- On July 25, 1993, terrorists from the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) attacked St. James Church in Cape Town during a Sunday service, killing 11 people and wounding 50 with grenades and automatic weapons.
- Witnesses described the attackers kicking open the doors and immediately opening fire on the congregation of over 1,400 with grenades and assault rifles. Some acts of bravery, such as a man covering a grenade with his body, helped limit the death toll.
- The attack had devastating impacts on the victims and their families. Many were left dead or crippled for life, including having limbs amputated. The St. James congregation and others in the community
In 2007, 32 South Carolinians were murdered by their intimate partners. As citizens of this state, we have a responsibility to take a stand against this injustice.
CJMR REPORT WITH BOKO HARAM LEADER IN PRISON DETENTION ORIGINALHezekiah Olujobi
This document summarizes a meeting between two Islamic groups in Iseyin, Nigeria - Ahlu-Sunnah and the Muslim Student Society of Nigeria (MSSN). The MSSN accused Ahlu-Sunnah of abducting underage girls from the community and forcing them into early marriages. Ahlu-Sunnah denied the allegations, saying the girls came voluntarily for Islamic teachings. However, some parents and former members testified that the girls had become pregnant without their consent. The police were investigating claims of abduction, rape and murder against Ahlu-Sunnah members.
The Lady Trojans basketball team at Trinidad State Junior College started their season with a 2-4 record after playing tough opponents. Their leading scorers so far have been Kori Eurich and Claire Ioannidis. They will play their final home game of the semester against Adams State JV on November 18.
John participated in boy scouts as a child but had various health issues and an abusive relationship with his father. These childhood problems, combined with his troubled family life, may have contributed to John later raping and murdering young boys of similar ages to when he experienced his own problems. John faced various charges for his crimes and was ultimately sentenced to life in prison for his serial killings.
An 11-year-old girl was lured from her Bronx home by a man and held captive for 5 days, where she was sexually abused by multiple men. The girl managed to call her grandmother and provide details to help the police find her. Doctors determined she had been raped. The girl is now in treatment but speaks out in hopes of preventing others from suffering similar abuse. Her story highlights the underground sex trafficking that victimizes vulnerable children in New York City.
The document summarizes several local news briefs from Gaston County, North Carolina. It discusses an upcoming church revival, a man impersonating a police officer and being jailed, another man pulling a knife during an argument over a begging spot and also being jailed, a rifle being stolen from a local restaurant, and a man possessing and duplicating child pornography. It also covers a woman being charged with animal cruelty for neglecting her dog's broken leg and having it euthanized, two local teens surviving a fatal bus crash in which four people were killed, and the governor signing extradition papers to bring the suspected killer of a Shelby police officer back to North Carolina from Rhode Island where he was captured.
The music video for "Like a Prayer" by Madonna caused controversy for depicting religious and racial imagery. It shows a burning cross, white men raping and murdering a woman while a black man is wrongly arrested. Madonna witnesses this but does nothing. Later she prays to a black statue of Jesus in a church, is thrown from heaven by a black angel, and kisses the feet of the statue which comes to life as the arrested black man. At the end, Madonna goes to the police to say she witnessed the crime and the black man is innocent, showing she is not racist.
- On July 25, 1993, terrorists from the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) attacked St. James Church in Cape Town during a Sunday service, killing 11 people and wounding 50 with grenades and automatic weapons.
- Witnesses described the attackers kicking open the doors and immediately opening fire on the congregation of over 1,400 with grenades and assault rifles. Some acts of bravery, such as a man covering a grenade with his body, helped limit the death toll.
- The attack had devastating impacts on the victims and their families. Many were left dead or crippled for life, including having limbs amputated. The St. James congregation and others in the community
In 2007, 32 South Carolinians were murdered by their intimate partners. As citizens of this state, we have a responsibility to take a stand against this injustice.
CJMR REPORT WITH BOKO HARAM LEADER IN PRISON DETENTION ORIGINALHezekiah Olujobi
This document summarizes a meeting between two Islamic groups in Iseyin, Nigeria - Ahlu-Sunnah and the Muslim Student Society of Nigeria (MSSN). The MSSN accused Ahlu-Sunnah of abducting underage girls from the community and forcing them into early marriages. Ahlu-Sunnah denied the allegations, saying the girls came voluntarily for Islamic teachings. However, some parents and former members testified that the girls had become pregnant without their consent. The police were investigating claims of abduction, rape and murder against Ahlu-Sunnah members.
The Lady Trojans basketball team at Trinidad State Junior College started their season with a 2-4 record after playing tough opponents. Their leading scorers so far have been Kori Eurich and Claire Ioannidis. They will play their final home game of the semester against Adams State JV on November 18.
