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    Governor Frank Keating orders a "State of Emergency" and immediately releases all non-essential state employees for safety measure in Oklahoma City. Furthermore, state resources authorization included the activation of National Guard units. Initially, rescuers believe to have found a second explosive device inside the debris of the Federal building. At 11:22 a.m. command post were able to confirm no explosive devices had been found on the scene (After Action Report, 1995)

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    its president, for his role in playing a major part in its creation, and had, from the beginning, realize the outlook and intellectual spirit of the group. In May of that year, Dr. King, again, made a national appearance, speaking at a rally of almost 40,000 people in front of the Lincoln Memorial. When King had returned, he began to commit himself more fully to the Conference group. He had left his church in Montgomery to move back to Atlanta, which is where the SCLC headquarters is located, around

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    Selena Saldivar

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    Selena was born into the musical family. Selena was a Mexican popstar actually a popstar all around the world. She has one brother and one sister. Her brothers name was Abraham and her sister was Suzette. Her dad played in a band called Los Dinos. He quit his music career to start Selenas. She will be forever remembered. Selena grew up in Mexico, died violently, and is remembered by thousands today. A couple years later, her dad Abraham opened up a mexican restaurant. Just so the family band could

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    with him to Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. These people marched for Jobs, freedom and equality (Socialstudiesforkids.com.2018). King dreamed that his “four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character” (Brainy quotes. 2018). His dream came true because government took more direct action toward racial equality and the speech is still been presenting to new generations (National Arcieves. 2016).

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    Law Enforcement and Police Stress Essay

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    Police Stress As crime coexists with humanity, the presence of the police force ensures the suppression of crime and the safety for our society. Every occupation has its own work stress. What is unique is all the different stress found in one job. Aside from the heroic services police officers perform in their duty, they experience overwhelming stress in their daily duty. Police stress refers to the negative pressures related to police work (Police Stress, n.d.). In order to maintain peace and order

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    been given to low enforcement agencies to make drug arrests. • During Reagan administration, the huge grant were made to state and local law enforcement agencies that were willing to make drug-law enforcement the top priority. • The Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local law enforcement encourage offers more than millions of dollars in federal aids to state and local law enforcement agencies willing to wage the war. (Nationally,40% of all Byrne grant is narcotics tasks and 90% of grant toward to

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    Military transition has long been a standing controversy in this country. Men and women face an uphill climb as they reenter society. Post-traumatic stress along with inability to pass entrance exams are hindrances upon veterans. According to the 2017 national statistics, Florida will be the third state with the largest veteran population by 2037 (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2016). This influx, will cause Jacksonville to experience a population and

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    had a clue how many would actually come out to help the support in the capital, but as previously stated there were over 200,000 people that showed up to participate. As the people protested they marched from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln memorial. All the civil-rights leaders of the “Big Six” spoke at the march. However, James Farmer could not attend the march because he was imprisoned therefore he had Floyd McKissick speak on his behalf through Farmer’s own speech (Ross). The peak speech

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    Oklahoma City Pay Phones

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    Louis Police Department leapt into action, even hundreds of miles away from all the destruction. Later the very same day, the police came knocking on the office’s door, brandishing their freshly penned paperwork, ink barely dry, and with a list of every single payphone number in the entire city of St. Louis. The city’s police force was on the hunt for evidence, which was the reason for the extensive list of payphones

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    The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s was a pivotal event in the fight for African American rights. Throughout the duration of this movement, many important events occurred that brought African Americans closer to the equality they were fighting for. One such event was the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas lawsuit of 1954, which was filed due to the huge differences between black and white schools, since schools for blacks lacked important facilities like indoor toilets. This

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