INTRO and CONCLUSION ONLY
runtsgina
week_5_renee_part.pptxTypes of Critical Incidents
Violence in Schools:
Sandy Hook Elementary School
Virginia Tech University
Terrorist Attacks
9/11
Recently, there have been many school shootings happening all over the nation. On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza walked into an elementary school (Sandy Hook) and fatally shot 20 children and 6 adults. This event was catastrophic because the crime was committed against small, helpless children. Before this, a similar event had taken place at a University in Virginia. In this event, Seung-Hi Cho walked into the university and killed 32 people and injured 17 others. Both Adam and Seung-Hi committed suicide.
Terrorist attacks are a huge threat to Americans. The 9/11 attacks will always be remembered by many Americans as a sad event because many innocent lives were taken and left many other people feeling confused. This event took the lives of 2,753 people including 343 firefighters and paramedics, and 60 police officers ("9/11 By The Numbers", 2015). This has been one of the largest attacks on American soil in the 20th century.
9/11 By the Numbers. (2015). Retrieved from http://nymag.com/news/articles/wtc/1year/numbers.htm
1
Types of Critical Incidents (Cont.)
Community Violence Against Law Enforcement
Rodney King
Ferguson
Natural Disasters
Katrina
Other events such as communities committing violent acts against each other are also happening around the world. One of the events that started the violence against the community was the Rodney King violence. Mr. King was videotaped being severely beaten by LADP. This event caused many African Americans to distrust law enforcement and feel that they were being mistreated because of the color of their skin. This attack on Rodney King started a lot of racial tension. Another more recent event was the violent and unpleasant protests in Ferguson, Missouri. Reporters from all over the nation caught the looting and violence that the community committed against one another. Many homes, businesses, and vehicles were destroyed.
Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive cyclone of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the most expensive natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Over 1,800 people died in the hurricane and subsequent floods, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane, and the total property damage was estimated at $108 billion (Zimmermann, 2015).
Zimmermann, K. A. (2015). Hurricane Katrina: Facts, Damage & Aftermath. Retrieved from http://www.livescience.com/22522-hurricane-katrina-facts.html
2
