A Night Of Sorrow In Palm Springs

Each year law enforcement officers throughout the county are involved in shootings, some of them fatal. Frequently the shootings are reported by the media, which exploits the feelings of the victim while ignoring the effect of the shooting on the police officer. It is “estimated that approximately 87 percent of all emergency service personnel will experience a critical incident at least once in their career, which include officer-involved shootings” (Kureczka, 2002, p. 18). Officer-involved shootings have a profound effect on not only the officer involved but also their spouses, families, and the departments they serve. Law enforcement officers that are involved in officer-involved shootings need support and assistance such as critical incident stress debriefing and sometimes long-term trauma recover therapy in order to cope and live successful lives beyond the critical incident of the shooting.

The shooting occurred at the Fruitvale train station on January 1st, 2009. At the station, a fight broke out in one of the trains and when the train stopped the fight started again outside of the train at one of the stops. While they were fighting on the train the BART officers were called. The officers came and arrested everyone that was in the fight. A guy named Oscar Grant was in the fight and was also arrested (Meyer). While Grant was being arrested by Officer Mehserle, he resisted the officer’s attempts. Since Grant was resisting he was pushed onto the ground on his stomach to be handcuffed. Johannes Mehserle was having trouble handcuffing Grant so the other BART officers helped him. When Grant was on the ground Mehserle was going to tase him since he would not stop resisting. When Mehserle thought he pulled out his TASER, he instead pulled out his gun. Mehserle accidentally shot Grant with his gun since he thought he pulled out his TASER (Bulwa).

According to CNN , “Two veteran California sheriff 's deputies were killed in a shooting rampage in two counties that began Friday morning ( Oct, 24th) when one deputy was shot in the forehead while confronting a suspicious vehicle, authorities said. The first officer was Sacramento County Deputy Danny Oliver, 47, who with his partner engaged the male and female suspects in a Motel 6 parking lot in Sacramento, said Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones. The suspects fired several rounds, but Oliver wasn 't able to return fire, though his partner did as the suspects fled the scene shortly before 10:30 a.m.”

Support/Evidence/Elaboration ; nypd officer was killed by a gunman in an ambush attack while patrolling a bronx neighborhood. On the other sides of the country a ups employee entered his san francisco workplace armed with two guns and opened fire, killing three of his co workers and injuring two others before turning the gun on himself.

On July 26, 2013, Sammy Yatim, a mentally ill youth was shot nine times and killed by a police officer. He boarded a streetcar and pulled out a switchblade, which he used to threaten passengers (Rogan, 2014). The police arrived shortly after all the passengers had safely exited. Constable James Forcillo was one of the first cops on the scene, and had ordered his partner to radio for a Taser to subdue Yatim. While Yatim was still in the streetcar, Forcillo fired his gun. Officers rushed into the streetcar to taser him and then attempted CPR. However, Yatim was pronounced dead early in the morning of July 27 (Rogan, 2014).

Two other egregious mishaps of overzealous SWAT team, Parenti say were a young mother killed as she attempted to run and shield her baby during an early morning raid by a Swat team (she was not a suspect in the case). Additionally, an overzealous SWAT raid lead to the death of a 56-year-old man who was shot as he jumped from his card table during a surprise raid by masked SWAT commandos. (No Drugs were found). (127). Parenti says, SWAT killings of the mentally ill are usually classified as suicide by cop. With their adrenaline going, Parenti says there are even incidents were Swat has shot at and killed

The officer may have had good relationships with people in the community that made the people feel safe when the officers came around on patrol or even when they weren’t on duty. The officers that die in the line of duty might have family that depends on them to provide food or shelter for their wife and kids. Unless there spouse are financially secure, then it won’t be so much stress on them knowing they don’t have to worry about providing for their kids or relatives. Maybe, there spouse doesn’t have a job and doesn’t have that financial stability to keep up with bills or child expenses. That’s when it can lead to stress and may start committing crimes in order for them to get money or any other stuff to help them get by. Their family might need to get counseling to deal with mental or health problems. Getting counseling isn’t cheap, it can range from $50 to $240 a session depending were you go to get those