John participated in boy scouts as a child but had various health issues and an abusive relationship with his father. These childhood problems, combined with his troubled family life, may have contributed to John later raping and murdering young boys of similar ages to when he experienced his own problems. John faced various charges for his crimes and was ultimately sentenced to life in prison for his serial killings.
An 11-year-old girl was lured from her Bronx home by a man and held captive for 5 days, where she was sexually abused by multiple men. The girl managed to call her grandmother and provide details to help the police find her. Doctors determined she had been raped. The girl is now in treatment but speaks out in hopes of preventing others from suffering similar abuse. Her story highlights the underground sex trafficking that victimizes vulnerable children in New York City.
The document summarizes several local news briefs from Gaston County, North Carolina. It discusses an upcoming church revival, a man impersonating a police officer and being jailed, another man pulling a knife during an argument over a begging spot and also being jailed, a rifle being stolen from a local restaurant, and a man possessing and duplicating child pornography. It also covers a woman being charged with animal cruelty for neglecting her dog's broken leg and having it euthanized, two local teens surviving a fatal bus crash in which four people were killed, and the governor signing extradition papers to bring the suspected killer of a Shelby police officer back to North Carolina from Rhode Island where he was captured.
The music video for "Like a Prayer" by Madonna caused controversy for depicting religious and racial imagery. It shows a burning cross, white men raping and murdering a woman while a black man is wrongly arrested. Madonna witnesses this but does nothing. Later she prays to a black statue of Jesus in a church, is thrown from heaven by a black angel, and kisses the feet of the statue which comes to life as the arrested black man. At the end, Madonna goes to the police to say she witnessed the crime and the black man is innocent, showing she is not racist.
This document lists the counties in northern New Jersey and some of the municipalities within those counties. It also notes that there were two active hate groups in northern New Jersey in 2014, the National Socialist Movement based in Newark, and the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, which calls New Jersey home. A legend indicates the document is showing New Jersey municipalities and locations of hate groups according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
This document discusses responding to America's increasingly pro-gay culture from a Christian perspective. It acknowledges recent legal and social changes affirming homosexuality while arguing that the Bible teaches that only heterosexual acts between married couples are allowed by God. It emphasizes the need to love gays as neighbors in need of God's love and grace, despite theological disagreements, and provides suggestions for practical ways Christians can show love and support to the gay community.
Jessica Keen, a 15-year-old honor student and cheerleader, was found murdered in 1991. Her body was discovered at a cemetery two days after going missing from a teen home. She had been raped and beaten. In 2008, Marvin Lee Smith was arrested for her murder. He confessed in 2009 that he had raped and killed Keen with a tombstone after she escaped from his car at the cemetery. Smith pled guilty and was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison.
This document summarizes an interview with an Australian man named Abu Ousama who has joined an Islamist rebel group fighting in Syria. Some key points:
- He was raised in Australia but now lives in Idlib, Syria and fights with Jund al Aqsa, an Islamist rebel battalion independent of ISIS.
- He believes in beheadings and defends ISIS' use of violence as a means to establish an Islamic state, comparing it to violence used in establishing countries like Australia.
- He initially went to Syria to provide humanitarian aid but felt he needed to do more, so he joined the rebel group where he now works as a combat medic.
- He believes violence is necessary and just
Nanjing Feitian Glass Industry Co. Ltd. is a leading glass manufacturer in China established in 1993. They produce tempered glass, laminated glass, and insulating glass units for applications such as building facades, windows, and doors. The company has over 300 employees and exports over $5 million annually. Their glass products are certified to European and Chinese standards and their factory is ISO9001 certified.
Infina is an independent insurance broking firm that provides specialized risk advisory and insurance broking solutions. They take a holistic risk management approach and have expertise across various insurance products including property, marine, motor, health and liability insurance. Their services include insurance audits, broking, claims consulting, actuarial services and risk advisory to help clients effectively manage their risks.
- Cassandra is a non-relational database that provides high availability and scalability through replication and sharding across multiple nodes.
- It sacrifices consistency to achieve high availability and partition tolerance according to the CAP theorem.
- Cassandra uses a gossip protocol for node communication and token rings for data distribution and replication across nodes. Requests are processed locally and replicated asynchronously for fault tolerance.
The management team of Infina comprises seasoned professionals with extensive experience in the insurance industry. Harendra Setalvad has over 50 years of experience and previously held leadership roles at multiple insurance companies. Mihas Setalvad has over 15 years of experience in insurance and banking and previously worked with major insurance companies helping to set up their India operations. Ashish Jhamb has spent his career in insurance and previously founded his own insurance consultancy business. Abhishek Jhamb brings operational and technology experience from a past role at TCS and from working with his family's insurance consultancy business.
This document discusses various tools used for automated testing including Bugzilla, Testopia, and Jenkins. It provides overviews of each tool's features and how they integrate together in an automated testing environment. Key steps are outlined for setting up projects in each tool and configuring them to work together. Specifically, it describes how test cases can be retrieved from Testopia, executed via scripts on Jenkins, and results reported back to Testopia.
