of terrorism. A rather widespread attempt to make all definitions of terrorism meaningless is to lump together terrorist activities and the struggle to achieve national liberation. Thus, for instance, the recurrently stated Syrian official position is that Syria...
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...Social Media and Law Enforcement Christian Perez After the Boston marathon bombings, social media played a major role on the incident providing true facts and other times not so true. Media is a means of communication with the intent to influence a wide audience (Stuart, 2013). Social networking, which allows multiple people to share information with one another and it provides the public with reporting power of major or everyday incidents with the push of a button. Law enforcement agencies are well aware of this and have stepped up their efforts of using this means of communications as a crime fighting tool. Social media can be used for public relations, crime prevention, and criminal investigation. Departments that create a presence on social media sites open a new door of communication with the general public. By doing so citizens can receive real-time information, as well as an electronic method of asking questions, making suggestions, and providing tips that help solve crimes (Stuart, 2013). However, there has to be some kind of controls established to manage the information in a way that does not create misinformation and technicalities. Community Policing In the first 48 hours of the Boston marathon bombings, law enforcement officials released to the public information on the suspects and asked the people to share with them any information they had in reference to the incident and social media played a great role. A picture clearly shows one of the eventual suspects...
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...audience. Gretchen Bernardini English 111 Nikki Aitken 23 June 2013 Major Paper #2 And that’s What He Said In today’s busy hectic world, we need to make sure that the time we spend getting information about what is going on in our world is accurate. With breaking news happening every day, we rely on the people reporting the news to be fair, unbiased, and correct in the information they are reporting to the general public. When there are big events going on, especially domestically, many of us either turn on the television or the internet to the big outlets, i.e. CNN, MSNBC, FOX, to get the information and be knowledgeable about what is happening. Referring to the most recent major news story, the Boston Marathon Bombing is an example of grossly misinterpreted information, because...
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...Week 3 Individual Assignment - Rebuttal Paper BCOM/275 – Critical Thinking Patty Haynes 07/24/13 Virginia Carter The Rolling Stone magazine has recently been met with a slew of angry outbursts and boycotting for placing the well-known, suspected Boston Bombing Terrorist, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its cover this month. The magazine is under scrutiny not just for placing his picture on the cover, but for how the picture portrays the suspect. Tsarnaev’s photo is a very glamorous, dreamy eyed, tousled hair, sexier version of himself in the photo. This glorified photo is exactly how The Rolling Stone portrays famous actors and rock stars that are meant to be admired. Harold Maass is the executive editor for an online forum called The Week. He currently posted an article saying that The Rolling Stone shouldn’t be chastised for their choice and it is simply a ploy to sell heaps and heaps of magazines. He states that maybe we shouldn’t be so angry at The Rolling Stone publication because the New York Times posted it on their cover first. Maass also backs up Janet Reitman of The Rolling Stone saying that the only thing that happened here was that he happened to be a huge news feature, and features make the covers of publications. He also agrees with other authors that claim this could help the American public snap out of their daydreams and see that terrorists don’t have to be dirty, rag wearing, foreign language speaking, Muslims. While all of these comments can be boiled...
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...Militarized Police: A Growing Epidemic Eric Reed Liberty University Abstract The purpose of this research is to document the chronic spread of militarization of police agencies across the United States at the federal, state, and local levels. Police militarization is one of the most controversial issues facing our police forces and encompasses a wide range of problems, from cases of excessive force, to civil rights violations, to budgetary problems. This research will include events that led to the creation of the first SWAT units, the aftereffects of the September 11 attacks, as well as the problems that both the contemporary public and police agencies face today. Finally, this project will highlight several proposed solutions to curb the increasing prevalence of police militarization, specifically as it pertains to agency administration. Militarized Police: A Growing Epidemic Eric Reed Liberty University Every day across the United States, tens of thousands of police officers and federal agents put their lives on the line to serve their communities and their country. They face a myriad of threats that could reveal themselves at any given moment, and it's impossible to predict what the next day of work holds for these men and women. The key to survival is to be well-prepared for any situation; as such, it is of utmost importance that our officers and agents have access to the protection and tools they need to deal with and adapt to the ever-changing force of...
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...Effects of Terrorism HIS/ 145 May 08, 2013 Dr. Fontenot Effects of Terrorism Terrorism has become a global epidemic for communist and non communist countries. This paper will discuss what terrorism is and what effects it has on the American society. Terrorism is defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary as systematic use of violence to create a general climate of fear in a population and thereby to bring about a particular political objective. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation there is no single, university accepted definition of terrorism, terrorism is defined in the code Federal Regulations as Retrieved from (www.fbi.gov › Stats & Services) Reports and Publications “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives” (28 C.F.R. Section 0.85). The F.B.I. states that there are two types of terrorism domestic and international while both definitions differing somewhat in opinion it can be said that terrorism is intended to create violent intimidation. Terrorism has affected not only Islamic countries, but it has brought America into its deadly realm as well. Leaders around the world are trying to find ways to comfort his or her citizens that their government is doing everything in his or her power to keep them safe from terrorist acts. The question remains unanswered as to how the United States got involved...
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...Persuasive Position Paper Topic: Whether Boston should host the 2024 Olympics My Position Hosting the Olympics Games is more than simply demonstrating a passion for sports; it has a profound social and economic impact to the host city and nation. In my view, the benefits will outweigh the challenges in hosting the 2024 Boston Olympics. By standing out and being chosen by United States Olympic Committee (USOC) as the candidate city, Boston has made a significant step toward the greatest honor to transcend peace, prosperity, and humanity through this event. Memorandum Date: Mar 11, 2015 To: United States Olympic Committee From: Subject: Withdraw Boston’s 2024 Olympics Bid Hosting the 2024 Olympic Games in Boston would be a great honor and an attractive opportunity to demonstrate the United States’ competitiveness and global leadership. Despite the opportunities, hosting such a mega sporting event bears tremendous downsides, including cost overrun, economic uncertainty, and reputation risk. In addition, Boston’s credential as a host city remains dubious. Hence, I urge USOC to withdraw Boston’s 2024 Olympic bid submitted to the International Olympic Committee. Cost Overruns Notwithstanding Boston’s announcement that all funding used for infrastructure and venues needed for the Olympics will be raised from the private sector, history indicated that this promise would most likely become an empty one and consequently threaten the host’s financial health. A...
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...local LEAs be the eyes and ears of the community, it will help identify and prevent more attacks. Difficulties for Local LEAs On a nationwide level, Riley et. al argues that multi-level intelligence partnerships remain disorganized. Local LEAs participating in information sharing through the Federal Bureau of Investigations’ (FBI) joint terrorism task force (JTTF) require the same security clearances as their FBI colleagues. This prohibits a wider info-sharing collaboration between the different levels of LEAs. Moreover, their RAND report stated that an estimated 20% of local law enforcement agencies rated the FBI’s JTTF terrorist threat information as useful. Bearing in mind that one-third of LEAs cooperate in these task forces shows a countrywide inefficiency. The low ratings imply an ineffective partnership. In another instance, there was a huge lack of cooperation between the FBI and local LEAs in the case of the Boston marathon bombings and Nidal Hassan. In both of these horrific events, the FBI failed to inform the respective local law enforcement ...
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