Monday, August 24, 2015

Jed Bush Slams Trumps Immigration Policy


            Jed Bush responds to Donald Trumps immigration plans saying, " His massive inconsistencies aside, @realDonaldTrump's immigration plan is not conservative and does not reflect our nations values." Bush and Trump also disagree on birth right citizenship, Bush believes people born in America should be citizens while Trump disagrees and thinks they should be sent back to their country. Trump also believes in building a wall on the Mexican boarder to stop illegals from coming over while Bush claims that is very disrespectful and not logical.                                                                                                                               

France Honors Three Americans for Stopping Attack






                                            France Honors America for Stopping Attack


               American childhood friends, Anthony Sadler, Spencer Stone, and Alec Skarlatos, received France's highest recognition- Legion of Honor. These three were visiting Europe, and were on a train when a gun was shot, the man (believed to be a terrorist) appeared shirtless with a gun over his shoulder. The three then attacked the gunman, and a fierce fight aroused. Spencer Stone said, "he kept pulling more weapons left and right," the three men punched, choked, and hit him with his own weapons. The terrorist, Ayoub El Khazzani, is claiming he only intended to perform a robbery, not a terrorist attack. However, Alec Skarlatos said he had a lot of amo and "his intentions were pretty clear."

Louisiana State Trooper is Killed in Shooting



                                                             NYT- State Trooper Shot

  Senior Trooper, Steven J Vincent, was driving and pulled over to check on a truck that was in a ditch in Calcasieu Parish, the truck had been reported driving intoxicated. Vincent offered to help Kevin D. Daigle, 54, who was intoxicated and is thought to have been on at least one drug. Daigle then shot and murder Vincent with a sawed-off shotgun, it is recorded on video that Daigle approached VIncent after the shooting and said to him, "You're lucky you're going to die soon." Mr. Daigle has been charged with first-degree murder.                                                         

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

From Pitchman to Prison

                                              Subway's Jared Fogle Faced with Jail Time

       Jared Fogle was an overweight college student, who lost weight by eating subway sandwiches. Because of his weight loss the college newspaper wrote a story on him which then was taken up by national media. Subway then reached out to him and offered him to be in their TV commercial, Fogle then accepted and became a part of Subways advertisement. In June of 2015, agents raided his home and arrested him for having sex with a minor and possessing child pornography. It is reported that Jared is pleading guilty to these charges and is facing at least 5 years in prison, he also has agreed to pay $1.4 million in return to the 14 victims who will each receive $100,000.

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Inmate's Death Follows Report of Abuse at a New York State Prison

                                                   New York Times-Violence in Jails

      At Fishkill Correctional Facility in Beacon N.Y., Samuel Harrell was imprisoned, with a history of erratic behavior linked to bipolar disorder. He announced he was going home and packed his bags, he then was confronted with as many as twenty correctional officers, who threw him on the floor, handcuffed him, and reportedly beat him up. After this event Harrell was taken to the emergency room where after a couple of hours of being in the hospital he was pronounced dead. The manner of his death was homicide. None of the officers have been penalized due to this death.