1. The document contains multiple choice questions about welding processes and procedures. It covers topics like weld defects, preheat requirements, welding consumables, inspection methods, and weld quality standards.
2. Many questions relate to ensuring proper joint quality and avoiding defects like cracking or lack of fusion by following welding procedure specifications.
3. Other topics addressed include distortion control, heat input effects, and qualification testing requirements.
Church workers have criticized local security forces for the killing of foreigners in the restive vicariate, where five Chechen nationals suspected of terrorist activities were killed earlier this year.
“We condemn the inhuman killing of Chechens. The incident requires transparent investigation. The worsening condition of law and order has already alienated local residents from the government,” said a local priest who asked not to be named.
In May, members of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) and Quetta police killed the five Chechens, who were suspected of being terrorists.
In its investigative report, the judicial tribunal slammed security officers “for resorting to massacre” and showing incompetence and a lack of planning in handling the investigation.
“Due to the callous stupidity of the police and FC personnel, the entire terrorist network remains shrouded in mystery,” the report stated.
Fahim Javed, a local Caritas worker, said that expressing one’s opinion could be a death sentence.
“Continual attacks obstruct our daily lives and destroy our education system. We have been living in a state of emergency for decades,” he said.
The document provides details of Pope Benedict XVI's schedule for his visit to the United States, including meetings with the president, bishops, and educators. It also summarizes his statements on the flight acknowledging the clergy sex abuse scandal and pledging to prevent future abuse. Additionally, it reports on recent bombings in Iraq that killed at least 60 people in several cities. Authorities in Texas also defended their decision to separate mothers from many of the 416 children seized in a raid on a polygamist ranch.
Christians under attack_in_india_reportZahidManiyar
The document provides a summary of attacks on Christians in India, including two specific incidents in Roorkee and Mau, Uttar Pradesh:
1) In Roorkee, a mob of 250-300 people attacked a church, injuring several attendees. Police did not provide security despite prior complaints.
2) In Mau, a mob accused Christians of conversion during a prayer meeting. Seven people including the pastor were arrested under anti-conversion laws.
It also lists other incidents of threats, violence and false accusations against Christians in various parts of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and other states, indicating growing targeted attacks against the Christian minority in India.
CAPSTONE CASE The Student will be required to read the Capstone.docxhacksoni
CAPSTONE CASE:
The Student will be required to read the Capstone Case (page 476 of the course text) and respond to the 15 questions on page 483 & 484. Each question will require no less than a one-page response with appropriate references in APA format double-spaced, Times New Roman 12point font. Capstone case is due December 5, 2018, @ 9:00AM.
476
Presented here is the description of a serial homicide investigation in the 1960s that involved
the sexually motivated murders of seven mostly college-aged women in Michigan. The
discussion provided here draws primarily on Edward Keyes’s, The Michigan Murders.1 The
case is longer and more detailed than the other From the Case File chapter introductions.
It can serve as a capstone discussion of many of the issues covered in Criminal Investigation,
including the basic problems of criminal investigation, the value of eyewitness identifica-
tions, the value of other evidence, the potential value of DNA evidence, how proof can be
established, and the impact of technology on investigations. Questions for discussion and
review are presented at the conclusion of the case.
Appendix
Capstone Case
Capstone CASE
The Coed Murders
The nightmare began on the evening of July 10, 1967,
when nineteen-year-old Mary Fleszar did not return
to her apartment, which was located just a few
blocks from the Eastern Michigan University (EMU)
campus in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Mary was a student at
the university. As is the case in most missing person
investigations, the first task for investigators was to
determine when and where she was last seen. In
reconstructing the last known whereabouts of Mary,
an EMU police officer recalled seeing a girl matching
her description walking near campus at about
8:45 p.m. the night before she was reported missing.
She was alone. Another witness reported he had seen
the girl at about 9:00 p.m. that same night in the same
area, walking on the sidewalk. The witness reported
that a car had driven up next to her and stopped.
According to report the witness gave, the only person
in the vehicle was a young man, and the vehicle was
bluish-gray in color, possibly a Chevy. The witness said
it appeared that the young man inside the car said
something to Mary, she shook her head, and the car
drove off. Shortly thereafter, the same car passed the
witness’s house again and pulled into a driveway in
front of Mary, blocking her path. Mary walked around
the back of the car and continued down the sidewalk.
The car pulled out of the driveway and, tires squealing,
drove down the street. At this point the witness lost
sight of Mary and the vehicle. Mary was never again
seen alive.
On August 7, 1967, a heavily decomposed nude body
was found on farmland two miles north of Ypsilanti.
The body was identified as Mary Fleszar through
dental records. It was clear to investigators that the
cause of death was certainly not natural, accidental,
or suicide, given the area.
