Short Story Diablo II’s twin suns burned Carlos Nieto’s exposed skin as he concentrated on the job before him. He tried not to gag from the smell of the dead police sniper next to him. Carlos pulled the bloody sniper rifle from under the dead officer’s body and checked the action. He was amused to see it was a locally manufactured copy of an old Earth .50 cal rifle. From his rooftop position on the on the apartment building he had a good view of the surrounding area. Hundreds of protesters advanced towards a line of police officers, protecting a government office. Carlos looked over the other rooftops and didn’t see any other police. He took positioned with the rifle barrel on top of the half wall bordering the roof and took aim. There was surprisingly little recoil as the rifle fired. Carlos watched as the police officer’s neck exploded, effectively decapitating the woman as her helmet fell to the ground with her head still in it. Carlos fired nine more times, while the police line held their position and opened fire on the protesters. That should be enough for today, Carlos thought smugly. He walked to the opposite side of the roof and removed a rope from his satchel then tied it to a pipe before throwing it down the side of the building. He reached into his satchel and dropped a protest pamphlet next to the rope before taking one last look around the roof then retreating to the roof exit. “Cease fire damn it!” Sgt. Kim Mulder shouted into her throat microphone.
The event of the tragic murder in the favela Vigario Geral was a horrid and uneducated idea from the military police as revenge for the gunning down of four policemen. In this senseless murder of innocent civilians, 21 people were killed in their homes. Police entered random houses, and shot multiple people and families without reservation, sorrow, or evidence that these innocent people had anything to do with the drug trade within the favela.
Raye refers to her own space which is disturbed, not by the arrival of individual refugees per second, but by the presence of a building, a physical solid object containing and restraining refugees, this building intrudes into Raye’s visual field and impinges and presses upon her metaphorical skin, the idyllic space surrounding her home. When she says she could have gone there and shot them with a gun, she is not literal as she concedes in her tag question. She is, however, pulling away metaphorically from the object of her disgust. The fact, the image of a gun carries a two-fold effect; the metaphorical “killing” of the detainees would effectible remove them, and the firing of the gun entails recoil, in which the holder of the gun is thrown backwards from the target being fired at.
Chavez begins his rationalization reminding the audience of the vigorous efforts Dr.King displayed in his cause; comparing and contrasting violence against non violence. Chavez explicitly states violence leads to nothing more than “injuries and perhaps deaths on both sides” as non violence is “supportive and crucial.” His variation in diction deriving from descriptions of deaths and injuries as opposed to the righteous dignation convinces readers with what they would prefer. Similarly, his mentioning of violence as being harmful to “both sides” helps bring clarity to a point with lack of bias, and demonstrates how violence is damaging to all equally, regardless of his position on civil rights. He later moves on to once again explicitly stating distinct contrasts.
Estevan expresses the violent and unfair behavior of the police by saying, “in Guatemala City the police use electricity for interrogation. They have something called the ‘telephone,’ which is an actual telephone of the type they use in the field. It has its own generator, operated by a handle. He held up one hand and turned the other one in a circle in front of the palm…they disconnect the receiver wire and tape the two ends to your body. To sensitive parts.” (134) There were severe problems in Guatemala, specifically with the government and the police, which makes it clear as to why people desperately tried to escape from the oppression they faced. Intense raids took place and police officers tortured innocent people. According to Haver, the army in Guatemala accused villagers of being communists and later, people began to disappear and some were violently murdered. Many people like Estevan and Esperanza feared that the government, army, or police would view them as rebels and falsely consider them a threat, which could potentially lead to their death. To add to these crises in Guatemala, people were also threatened if the government believed they were concealing important information. Kingsolver says, "Ismene wasn't killed; She was taken" (136) because Esperanza and Estevan had to give up Ismene in order to retain valuable information. Since they knew people in
“Freeze, Police!” Sgt. Salazar commands from behind. Startled, the robber froze. “Hands up!” Hands were up in the air with the rifle still in one hand. “Drop your weapon!” Slowly placing the rifle on the ground, the robber swiftly rotated ready to shoot, when Sgt. Salazar close behind open fired at the chest.
