N.Y. Man Is Accused of 3 Shootings, 2 Fatal, in 24-Hour Crime Spree

Sundance Oliver is charged with murder of 2 innocent people 21 year old Kevon Langston, and 17 year old Keyaira Rattray. He is also being charged with the murder of these two victims and also the attempted murder of a 96 year old bystander. These shootings happened in both Brooklyn and Manhattan for attempted robberies. It was found out that Sundance was already a convicted felon. The day after the shootings he turned himself in. 

Taliban Bar Women From College Classes, in a Stark Reversal of Rights

Recently, the Afghan government has rebounded back to their restrictive stance on women’s rights. On Tuesday, women were stricken by a severe uphold in their rights as Afghan citizens by being restricted from attending private and public universities. Since the Taliban regime has taken over the Afghan government there is no sign that they have any intent on giving women their respective freedom. In recent weeks the new government reinstated the “Shariah law” which allows them to carry out public executions to anyone who violates their religious beliefs. With the new government in place, women cannot do anything in their society without being tortured or killed.

Latest on Idaho Killings: Police Looking for Driver of Car Seen Near Crime

Four Students were killed at the University of Idaho. In the house while they were murdered, the other two housemates were sound asleep and were not harmed. Police are nowhere near finding out the truth. They have interviewed many suspects, taken many photographs, and have got over five thousand tips. There are some suspicions about a white car with no license plate that was around the location of the incident on that date. Even if whoever was in that car wouldn’t have been responsible for the murder maybe they knew some information. Another thing that was suspicious was that one of the victims made many calls to a friend that night, and that friend did not pick up. Police have not found anyone who may have had a motive to kill.

In Capitol Attack, Over 900 People Have Been Criminally Charged

Over 900 people have been criminally charged making it the largest criminal investigation in department history and it is  still growing as we speak. Most of the cases are petty offenses such as disorderly conduct. 280 people have been accused of assaulting or resisting police and around 100 of them are accused of assaulting cops with a dangerous or deadly weapon or inflicting bodily injuries to officers. 290 people have been charged with obstructing an official proceeding in front of Congress which is what the courts are using to describe how the mob has to disturb the certification of the election. Despite an appeal being made to toss the charges in all cases with the federal courts where the defense lawyer claims improper use.Out of the 40 defendants who have gone to trial, only one of them has managed to be fully acquitted of all charges Extremes still exist such as the longest sentence of 10 years given to a former NYPD officer who swung a metal flagpole at a Washington state officer during the riots.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/us/politics/jan-6-capitol-attack-charges.html

The theory that I would choose to explain Tommy Shakur Ross’s involvement in gangs and crime would be the social disorganization theory. The social disorganization theory is the theory that individuals commit crimes based on their environments and the people that they are surrounded with. This theory goes against the theory that people are born with deviance and choose to commit crimes willingly. A factor of the social disorganization theory would be that there are not enough social interactions between people in these neighborhoods. This can cause them to turn their backs on each other because they won’t know or trust each other. Another factor could be poverty. When neighborhoods are more poor it can cause people to commit crimes like stealing for their necessities. Another factor could also be that if a neighborhood is already full of crime, more people will be influenced to do the same, increasing the amount of criminals. In the case of Tommy Shakur Ross, he did not feel like he belonged in the church where his father wanted him to be. When he joined a gang at 13 is when he finally felt like he belonged somewhere and felt proud of what he was doing. Even though he was involved in illegal activities, the other gang members would be proud of him too, causing him to commit more crime. The people around him were committing crimes so he did too. This shows how the social disorganization theory ties into this cause because Tommy was influenced by his environment and the disorganization in his neighborhood and life.

I do believe that banning traffic stops in places like Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Seattle,etc will bring positive changes to the justice system and the affected communities. This is because most of the time these traffic stops are because of cops racially profiling so it usually affects people of color. According to The New York Time’s article “Cities Try to Turn the Tide on Police Traffic Stops”  it says “Officials pushing the new rules cite data showing that minor stops not only disproportionately snare Black drivers but also do little to combat serious crime or improve public safety, and some escalate into avoidable violence, even killing officers or drivers”. There are other worst crimes going on in these cities, but instead these police officers are stopping these cars for minor things. Usually they are looking for something more like drugs, or a weapon, and most of the time there is nothing found. A lot of the times these people of color end up hurt or killed by the police. The Article says ““There is a trust factor,” Mayor Andy Schor of Lansing said in an interview last month, “that if you get pulled over — whether it’s a moving violation, or pretextual, or whatever — you’re not going to end up dead.”. This shows that people who get pulled over don’t have the certainty that something bad won’t happen to them. I believe that if there starts to be little to no traffic stops, then it can stop some of the endless racial profiling and violence towards these affected communities.