The article discusses how evangelical Christians in America feel their influence is declining as the country becomes more accepting of issues like gay marriage. It describes how evangelicals used to dominate American culture but now see themselves as a persecuted minority. While evangelicals remain politically influential, supporting candidates like Ted Cruz, their views on social issues like same-sex marriage are increasingly out of step with the broader public. The article profiles a pastor in Kentucky who feels evangelicals are under attack but wants to uphold their beliefs gently rather than aggressively.
Timeline for 2018 Oral History Conference, presentation by Kerry Taylor and M...Vicki Callahan
This document provides a timeline of events in Charleston, South Carolina related to police violence and racism from 2014-2018. Some key events include the killing of Walter Scott by police officer Michael Slager in 2015, the Charleston church shooting by Dylann Roof that killed 9 people in 2015, the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse grounds in 2015, ongoing protests and discussions around issues of racism, poverty and police violence, and legal outcomes for Michael Slager who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing Walter Scott.
Can Sanford Pastors' Success Work in Other Cities -- Christianity TodayA.G. King
1) A group of 40 pastors from Detroit met with pastors from Sanford, Florida to learn how they were able to prevent racial tensions and protests from erupting after George Zimmerman's acquittal for killing Trayvon Martin.
2) The Sanford Pastors Connecting group, organized by the Department of Justice, played a key role in keeping the peace. They met regularly, supported the jury's verdict, and prayed for unity.
3) While some progress has been made, many note that significant work remains to fully address racial issues in Sanford and build lasting reconciliation. Bridging divides between communities, generations, and churches takes ongoing effort.
This document lists the counties in northern New Jersey and some of the municipalities within those counties. It also notes that there were two active hate groups in northern New Jersey in 2014, the National Socialist Movement based in Newark, and the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, which calls New Jersey home. A legend indicates the document is showing New Jersey municipalities and locations of hate groups according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
This document discusses responding to America's increasingly pro-gay culture from a Christian perspective. It acknowledges recent legal and social changes affirming homosexuality while arguing that the Bible teaches that only heterosexual acts between married couples are allowed by God. It emphasizes the need to love gays as neighbors in need of God's love and grace, despite theological disagreements, and provides suggestions for practical ways Christians can show love and support to the gay community.
Jessica Keen, a 15-year-old honor student and cheerleader, was found murdered in 1991. Her body was discovered at a cemetery two days after going missing from a teen home. She had been raped and beaten. In 2008, Marvin Lee Smith was arrested for her murder. He confessed in 2009 that he had raped and killed Keen with a tombstone after she escaped from his car at the cemetery. Smith pled guilty and was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison.
This document summarizes an interview with an Australian man named Abu Ousama who has joined an Islamist rebel group fighting in Syria. Some key points:
- He was raised in Australia but now lives in Idlib, Syria and fights with Jund al Aqsa, an Islamist rebel battalion independent of ISIS.
- He believes in beheadings and defends ISIS' use of violence as a means to establish an Islamic state, comparing it to violence used in establishing countries like Australia.
- He initially went to Syria to provide humanitarian aid but felt he needed to do more, so he joined the rebel group where he now works as a combat medic.
- He believes violence is necessary and just
Nanjing Feitian Glass Industry Co. Ltd. is a leading glass manufacturer in China established in 1993. They produce tempered glass, laminated glass, and insulating glass units for applications such as building facades, windows, and doors. The company has over 300 employees and exports over $5 million annually. Their glass products are certified to European and Chinese standards and their factory is ISO9001 certified.
Infina is an independent insurance broking firm that provides specialized risk advisory and insurance broking solutions. They take a holistic risk management approach and have expertise across various insurance products including property, marine, motor, health and liability insurance. Their services include insurance audits, broking, claims consulting, actuarial services and risk advisory to help clients effectively manage their risks.
- Cassandra is a non-relational database that provides high availability and scalability through replication and sharding across multiple nodes.
- It sacrifices consistency to achieve high availability and partition tolerance according to the CAP theorem.
- Cassandra uses a gossip protocol for node communication and token rings for data distribution and replication across nodes. Requests are processed locally and replicated asynchronously for fault tolerance.
The management team of Infina comprises seasoned professionals with extensive experience in the insurance industry. Harendra Setalvad has over 50 years of experience and previously held leadership roles at multiple insurance companies. Mihas Setalvad has over 15 years of experience in insurance and banking and previously worked with major insurance companies helping to set up their India operations. Ashish Jhamb has spent his career in insurance and previously founded his own insurance consultancy business. Abhishek Jhamb brings operational and technology experience from a past role at TCS and from working with his family's insurance consultancy business.
This document discusses various tools used for automated testing including Bugzilla, Testopia, and Jenkins. It provides overviews of each tool's features and how they integrate together in an automated testing environment. Key steps are outlined for setting up projects in each tool and configuring them to work together. Specifically, it describes how test cases can be retrieved from Testopia, executed via scripts on Jenkins, and results reported back to Testopia.
