The Goliad Massacre: The Scandal Shooting Of Texas Army

Over the past 30 years there have been a lot of events that have had an impact on the development of crisis intervention. One that really sticks out is the Columbine High School massacre. This event occurred on April 20, 1999 in Littleton Colorado. “On this very sad

On the dawn of the thirteenth day of the war the Santa Anna forced their way into the base. Immediately all hope was lost and the men said goodbye to their hiding families and tried to hold off the attacking Santa Anna so their families could escape. Unfortunately the Santa Anna had expected the Texans to flee so they had men hidden waiting to kill the

    One of the most horrific events that happened in 1917 was the Tulsa Outrage. The Tulsa Outrage was most known for when seventeen men were murdered. One late November night a group of about fifty men dressed in all black known as the “Wobblies” approached seventeen men. The seventeen men were then “pulled from the lineup, tied to a tree, a Knight approached every man with a double piece of hemp rope and whipped the victim’s back until blood draped their backs. Another man stepped forward and slathered boiling tar on the victim’s backs with a paint brush, coating him from head to seat. The final act of humiliation, the Knight then padded the victim’s back with feathers from a down pillow”(Chapman 2). “According to multiple interviews conducted by National Civil Liberties Bureau Investigator L.A.

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

The Tulsa Race Riot is an event that is quite possibly the most unknown and misconstrued piece of history in the United States of America. When and if it is discussed, it’s taken as a single event that happened in Tulsa and was deadly and very destructive. The many theories of what occurred and how it came to the extreme mob like violence taken on Tulsa’s own civilians. The evidence found suggest there were alternative motives in Tulsa for acquiring land that the black civilians held.

The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines massacre as “the act or an instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty” or “a cruel or wanton murder” (m-w.com). Essentially a massacre results in either the death of many people or death by cruel means. The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770, in Boston, Massachusetts and involved American colonists and British troops. The colonists, upset by recent laws enacted by the British, taunted a smaller group of British soldiers by throwing snowballs at them (Boston Massacre Historical Society). In response, the soldiers fired upon the unarmed colonists leaving five people dead and six wounded (Phelan, 131). Even

turned violent, with bloody episodes like antislavery partisan John Brown’s organized massacre of proslavery forces in

On November 5, 2009, the public gained knowledge about an incident that took place at an U.S. Army installation. Maj. Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, fatally shot 13 people and injured more than 30 others. He was facing a deployment to one of the many war zones overseas (McFadden, 2009). There are many reports about this incident and what actually took place. From what I’ve gathered, Hasan went into a processing center where soldiers go before and after they come back from deployment. After Hasan’s shooting rampage, he was finally stopped when Army Military Police (MP) officers shot him a total of four times. He is now paralyzed from the waist down due to the shooting. The Fort Hood shooting marked the worst shooting ever to take place on a military installation state side, to record. There was almost no structural damage because he used hand guns instead of bombs, or what we call weapons of mass destruction.

The Opelousas Massacre was a horrifying event that occurred on September 28, 1868, in Landry Parish, Louisiana. The riot was sparked by conflict between black freedmen and whites over the political control of the state of Louisiana. This resulted in a massive killing of blacks as whites had the overwhelming advantage in numbers and weapons. What’s most interesting about this case is the mystery surrounding the accounts of deaths. No one can approximately confirm how many people were killed in this massacre. Some sources identify as few as 30 people killed. Other sources estimate killings to over 300 people. The Opelousas Massacre was one of the deadliest riots to occur against African Americans during the era of Reconstruction.

This item focuses less on finding the historical truth events that occurred during the battle at the Alamo and more on how popular understandings of this battle have influenced, evolved, and clouded daily social/cultural relations between Texans and Mexicans. This item proved quite useful in providing a source grounded in exquisite research and analysis that looks at how society was transformed not only from the battle for the Alamo, but also the understandings, myths, and legends that resulted from the battle. One weakness of this piece is its complexity. Although I still gained valuable information from this piece,

Some people say that we do not know who started the “massacre”. According to Captain Preston’s account, “On Monday night about 8 o’clock two soldiers were attacked and beat.” This shows the colonists being the initiators, but also, no one truly knows what was said before by either the soldiers’ or the colonists’ part due to all the controversy in both of their accounts.

After running out of ammunition, James Fannin and his forces of about 400 were captured at the Battle of Coleto by General Jose Urrea (http://mexicanhistory.org/santaanna.htm) On Palm Sunday, March 27th, 1836, around 400 prisoners of war were executed in vain. The 400 prisoners were divided into 3 groups, marched out into an open prairie, and shot in the back. Their bodies were then set on fire, and their remains were left to the wilderness (www.american-historama.org). Just like the valiant defenders of the Alamo, the victims of the massacre served as martyrs for the rest of the revolution. The Goliad Massacre provided support for the revolution and from many foreign governments, including the blossoming United States, who would later annex Texas as a state. The foreign countries were convinced that mexicans were evil, due to the cruelty of the massacre. The Texans were so angry, Sam Houston almost didn’t let the Tejanos fight. The Tejanos were Mexicans who fought for Texas Independence. They found a solution by wearing signs on their

After many soldiers heard what happened they headed out to Santa Ana. So then Houston sent a message to the men at Goliad, ordering them to retreat. They were captured by Mexican forces, who killed more than 300 Texans. The Texans would not

In later years, the Columbine High School Massacre reflected tales of adolescents captured by darkness where they took part in an evangelical youth movement (Pike 647). This movement caused an uproar in legislation involving church and state (Pike 647). The massacre also effected public school dress codes and behavior policies, and most importantly, shaped Americans’ reasoning about teens deviance and normality (Pike 647).

On November 5, 2009 at approximately 1:30 p.m., a gunman opens fire inside the base's Soldier Readiness Center at U.S. Army Base, Fort Hood, Texas. Soldier Readiness Center, is where soldiers who are about to be deployed or who are returning undergo medical screening (http://search.proquest.com). During the shooting the gunman killed 13 and wounded 31 others. The gunman was shot and wounded by base police during the incident. This was the first time that an attack like this has happened in a military base on U.S. soil. All the soldiers and civilians inside of the Soldier Readiness Center were unarmed at the time of