Television News Program Analysis Assignment COM/310 May 12, 2012 Joanna Huyuk Television News Program Analysis Assignment The story that I chose to cover is about Trayvon Martin. There are gun range targets that are a resemblance of Trayvon Martin. Trayvon Martin a seventeen year old was shot by neighborhood watch volunteers George Zimmerman in Sanford, FL. Martin was on his way home from the store and, he had a bag of skittles and a can of Arizona tea. George Zimmerman claimed the Florida Law Stand your Ground Law.
Simmons picked up the gifts and then drove home to wait out the weekend. On Monday, December 28th, 1987 Simmons drove to Walmart in a car that had once belonged to his son, so that he could purchase a second gun. After he purchased the second gun he proceeded in killing his old coworkers, bosses, and acquaintances, or whom he referred to as “everyone who wanted to hurt me”, he then turned himself over to the Russellville police after they arrived. Simmons was then sent to the “Arkansas State Hospital” in Little Rock where he was given a competency evaluation by the staff psychiatrist Dr. Irving Kuo. Kuo stated that Simmons was sane and capable of standing trial.
His trial only lasted 2 weeks and was found guilty and was sentenced to 957 years in prison. He served his time at Columbia Correctional Institute in Portage, Wisconsin. He was attacked twice in prison, the first time someone tried to cut his throat with a razor blade but it was unsuccessful and he escaped. The second time he was attacked by Christopher Scarver and beaten to death by a broomstick handle on November 28th, 1994. His father wrote a book called A Father’s Story and donated a portion of the proceeds to the victims’ families.
For the Application of the Criminal Justice System project of the Criminal Justice course, I chose the arrest of John Burke. This case is about the arrest and sentencing of John Burke who had shot and killed Joseph Ronan. Twenty-five year old John Burke agreed to meet with 22 year old Joseph Ronan at Ronans home, in Reading, Massachusetts on Monday, August 15, 2011 around 1pm, with the intent of purchasing Percocet pills. (Boston.com, 2013) However, shortly after entering Ronans home, Burke opened fire (News, 2011), and after shooting Joseph Ronan several times, with the belief that Ronan was involved in a robbery at Burkes apartment in April 2011 (Boston.com, 2013), fled the home. Ronans grandfather (Daniel, 2011), who had been in the home
Broadcasting is a very diverse aspect of news. The ways that information is conveyed in a broadcast form can include an anchor reading the news, a reporter in the field, news packages, and various other facets. A news broadcast usually contains all of these aspects. When analyzing news packages specifically, it is important to understand the different kinds. The evening news mainly includes simple packages that focus on a current event.
Known locally in Cumbria as “Birdy”. Daily Mirror Monday 14.05.12 .Quote that “he shot his twin brother David and the family solicitor. His rampage only came to an end when he took his own life at a Lake District beauty spot but not before going on a shooting spree that injured 24 people and killing a further 12. Richard Edwards The Telegraphs crime correspondent 9:ooam BST 05 June 2010 Writes; The devastating speed of Derrick Birds killing spree was laid bare yesterday as detectives published the first definition breakdown of what they described as his “45-mile rampage”. 2.
Police started a search of the area between Des Moines and Grinnell on the 26th of December, two days after the child had gone missing. 200 volunteers divided into teams and searched 21 miles east of Grinnell covering several miles north and south of I-80. Williams surrendered to police in Davenport and contacted a Des Moines attorney. Des Moines Police told Williams’ counsel that they would drive to Davenport and pick him up and bring him back to Des Moines without questioning him. During the trip back, one of the officers solicited Williams statement giving the location of the body of the child by giving a “Christian Burial Speech.” The search was called off at 3 p.m. and the officer in charge went to meet the detectives at the rest stop.
THE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN TRAIL ''improving Organizational Performance"" BCOM/275 15/2013 CHRISTINA BEHLING THE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN TRAIL My article is from the Los Angeles Times and the topic is very controversial because there was a killing of a child and the only statements were from Zimmerman who was accused of second degree murder. Within the article it states that George Zimmerman acted in self-defense, in response to the attack of Trayvon martin.After spotting the teen walking in his neighborhood, wearing a hoodie on a dark and rainy night. Zimmerman followed the teen and then called 911 to give a description of martin to authorities and continued to follow Trayvon even after being to not to do so by the 911 operator. A fight in sues it is never clear or important who was on the top or the bottom followed by moans for help are heard from neighbors. The facts of the case were as the following there was a killing of an unarmed black teen walking home from the store where he purchased a bag of skittles and a Arizona ice tea.
In the end, rape culture is definitely being spread through the media, often in a negative way. Rape culture and its continuing effects on the world are heavily influenced by the media, but that can be changed from a negative concept to a slightly more positive one if people can consistently stand up for the right ideas. It is no secret that once something is placed on the Internet, if it can generate enough interest, it will travel quickly. This can be very bad for the promotion of things like victim blaming and sexualized violence. If enough people see it, it’s going to gather many opinions, and unfortunately, there will be a lot of thoughts that agree with these horrible concepts.
While attending a racial integration march organized by his father in Washington, Guevara witnessed his father’s assassination; he was only fifteen at the time. After an investigation by the Washington State police, the murderer was found to be a member of on Arian Political group who advocated white supremacy; the murderer served a year in a county jail and was set free. With the death of Guevara’s father the racial integration movement slowly died off. Later in life Guevara attended The New School University in Manhattan New York, there, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science, Criminal Justice, and Philosophy; afterwards he continued his studies and received his masters in Sociology and African and Latino studies. With his studies completed, Guevara moved to Venezuela and headed the liberation revolution that overthrew all the political governments of Latin America.