1. The document contains multiple choice questions about welding processes and procedures. It covers topics like weld defects, preheat requirements, welding consumables, inspection methods, and weld quality standards.
2. Many questions relate to ensuring proper joint quality and avoiding defects like cracking or lack of fusion by following welding procedure specifications.
3. Other topics addressed include distortion control, heat input effects, and qualification testing requirements.
Church workers have criticized local security forces for the killing of foreigners in the restive vicariate, where five Chechen nationals suspected of terrorist activities were killed earlier this year.
“We condemn the inhuman killing of Chechens. The incident requires transparent investigation. The worsening condition of law and order has already alienated local residents from the government,” said a local priest who asked not to be named.
In May, members of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) and Quetta police killed the five Chechens, who were suspected of being terrorists.
In its investigative report, the judicial tribunal slammed security officers “for resorting to massacre” and showing incompetence and a lack of planning in handling the investigation.
“Due to the callous stupidity of the police and FC personnel, the entire terrorist network remains shrouded in mystery,” the report stated.
Fahim Javed, a local Caritas worker, said that expressing one’s opinion could be a death sentence.
“Continual attacks obstruct our daily lives and destroy our education system. We have been living in a state of emergency for decades,” he said.
The document provides details of Pope Benedict XVI's schedule for his visit to the United States, including meetings with the president, bishops, and educators. It also summarizes his statements on the flight acknowledging the clergy sex abuse scandal and pledging to prevent future abuse. Additionally, it reports on recent bombings in Iraq that killed at least 60 people in several cities. Authorities in Texas also defended their decision to separate mothers from many of the 416 children seized in a raid on a polygamist ranch.
Christians under attack_in_india_reportZahidManiyar
The document provides a summary of attacks on Christians in India, including two specific incidents in Roorkee and Mau, Uttar Pradesh:
1) In Roorkee, a mob of 250-300 people attacked a church, injuring several attendees. Police did not provide security despite prior complaints.
2) In Mau, a mob accused Christians of conversion during a prayer meeting. Seven people including the pastor were arrested under anti-conversion laws.
It also lists other incidents of threats, violence and false accusations against Christians in various parts of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and other states, indicating growing targeted attacks against the Christian minority in India.
CAPSTONE CASE The Student will be required to read the Capstone.docxhacksoni
CAPSTONE CASE:
The Student will be required to read the Capstone Case (page 476 of the course text) and respond to the 15 questions on page 483 & 484. Each question will require no less than a one-page response with appropriate references in APA format double-spaced, Times New Roman 12point font. Capstone case is due December 5, 2018, @ 9:00AM.
476
Presented here is the description of a serial homicide investigation in the 1960s that involved
the sexually motivated murders of seven mostly college-aged women in Michigan. The
discussion provided here draws primarily on Edward Keyes’s, The Michigan Murders.1 The
case is longer and more detailed than the other From the Case File chapter introductions.
It can serve as a capstone discussion of many of the issues covered in Criminal Investigation,
including the basic problems of criminal investigation, the value of eyewitness identifica-
tions, the value of other evidence, the potential value of DNA evidence, how proof can be
established, and the impact of technology on investigations. Questions for discussion and
review are presented at the conclusion of the case.
Appendix
Capstone Case
Capstone CASE
The Coed Murders
The nightmare began on the evening of July 10, 1967,
when nineteen-year-old Mary Fleszar did not return
to her apartment, which was located just a few
blocks from the Eastern Michigan University (EMU)
campus in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Mary was a student at
the university. As is the case in most missing person
investigations, the first task for investigators was to
determine when and where she was last seen. In
reconstructing the last known whereabouts of Mary,
an EMU police officer recalled seeing a girl matching
her description walking near campus at about
8:45 p.m. the night before she was reported missing.
She was alone. Another witness reported he had seen
the girl at about 9:00 p.m. that same night in the same
area, walking on the sidewalk. The witness reported
that a car had driven up next to her and stopped.
According to report the witness gave, the only person
in the vehicle was a young man, and the vehicle was
bluish-gray in color, possibly a Chevy. The witness said
it appeared that the young man inside the car said
something to Mary, she shook her head, and the car
drove off. Shortly thereafter, the same car passed the
witness’s house again and pulled into a driveway in
front of Mary, blocking her path. Mary walked around
the back of the car and continued down the sidewalk.
The car pulled out of the driveway and, tires squealing,
drove down the street. At this point the witness lost
sight of Mary and the vehicle. Mary was never again
seen alive.
On August 7, 1967, a heavily decomposed nude body
was found on farmland two miles north of Ypsilanti.
The body was identified as Mary Fleszar through
dental records. It was clear to investigators that the
cause of death was certainly not natural, accidental,
or suicide, given the area.
