Heartless? The Case Of Anna Brown
Neglectful? Inconsiderate? Heartless? Who, knows if these are the adjectives that should be used to describe the people responsible for the care of a 29 year old woman that died of blood clots on Thursday March 29th 2012, in a Missouri jail, but we do know that they ignored her call for help. This woman was seeking care at a St Louis Hospital when it was deemed by the hospital that she was trespassing, therefore they called the police. Soon she was incarcerated for seeking care for a sprained ankle and later she died in a jail cell soon after being booked? Sounds like a movie but this actually happened to 29 year old Anna Brown. Anna died because doctors failed to detect blood clots in her leg and these blood clots soon traveled to lungs, causing her to have fatal breathing problems and she soon died.
But who is Anna Brown? Anna was a 29 year old African American, homeless woman, who became homeless when her house was hit by a tornado and she was forced to move into another home. This other home was one she could not afford and one where the landlord made promises to fix malfunctioning equipment in the house but he never did. Because the landlord was reluctant to fix household items the house soon became ran down. Soon, this lady could not afford to pay the utilities so her kids were left in a house without electricity among other non-working household items. Once the utilities went off, her home was no longer suitable for her children so, they were soon taken from her by children services.
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Howard Morgan
How many people would fear the cops if they were pulled over by the police and then shot? This a question many people are pondering after the shooting of Howard Morgan. Howard was stopped by police on February 21, 2005, for allegedly going the wrong way down a one way street and soon after this routine traffic stop smoke and gunfire filled the air. 28 shots to the body later, Howard Morgan laid slumped over in his car. The ironic thing about this case is the identity of Mr. Morgan and the trial after the incident.
So who was Howard Morgan? Howard Morgan was a veteran Chicago police officer serving 13 of his years for the Burlington North Santa Fe railroad. Mr. Morgan did not have a history of violence, no prior cases that showed he had anger or depression problems. On February 21st eye witnesses say that Howard let a police car pass by him, when he noticed that he was being stopped for a violation. Witnesses say that Howard identified his self as a cop, but he was still forced from his own car and shot 21 times to the back of his body and 7 times in the front.
After the incident Mr. Howard was taken to a hospital and was chained to his hospital bed for months as he recovered. On February 21, 2007 Mr. Howard went to trial where he faced several counts of attempted first degree murder, aggravated assault and for shooting his weapon. Soon, Howard was found not guilty for aggravated and for discharging his weapon, and this is where the case gets weird. The jury could not come to a conclusion onto whether or not Mr. Howard should be convicted for attempted first degree murder so the judge declared a mistrial. Now how could a person say that you are not guilty for battery and not guilty of firing your weapon, and be confused on whether or not you should be guilty of attempted murder? How did Howard attempt to murder the officers arresting him if he did not fire his own weapon? Because of the jury’s indecisiveness the judge elected a new jury, with a new trial where Howard was found guilty on all charges. Howard’s sentencing was delayed until April 5th, because of the support of people aware of this case, packing the courtroom full of anger and disgust because of the magnitude of the injustice displayed.
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http://occupychi.org/direct-action/event/rally-free-howard-morgan-campaign
Bo
Once word of the police being called spread through the party everyone decided to scram in a hurry. These kids had to move fast because alcohol was being served at this party and hardly anyone was of age. Bo Wisconsin minor was no exception, as he ran out the house he decided to hide in the backyard of a house that was close by. During Bo’s run to the backyard he made loud noises that alarmed the homeowner of the house he was hiding at. The homeowner grabbed his gun, assuming there was an intruder close by. By this time Bo could see the homeowner with his gun, so he started to walk towards him with his hands in the air. Bo startled the homeowner so the owner shot one shot towards Bo, hitting him in the chest, killing him on impact. Bo, 20 years old was found dead on March 3rd of 2012. The owner was not charged or arrested because of Wisconsin’s Castle law that protects homeowners in these types of situations.
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http://www.taylorforassembly.com/category/news/
http://news.yahoo.com/wisconsin-shooting-puts-castle-law-under-scrutiny-021356052.html
Price
Going to see your loved ones is supposed to be a joyous occasion, one filled with love not hate, and it should not involve violence. This was soon challenged on March 1, 2012, where Dayton, Ohio security guards turned into Dayton Ohio gunmen. Attempting to visit his child and his girlfriend Dante Price was shot and killed by two security guards from Ranger Security. The guards say that Dante charged at them and tried to hit them with his car, thus they had to shoot him. These two security guards remain free from police custody and are uncharged.
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therodneysmith 
When will this world change. You don’t kill someone because of their race. Why not think before you shot. You just might save a life. These gun laws need to be changed because some people are killing just because they don’t like someone because of their race. Of course they get away with killing innocent people. We the people have to change these rules and let our government know that we want things to change. We must vote on a new gun law right away.
God Bless Everyone.
Scary stuff. I would say it’s good to live in Canada, but unfortunately that kind of stuff can happen up here too. Ignorance is tough to fight against.