Tuesday, 3 June 2014
Entry #18 - June 1, 2014
By Laura Ly
A six foot tall heavy set black man, as
police describe, age 25-35, last seen wearing a plain gray shirt recently
stabbed a six year old boy and seven year old girl in the cover of an elevator
in their apartment building located in Brooklyn, East New York. The attacker
then fled the scene and has not been found since. Prince Joshua, also known as
PJ, six years of age, was stabbed in the torso and was pronounced dead on
arrival. The female, seven years of age, with similar wounds, is currently in
critical condition. Bill Bratton, New York Police Commissioner, reported the
children were innocently on the way to get ice cream when this man stabbed them
for no apparent reason. “We cannot have a city where two children going to get
ice cream are stabbed, one killed and the other fighter for her life. That is
not the City of New York that we want to police.”
I think that this is an absolutely
horrible and disgusting event that has transpired. You should never stab
anyone, let alone children! Especially because they are so completely innocent,
they did not do anything towards this man, nor did they even know him. This man
is a coward and a sick human being for doing what he did. Also, sadly, I’m
wondering why the parents were not with these children at the time. Two
children, ages six and seven, should not be allowed out on their own at that
age, especially in a neighborhood like they live in. I hope that this murderer
is caught and given life in prison as what he did was absolutely horrible and
he should be punished as severely as possible.
Sunday, 1 June 2014
Entry #17 - June 1, 2014
By Gayle MacDonald
A new online drinking game titled Neknominations has
surfaced all over the world. The online game involves males and females posting
videos on social networks of themselves chugging alcohol in unexpected places
while doing some sort of outrageous act. The trend started up in Canadian universities
and is growing rapidly in popularity. How the game works is you are nominated
by a friend or peer and you must come up with your own clever and entertaining video
of you chugging alcohol and post it on a social network, once complete you must
tag one of your friends/peers in the caption and they must do their own Neknomination.
Unfortunately, high school and university students do not understand the consequences
that can happen due to playing the game, and two students have already died
this past week in Ireland. Universities such as Queens and Western are starting
up campaigns to encourage students to instead make Nicenominations, in which
you do a random act of kindness instead of chug alcohol.
I think that what Queens and Western is doing is a
good idea and is very important to make sure Neknominations are a thing of the
past. These Neknominations have no upside and will ruin the life of many, many
students. If they are not physically injured by what they do in the video,
which is not unlikely, they will screw themselves up for the rest of their
life. When they are out of school and go out to look for a job, what is the
interviewer going to say when he/she finds their Neknomination video from
university? I can tell you, “Sorry the position has been filled.” These videos
will never be deleted as with all items posted to social media these days, and
it is just bad news to post a Neknomination. I hope they die down soon and that
all of these kids do their best to delete these videos off of all social
networks.
Entry #16 - June 1, 2014
Video of Police Assault on Toronto Man Surfaces
By Jennifer Pagliaro
A recent video has surfaced capturing four Toronto
police officers brutally assaulting a male prisoner in a cell block. The video,
kept secret until now, is currently available for the public to view. The video
shows four police officers brutally beating a man, Curtis Young, for seven
whole minutes, and at the end once they get off of him he is lying unconscious
on the floor of the cell block. Young had arrived at the station just moments
before his beating as he was taken into custody for being drunk in public and
in possession of a bag of marijuana. The camera footage shows Young being
dragged by the police officers, after his arrival at the police station, into a
cell block and beaten mercilessly by the officers for no apparent reason.
Paramedics later arrived on scene to come to the aid of Young.
I think that this is a disgusting abuse of power by
these four “police officers”. They beat this man for no reason other than
because they could, and that is absolutely uncalled for and unjust. It may have
been understandable for the officers to use physical violence if the man was
being violent towards them but he wasn't in any way, and even if he was this
does not warrant a seven minute beating by four police officers. These officers
should be revoked of their badges and charged with assault and abuse of power.
I hope that these men are sent to jail for what they've done, and that they get
a taste of their own medicine whilst there.
Entry #15 - June 1, 2014
By Lori Hinnant
French
authorities have recently demanded 527 DNA Tests composed of both male students
and faculty members as young as 14 years of age at the Fenelon-Notre Dame high
school in western France. The reason they are demanding these DNA tests is
because a girl was recently raped, September 30th 2014, on the
campus of the high school. The investigators are exercising all of their
resources attempting to identify the rapist of the young girl. The rape took
place in a badly lit washroom inside the school. The authorities have not yet
found the rapist, but they are confident they will soon as long as all DNA
tests are submitted.
I think
that while slightly inconvenient, it is extremely important and very good of
the authorities to demand these DNA tests and do all they can to catch this
rapist. This is an extremely serious offense and no one should get away with
committing such a crime. Also the school should install cameras near most of
these washrooms, not inside of course, but definitely near the entrances to
ensure they are able to catch the rapist by simply viewing the camera footage
next time, instead of forcing the whole school to go through DNA testing. For
the sake of the young girl, I genuinely hope that this rapist is found and
dealt a very harsh punishment for his crime, and that he doesn't just get off
with a slap on the wrist as these offenders have been known to get away with.
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