The article discusses how evangelical Christians in America feel their influence is declining as the country becomes more accepting of issues like gay marriage. It describes how evangelicals used to dominate American culture but now see themselves as a persecuted minority. While evangelicals remain politically influential, supporting candidates like Ted Cruz, their views on social issues like same-sex marriage are increasingly out of step with the broader public. The article profiles a pastor in Kentucky who feels evangelicals are under attack but wants to uphold their beliefs gently rather than aggressively.
Timeline for 2018 Oral History Conference, presentation by Kerry Taylor and M...Vicki Callahan
This document provides a timeline of events in Charleston, South Carolina related to police violence and racism from 2014-2018. Some key events include the killing of Walter Scott by police officer Michael Slager in 2015, the Charleston church shooting by Dylann Roof that killed 9 people in 2015, the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse grounds in 2015, ongoing protests and discussions around issues of racism, poverty and police violence, and legal outcomes for Michael Slager who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing Walter Scott.
Can Sanford Pastors' Success Work in Other Cities -- Christianity TodayA.G. King
1) A group of 40 pastors from Detroit met with pastors from Sanford, Florida to learn how they were able to prevent racial tensions and protests from erupting after George Zimmerman's acquittal for killing Trayvon Martin.
2) The Sanford Pastors Connecting group, organized by the Department of Justice, played a key role in keeping the peace. They met regularly, supported the jury's verdict, and prayed for unity.
3) While some progress has been made, many note that significant work remains to fully address racial issues in Sanford and build lasting reconciliation. Bridging divides between communities, generations, and churches takes ongoing effort.
Three ranking staffers in West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin's office, including Chief of Staff Chris Stadelman, are requesting exemptions from the state's ethics rules to allow them to seek private sector jobs after Tomblin's term ends in five months. Stadelman and the others are currently barred from speaking with prospective employers. Other officials requesting exemptions include Joseph Garcia, the governor's director of legislative affairs, and Randy Huffman, secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection.
Let me get serious now . . . this was the very first feature I did for Street Pastors and was the precursor to the work that followed on their magazine.
1) On July 25, 1993, terrorists from the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) attacked St. James Church in Cape Town during a Sunday service, killing 11 people and wounding 50 with grenades and automatic weapons.
2) Eyewitnesses described the attackers kicking open the doors and immediately throwing grenades into the congregation before opening fire with assault rifles in a sweeping motion. The attack lasted several minutes before the terrorists fled.
3) Investigations later found that the attackers' plan was to also attack a nearby church, but they were deterred from further attacks after one of the terrorists was wounded when a missionary returned fire during the initial attack.
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Assignment Details
Scenario:
You are the commander of three shifts of corrections officers (COs) working around the clock in a maximum-security cellblock in a state penitentiary. You have an exceptionally good group of COs who have managed to intervene in most potentially violent problems without incident. They have developed an effective network of prison informants form the inmate population.
There is a Middle-Eastern man, about 65 years old, who is serving a life sentence for the honor killing of his own daughter. He has been in the prison for about 10 years. Your COs report to you that his mental state appears to be deteriorating. He is a moderately religious person and feels there is no reason for terror violence. Every time an article about terrorism or the threat of terrorism is published in the newspapers provided by the prison library, the inmate reports to the COs that there is a planned violent takeover by groups sympathetic to those terrorist causes related in the news. The Middle-Eastern terrorist sympathizers are incarcerated in the same cell block as the 65-year-old Middle-Eastern man. There are a number of American-born persons of Middle-Eastern descent incarcerated in the cellblock, and the inmate seems to have access to them as a sort of religious leader for prayer services and advice.
At first, you took him seriously, but when he started to explain who the extremists were and what their mission was, you began to realize that he was just selecting inmates in the cellblock and identifying them as potential inmates with violent intent. He would make up stories about the manufacture of makeshift weapons in the middle of the night. He would indicate that the Middle-Eastern terrorist sympathizers within the prison extremists had contacts with other organized inmates throughout the prison and a comprehensive riot and takeover of the prison was being planned. Several prison staff members working in the infirmary have been identified by the inmate as sympathetic to the extremists' cause, and he has accused them of helping provide weapons and other materials.
Please respond to the following questions:
There are several types of disorders that may apply, please select one that you believe is appropriate and may be affecting this complainant. Why did you select that disorder?
What types of referrals are available for a mentally ill person of this sort?
How should you continue to handle this inmate's reported intelligence information, and why?
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After two high-profile police shootings, the South Bronx community works to increase Latino and African-American presence on the police force and improve relations with the police department.
Sister Valsa, a nun who worked with tribal communities in Jharkhand, India, was murdered in front of her home. While police claim to have solved the case by arresting seven people with ties to Maoists, Catholic leaders doubt this and believe the arrests are an attempt to protect the powerful coal industry, which Sister Valsa had opposed due to land disputes. A friend of Sister Valsa said the arrests are meant to cover up the interests of others who wanted her removed for supporting tribal land rights against coal companies.