Luis Adolfo Gomez Zacarias was a local businessman engaged in retail sales of food and household items. For an extended period, prior to September 20, 2013, he was being extorted under death threats by an organized criminal gang, and when no longer able to pay the 500 Quetzal per month extortion demand, he was murdered. The day prior to his murder, he implored his spouse to take measures to protect herself and their child, prompting lead respondent to seek police assistance and protection when her spouse failed to arrive home from work. The police, ignored her multiple requests for help, and the following morning Luis Adolfo Gomez Zacarias was found murdered by gunshot to the head (see Tab G and Tab L). Local neighbors, familiar with police unwillingness to aid residents of the community under extortion threats by gangs, organized street protests against the police because of police inaction after lead respondent’s pleas for

Yesterday a police officer was recounting the horrific scene inside the office building in San Bernardino just minutes after the shooters had left the scene. Recounting what he saw as the first person to enter the building after the shooting had stopped.

Joan Didion’s “Los Angeles Notebook” conveys the effects of the Santa Ana winds, in which it brings out the worst of the city of Los Angeles. Through emotional diction, curios tone, and organized syntax, she delivers this message to readers. The use of emotion-laden diction is seen in her essay. She uses the words “eerie,” “frets,” and “troubled” to describe the effect of the Santa Ana winds.

This is true to a certain extent, Hardy tends to create a pessimistic outlook however sometimes his poems can show a bittersweet look at situations. ‘At Castle Boterel’, for example, Hardy writes ‘I look back at it amid the rain/ For the very last time; for my sand is sinking.’ When Hardy writes that ‘[his] sand is sinking,’ it points towards the idea that his time is running out, which gies strong imagery to the reader. Although this shows a pessimistic tone, when reading it, it can be understood that he has fond memories of the times he has spent there. Hardy makes this clear to the reader when it reads, ‘was there ever a time of such quality’.

Some people get a little bit luckier than Fong Lee. 30 year old Christopher Sean Harris was walking through an alleyway in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle, Washington after his shift at Arnie’s Restaurant, having drinks at a nearby bar, and paying $60 to someone to drive him to Belltown on May 10, 2009 (Mother’s Day) when a woman mistakenly pointed him out to Deputy Matthew Paul as a man suspected involved in a bar fight that continued at a convenience store nearby (Seattle Times). Matthew Paul and another deputy, whose name was not disclosed, were dressed in black fatigues and gave chase; it is unsure whether or not they identified themselves immediately as law enforcement or not during the

Last Monday in the quaint town of Park City the residents were astonished to hear the news regarding a shooting that took place early Monday morning. The victim of the shooting was Jose Fernandez. He was 37 years old and worked and lived in Park City. The shooter James Henfling, a 27-year-old, Midvale resident, is being charged with a first-degree murder and could face three years to life in prison. Unfortunately, Fernandez died at a Salt Lake hospital around 5:45 pm. Additional charges may be added to Henfling due to the Fernandez’s death.

Currently in Maryvale, Phoenix-A small city in Arizona, There was a shooting. Meaning there is an unidentified serial shooter on the loose. This isn't the first time-The city of Phoenix, Has experiences an event or a hunt like this. Due to Arizona's background, Many solutions to events like this would be violence (experienced violence), Drugs, Weapon control and substance abuse (now obviously this is something major i'm going to talk about). The unidentified suspect, has been told to be an hispanic male under five feet; Ten inches. A suspect linked/Responsible to /for seven deaths-All occurred during midnight.

Kevin Edwards family could not even suppose why he was murdered or why he was found wearing only a pair of underpants, but one thing they remembered him as, was a ladies man. Edwards, 37, a security officer at the Oilfields’ Workers Trade Union headquarters in San Fernando was found dead on an empty lot of land his family owns around 5 am yesterday morning. Reports stated that ASP Yearwood, Sgt Ramlogan and Cpl Harripersad responded to a report of a body along the Sixth Company Road, Indian Walk, Moruga around 6 am and found Edwards with a stab wound to his head. Police were told that he was seen in the community around 11.30 pm on Sunday night, fully clothed.