Ronald Tarentino Research Paper

On September 24, 2016 there was a tragic incident in Oklahoma. According to the CNN News article, Tulsa Police Shooting Investigated by Justice Department, written by Max Blau, Jason Morris and Catherine E. Shoichet, on September 21, 2016 an African American man named Terence Crutcher was shot and killed by Betty Shelby. Betty Shelby is a Caucasian police officer for the state of Oklahoma. On that Wednesday, there was an SUV parked in the middle of a road with a man running around it and that man was Terence Crutcher. There were two 911 calls made about Crutcher running around his car.

Oscar Grant III was a 22 year-old African American man who was fatally shot in the morning hours of New Years Day, 2009 by BART Police officer Johannes Mehserie in Oakland, California. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San Francisco, BART Police officers detained Grant and several other passengers on the platform at the Fruitvale BART Station. Officer Johannes Mehserle and another officer forced the unarmed, Oscar Grant to lie face down. Mehserle drew his pistol and shot Grant in the back. Several witnesses claim Mehserle said “Oh my God!”

Two Palm Springs police officers were both shot and killed while responding to a public disturbance. John Felix, a twenty 6 year old resident of Palm Springs was the convicted suspect of the shooting, and deaths of Jose Gilbert Vega, 63, and Lesley Zerebny. When the officers arrived to the residence of John Felix, they tried to get him to comply with there orders to exit his home. After 10 minutes had past with no progress, and Felix opened fire on both the officers. Felix had said he would kill the officers, but the officers did not expect to be fired on behind the door.

Many of these questions will be unanswered. The effects of losing a mother, a friend and a helping hand will be everlasting but it also leaves the door open for positivity and her work to continue on. To help prevent these incidents in the future the department and many others should have procedures in place or enforce ones to always call for backup before proceeding with action. If backup doesn’t come in time, tail the suspect and continuously give updates on your location to catch the suspect safely and more efficiently. Following the incident, Clayton’s patrol car was vandalized, adding more negativity to what was already a bad situation.

On July 5, 2016, Alton Sterling was fatally shot by Blane Salamoni, a Baton Rouge police officer, in a convenience store parking lot. Salamoni was responding to a call about a man brandishing a gun and thought that Sterling fit the description of the suspect. However, when Salamoni arrived at the scene, he immediately became violent in his use of force on Sterling. Body camera footage shows Salamoni “slamming him into a car; twice ordering the second officer, Howie Lake II, to use his Taser; and threatening to shoot Mr. Sterling with a gun pointed at his head” (Fausset, 2018). Also shown in the video is Sterling doing his best to follow Salamoni’s orders although he was being pushed around by officers for the duration of the encounter.

During their conversation, a former inmate that Grant use to go to jail with noticed him and a fight breaks out. The conductor notifies the BART police station. Out of the travelers that the BART officers tried to arrest, Grant was one of the people who was restrained by officers Ingram and Caruso, and was minutes later shot in the back by officer Ingram. He was urgently transported to the hospital, where he ends up dying in surgery. Officer Ingram told his partner and the judge that he was reaching for his taser and not his gun.

Throughout history there has been many serial killers that have a defining characteristic that makes their crime career unique to them. Rory Conde is notorious for having killed six known prostitutes in a single year. It all started when Rory’s wife, Carla Conde, found a tape of Rory having an affair with a prostitute. She was furious and filed for divorce.

Early in the morning on November 26, 2006, Sean Bell was excitedly awaiting his wedding. That wedding never happened because of the five police officers that shot at him and his two friends fifty times. Bell died that morning. Three of the officers were charged; the most serious offense was first-degree manslaughter. All of the officers were indicted.

Minutes before he died, they tried to get him to reveal what had happened, but Gusenberg wouldn’t talk. Police could find just a few eyewitnesses, but they eventually came to the conclusion that gunmen dressed as police officers had entered the garage and pretended to be arresting the men. Though

He was, later, identified as Edenilson Steven Valle of Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon. Moreover, the new aerial photographs showed that the police were still on the scene of the crime on Monday following the tragedy. “Officers are still there at the house dealing with the investigation,” an L.A. cop told The Sun newspaper. "We do not know who threw the party.”

The Columbine high school shooting took place in Littleton, Colorado on April 20, 1999. Two teens went on a shooting spree, killing 13 people and wounding more than 20 others before turning their guns on themselves and committing suicide. The crime was named one of the worst high school shooting in U.S. history and later began a national debate on gun control and school safety. There was also a major investigation to determine the motivations the gunmen, Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17. There were speculations that Harris and Klebold committed this vicious crime because they were members of a social outcasts group and as retaliation for being bullied.

He was shot by the Cincinnati Police Department. Another African American named Roger Owensby Jr. died from being put in a police chokehold for resisting arrest, which killed him. The next day, Jeffrey Irons was killed for getting into a little fight with the police. The standards of

He made his way to a car he had previously stolen and went on his way. Ramirez approached a stop sign to which a LAPD officer slowly made his stop to the right of Ramirez. Richard Ramirez’s nerves were shot. He still had Jennie’s blood on his clothes and was in a stolen car with stolen property inside. Luckily for him, the officer went about his way.

If I was in Taylor’s position I would defiantly report the real story. I would report that officer Ansley used excessive force on the individual. The individual was put in the hospital with multiple fractures to his skull, by the hands of a “Supposedly” well trained officer. What if it was my child, mother, or someone I personally knew. I would have told Lt.

He then hands a bag to his girlfriend. Minutes after the president’s double was shot, he rushes to secure the mayor but was stopped by agent Barnes. A bombing took place. Barnes suspected that Enrique had something to do with the bombing so he comes after Enrique. Enrique reached the tunnel where he was shot by the officers.