The Government's Integrity

Baby Face Nelson “Baby Face” Nelson’s shredded body was discovered today, lying naked in a ditch near Niles, Illinois, after a deadly encounter with 2 FBI agents yesterday, November 27,1934. The FBI agents, Sam Cowley and Herman Hollis, were also tragically killed in the crossfire. “Baby Face” Nelson, real name was Lester M. Gillis. He went by many other aliases such as George Nelson, Alex Gillis, and “Big George.” He grew up with the Chicago street gangs, which is where his gang members named him “Baby Face Nelson,” despite the fact that he hated it. By the age of 14 he was stealing cars.

When he was pulled over by police, many burglary tools were discovered. He was arrested immediately for having these tools. After being arrested, the police began to link him to other crimes, including the kidnapping of Carol DaRonch. Carol was a lucky victim who was able to escape Bundy. He escaped custody at least twice before he went on a murderous rampage.

As a terrorist in the classic sense, FARC insurgents target civilians, kidnap prominent members of the establishment, and murder people in cold blood ... ... middle of paper ... ...e Ingrid Betancourt, three US security contractors and several soldiers and policemen (Ortiz, 3). In addition, during the period 2008-2011 the FARC lost seven of its principal leaders and around of 20.000 fighters deserted from its ranks making the FARC a weak and unstable organization. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - FARC has evolved from ideological subversive group with communist and socialist purposes to a narcoterrorism group. This change has been done during three stages: drug cartels era, rising power era and decline era. Nowadays, the FARC is a weak group isolated in remotes of Colombian jungle.

From conspiracy sites on the Internet to documentary films, Waco has provided a focus for those who see the government as the enemy. And now they say there is proof the government has been lying. The initial operation involved approximately eighty federal agents, armed with semi-automatic and automatic weapons, orchestrated to execute a single search and arrest warrant. After the failed siege, in which at least six sect members and four agents died in a gun battle, and the ensuing 51 day standoff, in which an estimated 74 Davidians died, 21 of whom were children, the final toll included the tragic deaths of 84 people and cost the taxpayer 100 million dollars. By the end of the whole affair, an army in excess of 700 federal and state officials were involved in one capacity or another.

From 1978 until his arrest April 3, 1996, the unibomber killed three, injured 22, and terrorized millions more. The unibomber, which actually comes from the case name assigned to him by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), was known as UNiversities and Airlines BOMbings (UNABOM) as Kaczynski targeted universities and airlines specifically (FBI.gov). Kaczynski left his “signature” in every pipe bomb he sent out; every bomb contained wood fragments along with the initials FC standing for Freedom Club (Crimelibrary.com). The motives for t this reign of 17 years is still uncertain as a plea bargain was reached before the trial started. Kaczynski was not a supporter of technology and thus targeted those professors at universities in New York, California and Utah that not only used this new technology, such as computers, he targeted those who were advocates and supporters of it.

When Davis confronted the driver a dispute erupted and Davis allegedly hit Ross. That's when the mother of five took matters into her own hands and ran him over with her car, killing him. When questioned, police quoted Ross as saying, "He hit me so I ran him down." Dead man gets 2 years A man was sentenced last week to two years in prison for faking his death three times to beat drunk driving charges. Peter C. Gentry was first arrested in 1991, but an official looking death certificate sent to authorities said he had died in a Los Angeles auto crash, and the case was dismissed.

In the months following the attacks of 9/11, more than 300 incidences of hate crimes against Sikhs were reported. On September 15th, 2001 in Mesa, Ariz, Balbir Singh Sodhi was shot and killed outside of the gas station that he owned. As police approached the scene and proceeded to arrest Frank Silva Roque, Sodhi’s killer, Roque stated, “I’m a patriot and an American. I’m American. I’m a damn American.” On November 18, 2001 in Palermo, New York, three American teenagers burnt own a Sikh temple in New York, the Gobind Sadan, because they thought it was named for Osama Bin Laden.

Although, this was not the case. After speculation by victims families, deputies, and his co-workers, his false identity was destroyed. Soon, his behavior turned unusual in an unsettling way. This speculating behavior led to a confession by Gacy of murdering nearly 40 young men, keeping each one in the crawl space below his house. On February 6th, 1980, after eight years of serial murders, Gacy went on trial for killing nearly 40 young men.

This included the famous St Valentine's Day Massacre when six leading members of the “Bugs Moran” gang were executed in a garage by gangsters dressed in police uniforms. Few of the murderers were arrested and convicted of their crimes. Gangsters like Capone were able to use their money to bribe and payoff police investigators or intimidate potential witnesses. The police were also in chains by the refusal of any gangster to testify against another gangster. It is said that by the year 1929, Capone's income from the other aspects of his business was $60,000,000 from illegal alcohol, $25,000,000 from gambling establishments, $10,000,000 (vice) and $10,000,000 from other rackets.

Charles Manson once said “You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something, nowadays everyone is crazy.” Charles Manson was the man who brought fear into Los Angeles by brainwashing people to become part of his cult and together they formed “The Family” and killed 9 innocent people. During the Manson Murders many of the people in Los Angeles did not feel quite safe due to the fact that these killings were random and many felt as if anybody could be the next victim. Charles Manson was born on November 12th, 1934 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the son of sixteen year old Kathleen Maddox, and Colonel Scott who left Kathleen during her pregnancy. (Guinn 39) According to law2.umkc.edu, in November of 1939, Manson’s mother and uncle got sentenced to prison for five years for robbing a gas station.