Posts Tagged ‘police encounters’
Miranda warnings and the 19-year-old Boston bomber
As you know by now, the annual Boston Marathon was tragically the target of terrorists on April 15, 2013. Four hours into the race and near the finish line, two bombs were detonated killing three people and injuring over 250 others. The deceased included an …
From the back of the bus to the White House
Of course, as you know, we’re talking about Rosa Parks and President Obama. Between 1955 and 2008, African Americans in the United States moved from the back of a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama to an address on Pennsylvania Ave in Washington, D.C. Rosa Parks was 42-years-old …
What will it take for Congress to act on gun control?
You may be on your Christmas or winter vacation from school and won’t have a chance to discuss this in class until you return. We thought we’d throw out some thoughts about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings on December 14, 2012. Undoubtedly, there will be ample …
Student faces five years in prison for threatening the President
“I know I can b killed by this communist administration and im challenging them.” This is one of the comments posted on Facebook by 20 year-old Joaquin Amador Serrapio of Florida. Under a different name, Joaquin posted “Who wants to help me assassinate Obummer while …
Facebook photo leads to home robbery
A 17-year-old girl in Sydney, Australia was helping her grandmother count her money at home. She decided to take a picture of it and post it on Facebook. Why? is a good question. She added “large sum of cash” to the photo. This happened in May, …
Can the police track your car using GPS without a warrant?
In 2005, Antoine Jones, ran a nightclub in Washington, D.C. The police suspected he was also dealing in drugs. So they attached a global positioning system (GPS) to his car without his consent or knowledge and tracked his movements for the next 28 days. The investigation led …