To begin the police has caused many unnecessary deaths throughout the United States. More than 920 people have been killed by the police in 2015 (“5 Facts about Police Brutality in the United States That Will Shock You”). In Ferguson, Missouri 18 year old Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson. Mr. Johnson a witness at the scene, says that his friend was shot once from behind and then turned to face the police officer while raising his arms in the air. According to Mr Johnson, the officer fired several more shots at Mr. Brown before he fell to the ground (“Ferguson protests:What we know about Michael Brown 's last minutes”). Although Mr. Brown was fleeing from the officer, there was no need for the officer to shoot Brown.
gets admitted to the hospital. She also says that they followed protocol until august or september 2017 when the incident happened. A neighbor said they saw the officer tasered raul while he called out for his mother. Raul is recovering from the coma and he is confused on why the officers were beating him.
On Tuesday, the 27th of September 2016, Alfred Okwera Olango was fatally shot in El Cajon, California after his sister made a 911 call saying he was mentally ill and acting erratically. When police showed up to the scene, Olengo refused many of their commands and according to police “rapidly drew an object from his front pants pocket, placed both hands together and extended them rapidly toward the officer, taking up what appeared to be a shooting stance”. This, like many other recent police shootings of African Americans, led to large protests. On Tuesday and then again on Wednesday the El Cajon streets near the site of the shooting were filled with hundreds of mostly peaceful protesters carrying posters and chanting. Officers fully suited
“He broke open the gun again, and slipped the second cartridge into the cylinder. ‘Now we got two cartridges in here,’ he said”
Week three I wrote about a shooting that took place in Dallas, Texas when gunshots were fired killing five police officers. It concluded with the gunman, 25 year-old Micah Xavier Johnson of Mesquite, Texas, being shot dead by the Dallas police after attempted negotiations failed. Videos showing two men shot by police in both Louisiana and Minnesota created protests in Dallas and lead to erupting fire. The gunman's house was warranted to search; bomb-making materials, ballistic vests, rifles, ammunition, and a personal journal of combat tactics were all found. The amount of shooters were unknown, but when the shooting started twenty protesters that had been carrying rifles scattered the area. It was a very well thought-out attack that took
was knocked in and a team of immigration officers ran into his house. They were holding guns and were wearing bulletproof vests. José ran from his house with the officers chasing him. He jumped on his motorcycle and raced down the street. He went to streets over at 90 mph, when he ran into a cop car that was turning onto the street. He flew off his bike and hit the ground. While he was getting up the officer ran to him.
The correctional officer chose to become whistle Blowers after the death of inmate Preston Tate, and after the other officer said that he was the attacker in this situation. However, the correctional officers main allegations was of “brutality that the correctional officer were exploiting racial tensions to stage fights between inmates for entertainment of the prison guards (Holding, 2009)”. The prison tape shows all of this illegal behavior going on, and the two whistle blower watch other officer cohorts their coworkers in how to alter their reports to make it justifiable for the shooting that took place in the recreation yards.
He then saw a lone arab from the previous group and confronted him. He fired at the arab, killing him with the first round, then shortly after fired 4 more. Meursault is arrested for the crime and questioned. Meursault told the investigators that the sun and the headache made him enraged and commit the crime out of impulse.
Preventing the inevitable is unachievable. As soon as the gunman pulls the trigger to execute me, this city, its people, Unanimity and all that exists here will be abolished. I can only hope that the society the Union and Son wished to be formed, is successful. With no dictatorship or segregation. I can only hope that as the gun meets my body, I will, for the first time in my life, know what it means to have a purpose, one that isn’t created for
Determined to escape this hell hole or die trying I zipped up my vest and began to load the pistol and rifle I took from the guard. Fueled with rage I kicked open the door and released fire on 3 guards crouched in