In this episode of Radiolab they discuss the unfortunate circumstances that involved a man named Oliver Sipple after he saved Gerald Ford from an attempted assassination. In San Francisco while Gerald Ford was leaving his hotel a large crowd gathered outside along the street to see the President. Two of these people were Sarah Jane Moore and former marine Oliver Sipple. As the President made his way to the car Moore pulled a gun from her bag and fired a single shot at the President. Not expecting to have to take a second shot Moore was slow to cock the pistol again and before she could take another shot she was stopped by Sipple who had been pushed to the front by the crowd. This gave police enough time to arrest Moore and quickly made Sipple …show more content…
Sipple was one of these people who moved to San Francisco after his time in the marines in order to hide his sexuality from his family in Michigan. Consequently, it was very concerning to Sipple when his story was being spread across America who feared that somehow his sexuality would be leaked to the public. Radiolab then goes on to tell the story about Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist in San Francisco who was close friends with Sipple. Seeing an opportunity to portray a gay man as a national hero, milk told a reporter about Sipples personal life later resulting in a personal interview between a LA Times reporter named Daryl Lembke and Sipple. During the interview Sipple explicitly stated that he did not want his sexuality to be in the article stating that it had no influence over his actions. However Lembke still included Sipples sexuality in his write up of the interview when he sent it to a LA Times journalist who later included the fact that sipple was gay in an article that was published across America. This Lead to a huge dispute between Sipple and his family who felt disgraced to be related to
In addition to lobbying politicians, Pat wanted to change local attitudes so, taking advantage of her popularity as a guest speaker at Rotary, Lions, Toastmasters and other local groups, she made gay equality her subject at every meeting she spoke at, and convinced many locals previously unconcerned by the matter, of the injustices faced by the gay and lesbian communities. “I was so angry that gays were treated differently. We are all equal and should be treated the same. It is unfair and unjust to be judged as a person on your sexuality” she said.
Opening with the event of McKinley’s shooting and the man who shot him, Rauchway quickly zooms out, distancing us from the scene, reflecting on the political status of the President, who “in the instant before he was shot” had “stood at the peak of hi...
Study sources B4-B12. What evidence is there that there were gunmen firing at President Kennedy from behind and in front of the presidential limousine.
The Mayor of Castro Street is an inspiring yet emotional and tragic story that takes a look at Harvey Milk’s life and the way it influenced the Gay Liberation Movement. The book goes into detail about Harvey as a person and how that affected his political campaign. In this review I’ll be going over what the book was about, the fear gay people felt and how unfair things were for people in the LGBT community in the 1970’s.
John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo are two murderers that are known as the Beltway Sniper. Muhammad and Malvo killings are known to be random, which categorizes their killings as a killing spree. During the duration of their killing spree, they caused major panic throughout the United States. This notorious shootings that terrorized the United States took place in 2002. The shootings ended up taking the lives of 10 individuals and injuring 3 others (Blades, 2005, para.1). The shooting at the time it took place is considered unique because their weapon of choice to carry out their plan was a sniper rifle. What is unique about this case is that investigators and criminal theorist
...is novel with an outstanding salute to those who serve in law enforcement saying, “And so I tip my hat to all the good cops throughout our nation who risk their lives and strive to do the right thing when facing split-second decisions about life and death every day in the kill zone” (Klinger, 2004, page 274). Pulling the trigger of a gun can cause a variety of issues both within and outside of a police officer’s life, but it could also potentially save another human being from harm and keep the safety of our society intact.
In conclusion John Allen Muhammad was executed for the 2002 D.C. sniper shooting. Now the city of Washington D. C. can rest easy knowing they are not in harm’s way. Have the lives of the people who have lost loved ones been drastically changed for the worst, or has their lives become easier with time? Hopefully they will regain strength to carry on and pass this tragedy of the sniper shooting. This tragedy should be a lesson for everyone to deal with things and not let those things control every aspect of people’s lives and how they live it.
A few months after taking office, President Reagan was shot in Washington D.C (Rosenberg). The bullet barely missed his heart (Rosenberg). After surgery...
1. Two or more shooters would of had to engage in the assassination, partaking in one of the most memorable deaths in history (Nelson, “Breach of Trust”).
... article called In a Split Second, a Life-or-Death Decision was just finished organizing officers for an investigation when a fire fight broke out in the street. Two men on a crosswalk trapped and shot at another man also in the street. Bill hid behind a car and called the police while the men tried to get away. He followed the car they drove to an alley where he soon realizes was where they hid their guns. The guns were retrieved and one man arrested, the other got away. He had his gun ready and thought he could shoot the men, but decided that he would call for help and pursue the men in his car. He was willing to shoot two men in order to make sure justice was served.
Certainly, being born into a privileged family have their advantages. Unfortunately, for those who are born into poverty may struggle for their success, but it is not impossible. The podcast “Three Miles” is a great example of that. Comparatively, on the surface Melanie and Raquel are two individuals coming from the same unfortunate circumstances. Although, both girls were introduced to the same pen pal program their outcomes would travel different courses. Initially, the purpose of this program is to give students from poor neighborhoods a glimpse inside their wealthier counterpart’s lives, from another school. Raquel and Melanie’s backgrounds were similar, because they were afforded the same opportunities, but they turned out differently. Raquel was driven while Melanie is unambitious.
On New Year’s Day 2009, the police were called because a fight broke out on a train in Oakland, California. Oscar Grant and some of his friends were pulled off the train by former cop Johannes Mehserle. Grant struggled some with the officers while being arrested, but then he was restrained. Oscar Grant was lying on the platform when Johannes Mehserle shot him around 2 am. Granted had both hands behind his back and he was also unarmed when he was shot (Bulwa). The shooting made national headlines because bystanders videotaped it. These videos went viral and they made their way to the news (Cater).
Witnesses in this case described Brown and Wilson having a scuffle inside of the car, and the gun went off through the car before Brown jumped out and started running (Dennis & Santhanam). Once Wilson got out the car he immediately started shooting. Brown put both hands in air and tuned around towards Wilson and he shot 5 more times a total 6 shots until Mike Brown was dead on the ground (Dennis & Santhanam). Was it right for him to shoot him that many times, and was he a threat once he was away from Mr. Wilson? Why didn’t he take off on foot, or call for backup? Why did he immediately shoot, as well as shoot him up to six times? Were those ethical decisions, well these are just a few of the questions American citizens were discussing in their
Harvey Milk said, “If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.”(Aretha 83). Harvey Milk was the first gay politician that moved people’s hearts. He changed the way people thought about gay people back in the 1970’s. Defending homosexuals from criticism, he civilized them with the people. Since the background of homosexuality was harsh which affected Harvey Milk’s early life, he took the action to process of becoming civilized as an officer, and he left many legacies.
''“Oh yes, the guards called him to stop. They fired a few shots in the air, then to kill. They got him just as he went over the fence.”''(Lee,315)