Intruder Killed in New York Synagogue

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/09/us/new-york-synagogue-stabbing/index.html?hpt=ju_c2

Police kill intruder who stabbed student in New York synagogue

By Greg Botelho and Holly Yan, CNN

 

 Levi Rosenblat was studying the Torah when he was stabbed by an intruder. Although he is in stable condition now a knife wound to the head is not an easy injury to recover from. Rosenbalt would have most likely been the only victim that night; however, police arrived promptly at the scene and faced a show down with the intruder, Calvin Peters. After lunging to attack an officer, he was shot in the chest and later pronounced dead.

 

I think that this just goes to show that people are plain stupid sometimes. Not only did the attacker stab someone, but her then tried to do the same to a police officer. A cop that was holding a gun! I really think that the police officer's actions were justified, and he should not face any ramifications for them. This just leads me to wonder when the next cop will be in the news for shooting someone.

New York Cop Let of the Hook

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/03/justice/new-york-grand-jury-chokehold/index.html?hpt=us_c1

Protests after N.Y. cop not indicted in chokehold death; feds reviewing case

By Ray Sanchez and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN

Another police officer was not indicted after killing an unarmed man. Eric Garner was choked to death in July while he was being arrested for selling untaxed cigarettes, a rather minor offense. Not only was he unarmed, but the chokehold is prohibited from police use. In reaction, protestors took to the streets of New York on Wednesday to fight the corruption of the criminal justice system and the unjust discrimination against racial minorities.

A similar case happened in Ferguson, Missouri, which as resulted and riots and anarchy. I don't have much comment on this matter because I haven not gathered enough information besides what I have heard at school and to form an educated opinion. I do think that the policeman in Eric Garner's homicide should have been indicted and probably sent to jail; the video shows that Garner was not threatening the officer or others. However, the case of Michael Brown is much more obscure to me since there is only witnesses to the incident and no actual video. Either way I think racial discrimination is a HUGE issue in our society and justice system, and the only way to fix it is to prosecute those who are guilty.