There is currently a high profile case going on in Chattanooga TN. I.docxcarmanl5wisc
There is currently a high profile case going on in Chattanooga TN. In this case it happened January 2015 when the suspect Cortez Sims busted into an apartment building in one of our projects and he began shooting. He shot 4 people one which was a one year old child. When police responded they found all four people inside and one of the victims did not survive. All of the victims were transported to the hospital for treatment. The one year old child was paralyzed and the other victims were later released. One of the victims Bianca Horton was fed up with all of the violence going on and decided that she was going to cooperate and began to tell the investigators that she knew the suspect and she would testify against him. The reason that people were scared of Cortez Sims is because he is a big time ranking gang member even though he was 17 at the time. Investigators were able to get enough evidence against Cortez Sims and took out arrest warrants. He was eventually arrested in Knoxville for the quadruple shootings and the murder of one of the victims. When he was arrested he was taken to juvenile. In the Chattanoogan:
Juvenile Court Judge Rob Philyaw on Thursday morning ordered that 17-year-old Cortez Sims be tried as an adult in a College Hill Courts shooting that left one woman dead, a toddler paralyzed, and two others wounded. This was a victory for the prosecution. Police at the time knew that they had a very good case against Cortez Sims because not only did they have physical evidence of him at the crime scene they also had a witness that was going to testify against him. Two years later when the case was going to go to trial, the police responded to yet another shooting.
Bianca Horton, 26, was found
dead
on the side of the road in the 2100 block of Elder Street on the side of Missionary shortly after 9 a.m. with multiple bullet casings on the ground beside her. The mother of four had been a
witness
in the case against the man accused of shooting her daughter (Chattanooga Times Free Press). This was not only a huge blow to the case but it also woke a lot of the people up to the violence that has been going on. The reason that we believe that she was killed was because she was going to testify against Cortez Sims. So how he found out that she was going to testify, and he gave his gang members a green light to have her taken out. As of to this date we have not be able to solve her murder, we have suspects but as of now we cannot prove that they did it. There are many twists that have played out in this case and it set to go to trial this year. The media has been really involved in this case and has been covering every aspect of the case. In this case I really don't think that the investigators or the prosecutors could have seen this coming with the murder of Bianca Horton. We knew that Cortez Sims was a high ranking gang member but were unaware that he had that much power. This case has opened the eyes of many people in the community an.
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Charleston church shooting suspect arrested in N.C.
1. Charleston church shooting suspect arrested in N.C.
Story highlightsDylann Roof, 21, waives extradition to South Carolina; he was arrested Thursday in
Shelby, North Carolina"There is no greater coward than a criminal who enters a house of God and
slaughters innocent people," says president of the NAACPEight people died at the scene in
downtown Charleston, South Carolina; a ninth died at a hospitalA Snapchat video from Wednesday
night at the historic African-American church shows Roof at a table with the small group. Nothing in
the footage suggests the carnage to come.
Police say Roof shot and killed nine people inside the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal
Church, near the heart of Charleston's tourist district. Eight died at the scene; a ninth died at a
hospital.
Authorities were shocked not only by the killings but that the violence occurred in a house of
worship.
"People in prayer Wednesday evening. A ritual, a coming together, praying, worshiping God. An
awful person to come in and shoot them is inexplicable," said Charleston Mayor Joe Riley.
Six women and three men were killed, including the church's politically active pastor, the Rev.
Clementa Pinckney.
Sylvia Johnson, a cousin of Pinckney, said she heard about what happened inside the church from a
survivor, a close friend.
Johnson told CNN her friend recounted the man coming into the church, asking for the minister.
"My cousin, being the nice, kind, welcoming person he is, he welcomed him to his congregation,
welcomed him to the Bible study, and he sat there for an hour ... At the conclusion of the Bible study,
they just heard just a ringing of a loud noise, and it was just awful from what I heard," Johnson said.
When the son of her friend pleaded with the shooter to stop, Johnson said the gunman replied: "'No,
you've raped our women, and you are taking over the country ... I have to do what I have to do.' And
he shot the young man."
Her friend pretended she was dead.
"But she watched her son fall and laid there. She laid there in his blood," Johnson said.
From what she heard, the gunman reloaded five times.
Before he left the church, he asked one of the elderly members whether he had shot her, and she
said no.
"And he said good, because we need a survivor because I'm going to kill myself," Johnson told CNN.
A law enforcement official said witnesses told authorities the gunman stood up and said he was
there "to shoot black people."
2. The president of the NAACP expressed his outrage at the violence.
"There is no greater coward than a criminal who enters a house of God and slaughters innocent
people engaged in the study of scripture," Cornell William Brooks said.
