Kent School Shooting Scene Analysis

Over the past couple of decades, school shooting have seemed to occur often-- continuously shocking the nation and reminding everyone that no community is exempt from such horror. One main contributor of this hysteria is found within the media. At the catalyst of this hysteria, lies the horrific Columbine shooting in 1999. Since then, school shootings have received ample coverage-- some argue that this has romanticized school shootings, others argue that is has provided condemning coverage of the often insane perpetrators. In the first year after the Columbine shooting, over 10,000 articles were written about the event, likely setting the stage for the nationwide desire for constant coverage of such events (Elsass et al, p. 445-446).

The “Shootings at Columbine High School: The Law Enforcement Response” case, in Richard Stillman’s Public Administration: Concepts and Cases, Ninth Edition, covers the Columbine High School law enforcement response to the mass murders committed by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Columbine High School is located in Littleton, CO, which is situated in the center of multiple jurisdictions. The case raises management communication

Within the first few minutes, the film summarized the church bombing that killed four innocent young girls and explained how it affected the Civil Rights Movement all through a historic song. The first scene of the movie, each victim’s family described their daughters’ childhood and how segregation affect their family. One interesting fact was the father of Denise McClair, one of victims, actually went to school in Tuskegee. The second victim, Carole Roberston, was confused why whites and blacks could not share the same water fountain, restaurant and bathroom. She did

Terror, shock, desperateness, all feelings of the Columbine victims. Through the narration of the encounter between Patti Nielson and the shooters during the beginning moments of the Columbine shooting in chapter 11 of Columbine, a memoir, Dave Cullen adopts an informative tone in order to focus young adults’ attention to the ruthlessness of the Columbine shooting.

Mass Shootings are among the most controversial topics talk about in modern day society, and this is due to the apparent rise in shootings over the past couple of years. The nation has witnessed some of the most gruesome shootings in History such as Virginia Tech, and Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting. From the aftermath of these shootings, a solution was found to prevent such things from happening which is allow concealed-carry weapons on college campuses. It is said if there are more guns on campuses, the chances of a gun man taking out more innocent lives are less likely due to the amount of people with guns. Despite this sound solution of concealed carry on college campuses, the reality is that it causes more problems than it solves, and there are better solutions to this problem at hand. But, what exactly is the true nature of school shootings, is it actually a true threat to our education system?

The school shooting in Roseburg, Oregon was severe. On October 1st, 2015 Thursday 10:38 am at Umpqua Community College (UCC), the gunman went to the school and started shooting students. Many students were killed and injured. The gunman, Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26 years old, had an interest in guns, struggling with mental health issues, and had anger against religious people. This shooting was called, “One of the Deadly mass shootings this year”.

Cano, R. (2010, May 3). A Moment Kent State Won’t Forget. Retrieved December 5, 2015, from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/us/04kent.html?_r=0

At Kent State University in Ohio, there was several memorable events. Like the destruction of protestors launching a demonstration that included setting fire to the ROTC building causing the governor of Ohio to dispatch 900 National Guardsmen to the campus. On May 4th, 1970 was a tragic event for Kent State University. During that day an altercation occurred with twenty eight guardsmen opening fire on a crowd causing the killings of 4 students and wounding nine others. Almost 500 colleges were shut down due to this fatal shooting around the United States of America. “The Justice Department initially declined to conduct a Grand jury investigation. The actions of the guardsmen had been “unnecessary, unwarranted, and inexcusable.” A Grand jury indicted eight of the guardsmen, but the charges were dismissed due to the lack of evidence. The Kent State shootings became the focal point of a nation deeply divided by the Vietnam War. Since the tragic event, the Kent State shootings were the subject of the 1970 song "Ohio" by the group Crosby, Stills, Nash, and young.

In the story “A Choice of Weapons” the author chose the camera as his weapon the expose the racial unbalance of freedom present in society. The author use his camera by showing society’s symbol of “freedom” but contrasts it with an African American women who is not given the freedom the flag represents. The photographer was told by his boss to go and follow the African American woman and see what her life is like and truly discovered the freedom she is deprived of in life. He discovers that her life has been full of tragedy, loss of opportunity, and sadness. The woman had to live without her parents, her husband was killed, and she had taken on 3 children that are not hers. She cares for the children even though she

The event assessed for this assignment is the "Shots Fired on Campus" video. I am not sure of the time and date that the event took place, but this video is a great educational piece that I believe can save a lot of lives in the society that we live in today. The topic was presented by Randy Spivey, and Jim Sporleder who are both from the Center of Personal Protection and Safety. In the video, the presenters illustrated different scenarios in which the same guy dressed in a black shirt and a yellow hat, walked outside of a campus, within the halls of the school, and also into a classroom with a black bag carrying weapons with the aim to hurt some of the people that he comes in contact with.

We live in a country that is often faced with violent and devastating events that forever stay cemented into our minds. Most stories on the news inform us about the most recent robberies, assaults, frauds, etc. However, one of the most shocking and disastrous types of stories the news updates us are those about shootings. One of the most infamous shootings happened almost 50 years ago in a small town in Ohio where U.S troops attacked protesters on the grounds of Kent State University, killing four students and leaving nine others wounded .

The photographer was John Filo, a student at Kent State university who studied photojournalism. He was also a staffer of a satellite paper for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Filo's purpose behind submitting the photo to the press was to get the word out about probably the most tragic event that was caused because of the intense anti war movement. He wanted to show people the horror that took place at Kent State University on May 4th 1970. The value of this picture is exactly that, it is a picture so it makes it extremely difficult to be subjective. The picture only shows what the guardsmen did to the protesters and not what the protesters did to them. Of course the extent was very different since the guardsmen took lives while the protesters only threw rocks; it only shows the

When Jonesboro High School in Louisiana was integrated, a group of four armed black men escorted black students through a crowd of angry whites, deterring violence due to fear and speculation of what those armed men might do. This incident provided the basis for the armed resistance movement in the black community: armed resistance deters violence. This argument is still used by many black gun advocates today.

The Photo that I chose was a picture that was taken of the terrified children and teachers holding each other hand in hand after the Sandy Hook School Shooting. Shannon Hicks, a photographer for Channel 4 News, took this picture at 10:09 AM after she arrived on the scene of this massacre. She took the picture, for one because it was her job, and for two she knows that the faces of these children captured the true emotion of what these kids and teachers were feeling at this time. This photo was taken right after the kids and teachers evacuated the schoolrooms in which they were. This photo affected the American public because it cemented in the memories of what happened on that terrible day on December 14th, 2012.

On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold carried out an attack on Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. They fired guns towards students, killing thirteen people and injuring more than twenty. Afterwards, they turned the guns on themselves. In ‘Columbine’, Dave Cullen analyses how and why Eric and Dylan massacred those people. When viewed in hindsight, events such as this are inspected to every minute detail; there are always ways to change the outcome. In the event of Columbine, there are many points in time at which the outcome could be changed completely with a single action; the points with the most significant potential are those which involve police investigations, close friends of the killers, and the time during