'The City of White.' 'The Capital of the World.' 'The Glass Metropolis.' 'The New Eden.'
All names to describe Edge, the city that rules them all. Known for its tall, white, mirror-plated buildings with unnatural clean-cut surfaces and pristine windows that dominates its skyline, it's a city that works hard to hide away any traces of humanity and replace it with order. Low crime, near total employment, and surveillance at ever corner, it is a city under totalitarian control. Built shortly after the fourth world war, it was the first city to work smoothly from the start when compared to other cities that were still stumbling under social upheaval, economic problems and riots. What was its secret? Complete control of its population and at its center: the CCOS, Central Command Operating System.
What is the CCOS? Well, if you believe what the Government says then the CCOS is for the public's convenience and security. It runs the entire city from the Internet to traffic lights to the power stations and everything in between, including our lives. There is nothing that it doesn't control, everything major and minor in Edge is directly connected to it.
What the Government doesn't mention is that it has massive archives that contain all our private information in it and an advanced A.I. that watches us every second of the day. Everything you think is personal and private? It knows. Your family, your opinions, your beliefs and even yours kinks, It knows.
It listens to every word you say, tracks your every move, knows your every web search. Nothing is safe from it. It probably knows you better than you know yourself.
Of course nobody knows, that would cause problems. Problems the Government and Corporations don't want so it goes unnotic...
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... people who fight to regain our freedom and those unaware.
Of course we know we can't do this alone, it's impossible. So we banded together and became The Syndicate. We have what we need to make this better. Informants, networks, people who see what we see and of course our way in.
They can't stop us no matter how hard they try. How, you ask?
Because the CCOS is ours.
Those backdoors, while hidden, are never closed allowing us to go in and take control. The city is ours and we can control everything and see everything until they lock us out. No matter, we'll just find another door.
We will take what we have and finish this war. We will fight until Edge is free from their oppressive control or die trying. We know the risks. We know will be tracked down and hunted but we will use the city itself against them and escape.
We are The Syndicate and welcome to Edge.
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This “business” aspect of organized crime is what the movie industry has latched on to in the Gangster genre. In Scarface, Tony Camonte is in the business of selling beer to the town watering holes. Of course, he doesn’t so much sell the beer as force it on the bar owners at jacked up prices. And just like any other business, there is competition for dominance in the market. And for this dominance, or rather monopoly, ringleaders do not think twice about taking their competition out – not by buying them out or forcing them into bankruptcy, but by sending a squad out to murder them.
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Similarly, it can not be proved that the top secret programs and policies have ever served their intended purpose – to protect the United States against international threats both foreign and domestic and against terrorist attacks. The government protects itself by claiming that because information was collected on everyone, no one person was discriminated against so they can not be charged for invasion of privacy.
Organized crime has developed a stigma regarding its power and influence, especially during its hay day in the 1930’s. The mob has always been viewed as a powerful “family-like” organization. In Scarface, Hawkes brings the mafia into a seemingly more realistic light. By overturning Lovo’s position of power, Tony represents the idea of “every man for himself,” within a supposed organized group. The viewer steps into a cut-throat world of power hungry men, all trying to get rich quick. In this world, Hawkes asks, how can you organize men towards any goal if they all seek personal gain?
A gang is an organized group with a recognized leader whose activities are either criminal or, at the very least, threatening to the community. (Walker, 2011) Throughout history there have been some infamous gangs that have gotten media attention and others that have gone under the radar. One of the more underground gang structures are prison gangs. The Nuestra Familia may not be in the news as much anymore compared to other gangs, but they are nothing to be taken lightly. Prison gangs have been around since the late 20th century and only seem to be getting stronger if nothing is going to be done to prevent them. Gangs in prison have members in and out of prison. One of the more popular gangs that has been gaining steam recently is the mainly Hispanic gang La Nuestra Familia. The purpose of this paper is to write about the history of the NF, the structure in which it operates, and some good preventative tactics that could prevent prison gangs from becoming stronger.
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On March 26, 1997, in what has become known as one of the most noteworthy mass suicides in history, thirty-nine men and women affiliated with the Heavens Gate cult took their own lives by ingesting a combination of Phenobarbitals mixed with applesauce and alcohol. Each was dressed all in black, their faces covered by a purple shroud. Those who wore glasses had them neatly folded next to their body, and all had identification papers for the authorities to find. The house was immaculate, tidier even than before the victims had moved in. It was as if, in preparing for their death, they were heeding the words of the prophet Isaiah: “Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.” And while their abrupt end may seem rather strange, the way they lived is even more perplexing.
In the last fifty years the German Democratic Republic has been a nonstop changing country. In Germany, the terms “East” and “West” do not just represent geographically regions. It runs much deeper than that, and there is still a large gap in the way of life, and political and social conditions of the whole country. While most German’s were sleeping on the night of August 13, 1961, the East German government began closing its borders. In the early morning of that Sunday, most of the first work was done: the border to West Berlin was closed. The East German troops had begun to tear up streets and to install barbed wire entanglement and fences through Berlin. Between 1961 and today, the Berlin Wall saw many changes, and so did the people that it entrapped.
...larities an accident, or on purpose? No one can really answer that, but what they can answer is how they are a like in some ways. They all in it for the monitory gain, as well as the power. When one group is weakened another makes their move in order to replace them. These groups all still commit similar crimes, such as; money laundering, extortion, drug trafficking, etc. Their operations are also quite similar where they have a chain of command, boss, and soldiers. Organized crime groups are not afraid to turn against one another if a job is not completed as requested, or if they feel they have been betrayed.
First, the privacy of Americans is protected mainly because of the 4th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The 4th amendment states that, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” In other words the 4th amendment enables every citizen of the U.S. to the right of privacy, and consistently forces the government to follow a clear standard when it comes to an individual’s privacy. For example, imagine if the 4th amendment never existed, privacy would be a major problem today, and people would complain a lot about how nothing is private, or how everybody knows everything about everybody else. If we did not have the 4th amendment, privacy would not be a thing, and so therefore the government would be allowed to know everything about everyone. The idea is that an individual’s privacy is paramount until proven guilty, and that was shown in the Katz v. United States case that happened in
Similarly some information are kept from being publicized to the whole world by the government. Wikileaks has done otherwise: material that they disclosed to the world was sensitive material that belonged to the g...
Our team presentation focused on three Latino gangs, MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha), the Mexican Mafia and the Los Surenos gang. My part of the presentation was to provide information on the type of crime these three gangs are known to commit. The crimes committed by the MS-13 gang are varied, violent, and take place all over the country. The FBI even put together a task force called the MS-13 National Gang Task Force in December of 2004 to try to put a stop to this gang’s activities. (www.fbi.gov). Los Surenos or Sur-13, originally based in Los Angeles, has also branched out from turf wars with rival gangs to “for profit”, violent crimes across the country. The Mexican Mafia has a similar story to tell as well in regards to gang crimes, which again range from respect crimes, and retaliatory violence to crimes for profit.
Finally, this paper will explore the “end product” that exists today through the works of the various authors outlined in this course and explain how Los Angeles has survived many decades of evolution, breaking new grounds and serving as the catalyst for an urban metropolis.
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