Taylor Bradford's Death In College

The essay “A Brother’s Murder” by Brent Staples basically shadows over the life of Brent staples and his younger brother Blake who has lost the battel of the streets to death. Unfortunately Brent’s early years were hard and rough, just southwest of Philadelphia as young boy all he ever faced was depression and violence. Throughout the story Staples tells his readers about many incidents involving guns and stabbings over small situations, which result in changing his opinions about life, opening his mind towards education leading to a

For this assignment, I’ve decided to focus on Dylann Roof and the hate crime he committed on June 17, 2015. In summary, during a prayer service, Dylann Roof killed nine people, all African Americans. After the shooting took place, several thoughts of why Roof committed such heinous crime were considered. However, shortly after, a website owned by Roof was discovered. The website contained images and symbols of white supremacy, along with a manifesto written by Roof. After such discovery, it became clear the motive behind Roof’s actions.

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.

Unintentionally, violence affected my life by how I observe friendship through the eyes of my cousin as well as my own. My cousin’s name was Tatiana and was the age of 20 when she passed away due to violence. Unexpectedly, her friend killed her in a car accident after they had gone to their friend’s graduation. At the time I was just 9 years old. My aunt and I went shopping at night. While we were getting out of the car, I felt like the world and time itself had stopped. Apparently, I recognized my cousin driving and it seemed like she noticed us as well, and started to head our way. At the moment, I felt a tear run down my cheek as I realized what had just occurred. Deliberately, my cousin was killed by her friend who was speeding down the road. Out of breath, I ran towards my aunt who was motionless while tears were running down her face.

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

Lastly, although not an easily overcome controversial challenge that this community was forced to face was ultimately the trial of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. Due to the psychological stress this incident rooted in a portion of the people involved, it is understandable to comprehend why the judicial process of these two individuals caused issues to some extent. Eventually with the conclusion of the legal process, the strenuous atmosphere surrounding the trial, and ultimately the completion of the Oklahoma City National Memorial to honor those lives lost that day, the last challenge this community face was overcome.

It was a cloudy day, a mild 78 degrees and Lezley McSpadden was taking a drag of her cigarette outside of the local grocery store where she was employed. She was midway through her shift when a friend of hers called and said that someone had been shot by Canfield Green Apartments. Maybe it’s only a mother’s instinct to recoil in fear, but in that moment Lezley could think only of her son Michael. Michael had recently graduated three months before and she wasn’t sure of his

Intense apprehension and excitement mingled energetically throughout my body as Taylor and I approached the Government Plaza in downtown Greensboro. We were attending a protest against the Grand Jury’s decision to not indict Officer Darren Wilson with the murder of eighteen-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Questions and worry sounded in my mind. What is this going to be like? What if things get out of hand? What if I’m arrested? I looked over to Taylor on my right side. She gave me a small smile as if she knew what a wreck I was in my head. I gave a hesitant smile in return. Everything is going to be fine, I thought to myself.

The experience of a person losing a loved one is very difficult to accept and then cope with. “He gets all teary telling about the good times they had together, how her brother made the war seem almost fun.” pg. 67-68 (Tim O’Brien). Losing someone close to you is hard to accept because once their gone things don’t feel the same anymore and you just can’t stop thinking about them and the memories you guys shared together. It’s also very hard to cope with because you’re so used to having that person around and when their no longer there you feel so empty and that feeling is so horrible. Having to deal with the fact that someone who was so special to you is no longer there isn’t easy to accept.

I found out Tuesday after school. My mom brought my sister and I into her room and made the announcement. They were both clearly devastated. I myself shed no tears until I was in the safety of my own room. All I felt was hate, resentment, fear, and devastation. Out of everything that could have happened, why did she have to go? I continued to ask myself that one question over and over. I felt like it was partially my fault. I questioned if I had done something that would have led to this. We sent her away to find out what had caused her death. They found nothing, and assumed it was a neurological problem.

On the streets of Chicago gang violence is common. 72% of people who die are murdered. Children everyday are affected by this atrocity. Schools are filled with drugs and violence. This was the everyday life of me, Jazmine Harper. My 18 year old brother Demaris was in a gang, the Reds. My mother was a construction worker and my dad left me the day I was born. My family resided in Riverdale, one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Chicago. Life there hasn’t really changed since I left.

On September 30, 2007, a dear friend of mine was shot and killed on the campus where I attended school. Taylor Bradford was a 21-year-old football player who attended the University of Memphis. His murder not only shocked fellow students but was felt nationwide. It was uncommon that a crime such as this would take place on a college campus; however, the reality of it was mentally and emotionally damaging. Therefore when asked to write about an obstacle that I’ve had to overcome, the impact of his death was my initial thought.

The death of a loved one is one of the most challenging events I have had to overcome. The summer of 2014, I was just going into my junior year, was one for the books. It was an absolutely amazing summer. My sister had her first baby in May and we were getting to make his first summer his best, but little did we know it would also be his last. We lost him at the end of July. It was one of the hardest things to cope with. So many unanswered questions still to this day stand.

Losing my grandmother was one of the worst things that have happened to me. When she died, I knew my life had changed. I watched her take her last breath in the hospital and it was very heartbreaking. She was like my second mom because she was always with me. I didn’t think it would come so soon. Dealing with her death was one of the hardest thing that I’ve ever had to do. It was very hard because it was my second experience of losing someone very close to me around the same time of the year. I had to learn how to cope with losing her. I let all my emotions out, I didn’t listen to what anyone was saying, and I had to remember to take care of myself. Losing my grandmother changed me because she did everything for me. I had to grow up and be more responsible. I had to learn how

Across America, certain states allow their governments to make use of the death penalty for a myriad of crimes. The methods through which it is attained is often as controversial as the act itself. In the tale of The Confession by John Grisham, the city of Slone, Texas comes to terms with the severe ramifications that come with taking someone's life, whether it be condoned by the law or not. In the case of Donté Drumm, a young football player is accused of killing Nicole Yerber, a popular cheerleader who was supposedly dating him at the time. He was forced into a confession by means of psychological torture. After nine years, Donté is killed for a crime he did not commit. The town unearths the reality that taking someone's life is a permanent action which cannot be undone when a mistake is made. The Confession takes a closer look at what the death penalty really means by not only looking at the statistics but the emotional toll it takes on the people connected to it too, explaining how the death penalty is fundamentally wrong and looking at ways to open people's eyes to the truth of it.