The suspectRoof, 21, of Lexington, South Carolina, was arrested Thursday morning about 245 miles
(395 kilometers) away in Shelby, North Carolina. He waived extradition and arrived back in South
Carolina late Thursday.
He was taken into custody without incident shortly before 11 a.m., Shelby police said in a statement.
Authorities got a call about a possible sighting of the suspect. A local newspaper filled in some of the
details.
Police got a tip from Debbie Dills, who reportedly spotted Roof on her way into work. She followed
him for 35 miles, the Shelby Star reported.
"I had been praying for those people on my way to work," Dills told the newspaper about victims of
the church shooting. "I was in the right place at the right time."
At 10:43 a.m., officers saw the suspect's vehicle, and stopped it at 10:44 a.m., police said. Roof was
the vehicle's only occupant.
He was armed with a gun when he was arrested, according to a law enforcement official briefed on
the investigation. It's not clear if it's the same firearm used in the shooting.
It's uncertain who bought the gun Roof used.
A senior law enforcement source told CNN the suspect's father had recently bought him a .45-
caliber gun for his 21st birthday in April.
But Roof's grandfather says it was just "birthday money" and that the family didn't know what Roof
did with that money.
Police are searching for more information about Roof, and they are trying to determine whether he
had any links to hate groups.
Authorities released a mug shot of him from Lexington County on Thursday. It was taken after a
trespassing arrest in April. According to an arrest warrant from a February incident, Roof had an
unlabeled pill bottle with a drug believed to be suboxone, which is used to treat opiate addiction.
Roof told police a friend gave him drugs. The status of the cases is unclear.
In an image tweeted by the Berkeley County, South Carolina, government, Roof is wearing a jacket
with what appear to be the flags of apartheid-era South Africa and nearby Rhodesia, a former British
colony that was ruled by a white minority until it became independent in 1980 and changed its name
to Zimbabwe.
The victimsCharleston County Coroner Rae Wooten identified the nine victims as follows: Cynthia
Hurd, 54; Susie Jackson, 87; Ethel Lance, 70; Rev. DePayne Middleton-Doctor, 49; Hon. Rev.
Clementa Pinckney, 41; Tywanza Sanders, 26; Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr., 74; Rev. Sharonda
3. Singleton, 45; Myra Thompson, 59.
Wooten told reporters that the victims all suffered gunshot wounds and died as a result of them.
Three people survived the shooting, including a woman who received a chilling message from the
shooter.
"Her life was spared, and (she was) told, 'I'm not going to kill you, I'm going to spare you, so you can
tell them what happened,' " Charleston NAACP President Dot Scott told CNN. She said she heard
this from the victim's family members.
Federal authorities have opened a hate crime investigation into the shooting at the oldest AME
church in the South, the Department of Justice said.
"The only reason someone would walk into a church and shoot people that were praying is hate,"
Charleston Mayor Riley said.
It was not clear if the gunman targeted any individual.
"We don't know if anybody was targeted other than the church itself," Charleston police Chief Greg
Mullen said.
The churchEmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church has
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a presence in Charleston since 1816, when African-American members of Charleston's Methodist
Episcopal Church formed their own congregation after a dispute over burial grounds. Known as
"Mother Emanuel," it's been the headquarters for civil rights activity over the decades.
It was burned to the ground at one point but was rebuilt. Throughout its history, it overcame
obstacle after obstacle -- destroyed by an earthquake, banned by the state. But its church members
persevered, making it the largest African-American church in terms of seating space in Charleston
today.
"Any death of this sort is a tragedy. Any shooting involving multiple victims is a tragedy. There is
something particularly heartbreaking about death happening in a place in which we seek solace, we
seek peace," said President Barack Obama.
A storied church in a historic city
Call for healingThe killing put the nation's spotlight once again on the Charleston region. Several
months ago, Walter Scott, an unarmed black man, was fatally shot in the back by a North Charleston
police officer, a killing that was captured on video.
Pinckney, the pastor, backed a bill to make body cameras mandatory for all police officers in South
Carolina.
Riley, who's seen Charleston go through ups and downs during his 40 years as mayor, said the city
must immediately start the healing process. A community prayer meeting will be held Friday at the
College of Charleston, not far from the church, he said.
"We are going to put our arms around that church and that church family."
4. The church sits in an area of Charleston densely packed with houses of worship and well-preserved
old buildings. The streets of the neighborhood are normally filled with tourists.
Charleston, as several church leaders pointed out, is known as the "Holy City" because of its
numerous churches and tolerant attitude toward different denominations.
"Like everybody out here, we're sick to our stomachs that this could happen in a church," said Rep.
Dave Mack, a friend of the church's pastor.
CNN's Evan Perez reported from Charleston. CNN's Dana Ford, Ralph Ellis and Ed Payne reported
and wrote from Atlanta. CNN's Deborah Feyerick also contributed to this report.