I did not enjoy writing this summary. However it deserves some reflection and much outrage. In most cases we are left with the haunting questions, "why does it happen? Will it ever end? Following are some of the extremely perplexing examples of man's inhumanity to man.
RAPE
STATISTICS CANADA
Reported the following in 1992, on a national random sample of 12,300 women (Johnson and Sacco, 1995). The research found that over one in three women had experienced a sexual assault and that only 6% of sexual assaults were reported to the police.
RETEAH PARSONS
WORLD STATISTICS
MURDER
2. OSCAR PISTORIUS MURDERS GIRL FRIEND
3. LARRY DAVIS MURDERS HIS GRANDMOTHER
MASS KILLING
USA
On April 20, 1999, in the small, suburban town of Littleton, Colorado, two high-school seniors, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, carried out an all-out assault at Columbine High School during the middle of the school day. The boys' plan was to kill hundreds of their peers. With guns, knives, and a multitude of bombs, the two boys walked the hallways leaving carnage in their wake. Final tally: twelve students, one teacher, and two murderers were dead; 21 more were injured.
Twelve people were killed and 38 wounded in a shooting at the premiere of the new Batman movie in a theater in Aurora near Denver, Colorado.
CHINA
The Oslo District Court yesterday ruled that fascist mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik was sane and handed down the maximum sentence of 21 years imprisonment for his twin terrorist attacks on July 22, 2011. A mass shooting of social democratic youth on the island of Utoeya and an earlier car bomb led to the deaths of 77. Breivik is the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks in which he bombed government buildings in Oslo resulting in 8 deaths.
KIDNAPPING
On May 6, 2013, three women from Cleveland Ohio—Amanda Berry, Georgina "Gina" DeJesus, and Michelle Knight—were rescued from captivity in a house owned by Ariel Castro. Knight had disappeared in Cleveland in 2002 at age 21, Berry in 2003 at age 16, and DeJesus in 2004 at age 14. A six-year-old daughter of Berry, fathered by Castro, was also rescued. The women reemerged from captivity after Berry, with the help of a neighbor who heard her scream, escaped the house with her daughter and contacted police.
BRIAN DAVID MITCHELL
Elizabeth Smart was abducted from her bedroom in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 5, 2002. She was 14 at the time. She was found alive nine months later on March 12, 2003, in Sandy, Utah about 18 miles from her home, in the company of Mitchell and Wanda Ileen Barzee They were indicted for her kidnapping. Barzee, in 2009, and Mitchell (then 57), in 2010, were eventually convicted. Mitchell was held in the Salt Lake County Jail following his sentencing on May 25, 2011. On August 31, he was transferred to federal prison to begin serving a life sentence for his crimes.
MOLESTATION
A Texas woman has been arrested after trying to use Craigslist to dump off her unwanted 3-year-old son. Stephanie Redus, 29, told police she'd been suffering from depression and anxiety in the days before posting the ad, but she couldn't take medication because she's pregnant with another child.
More than 100 people gathered at a church in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Saturday for the funeral of a 17-year-old girl who hanged herself after she was allegedly gang-raped and then bullied when a picture of the incident went viral.
WORLD STATISTICS
According to UN data in 2012, the country with the highest rate of reported rapes is Botswana while the country with the lowest rate is Egypt . Note though that comparison of crime rates across countries needs to be be taken with a grain of salt, since in some countries the population may be reluctant to report certain types of crimes to the police.
MURDER
1. JODI ARIAS MURDERS EX BOYFRIEND
On June 4, 2008, salesman Travis Alexander was murdered at his home in Mesa, Arizona. He sustained multiple stab wounds(27), a gunshot to the head, and his throat was cut; the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. Jodi Arias, Alexander's ex-girlfriend, was convicted of first-degree murder on May 8, 2013. At trial, Arias testified that she had killed Alexander in self-self-defense.
2. OSCAR PISTORIUS MURDERS GIRL FRIEND
A pool of blood sits alongside the toilet, and streaks of gore are visible on the floor — presumably left as the dying model was dragged from the bathroom.
Police tape marks a pair of bullet holes in the bathroom door. Officials believe that Steenkamp was cowering behind the closed door after her spat with Pistorius when he opened fire.
3. LARRY DAVIS MURDERS HIS GRANDMOTHER
A Harlem man beat and choked his 76-year-old grandmother to death, packed her body into a closet and then hooked up with a prostitute in the same apartment, a prosecutor said Thursday at the onset of a murder trial.
MASS KILLING
USA
Since 1982, there have been at least 61 mass murders carried out with firearms across the USA. Of the deadliest shootings, five have occurred from 2007 onward.
CONNECTICUT
Who will ever forget the the murder of innocent children and their teachers that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut?
COLORADO--KLEBOLD & HARRIS
On April 20, 1999, in the small, suburban town of Littleton, Colorado, two high-school seniors, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, carried out an all-out assault at Columbine High School during the middle of the school day. The boys' plan was to kill hundreds of their peers. With guns, knives, and a multitude of bombs, the two boys walked the hallways leaving carnage in their wake. Final tally: twelve students, one teacher, and two murderers were dead; 21 more were injured.
AURORA, COLORADO-- JAMES HOLMES
Twelve people were killed and 38 wounded in a shooting at the premiere of the new Batman movie in a theater in Aurora near Denver, Colorado.
CHINA
A crazed man killed eight, and wounded five. China has a problem with mass killings with knives. The article points out there was a rash of these in 2010 with 20 killed and 50 wounded.
NORWAY
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KIDNAPPING
ARIEL CASTRO
On May 6, 2013, three women from Cleveland Ohio—Amanda Berry, Georgina "Gina" DeJesus, and Michelle Knight—were rescued from captivity in a house owned by Ariel Castro. Knight had disappeared in Cleveland in 2002 at age 21, Berry in 2003 at age 16, and DeJesus in 2004 at age 14. A six-year-old daughter of Berry, fathered by Castro, was also rescued. The women reemerged from captivity after Berry, with the help of a neighbor who heard her scream, escaped the house with her daughter and contacted police.
Ariel Castro was arrested on the day the women were freed and was charged two days later with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape. The case received front-page news coverage worldwide.
BRIAN DAVID MITCHELL
Elizabeth Smart was abducted from her bedroom in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 5, 2002. She was 14 at the time. She was found alive nine months later on March 12, 2003, in Sandy, Utah about 18 miles from her home, in the company of Mitchell and Wanda Ileen Barzee They were indicted for her kidnapping. Barzee, in 2009, and Mitchell (then 57), in 2010, were eventually convicted. Mitchell was held in the Salt Lake County Jail following his sentencing on May 25, 2011. On August 31, he was transferred to federal prison to begin serving a life sentence for his crimes.MOLESTATION
BANGKOK, THAILAND
A remote village has rallied to an 18-year-old girl's defence after she beheaded her father, who she accused of raping her repeatedly, according to a report in Papua New Guinea's Post-Courier newspaper.
A remote village has rallied to an 18-year-old girl's defence after she beheaded her father, who she accused of raping her repeatedly, according to a report in Papua New Guinea's Post-Courier newspaper.
ABANDONED CHILDREN
STEPHANIE REDUS
A Texas woman has been arrested after trying to use Craigslist to dump off her unwanted 3-year-old son. Stephanie Redus, 29, told police she'd been suffering from depression and anxiety in the days before posting the ad, but she couldn't take medication because she's pregnant with another child.
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“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” -Mahatma Gandhi
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