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The Necessity for Reform in the U.S. Justice System

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There is no such thing as a perfect justice system to enforce law and order in a nation for a simple reason: people are not perfect.  Even the most well-trained, well-educated individuals in our justice system make mistakes.  However, like everybody else, it is necessary our Justice System learns from its mistakes, and unfortunately there are many that have been made.  A former criminal ( Link to Testimony ) openly testifies to how there where times when he personally witnessed officers and prison officials abusing their power.  Though he confesses that the number of individual officers are in the minority, they are out they, and all too often, the system does not hold them accountable for their actions.  The famous Stanford Prison Experiment illustrates how quickly people can be changed by the environment that they find themselves in, and the Jane Elliot's famous Brown Eyes/Blue Eyes experiment provides a first hand look at how quickly prejudice and and superiority can take over o

Terrorist Takes Advantage of Chaos: Attacks NYPD Officers

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Twenty-year-old Bosnian immigrant Dzenan Camovic took advantage of the protests against George Floyd's death to carry out a stabbing attack on NYPD officers.  During a demonstration in Brooklyn, Dzenan walked up to a group police officers, plunged a knife into the officers neck, then seized control of his gun and used to to wound two other officers.  Many media sources reporting on this attack are reluctant to identify what the motive of the attack was.  However, while he was attacking the officers Dzenan shoutled "Allahu Akbar!" three times.  This is the Jihadist war cry, so it's quite clear what Dzenan's motives are.   These kinds of stabbing attacks are not uncommon.  In fact, terrorist groups like ISIS even make online videos instructing on how and where a terrorist should stab their victim.  The neck is always a popular target, but luckily in this case Dzenan missed the officers vital arteries and nobody was killed.  John Miller, the NYPD deputy commissioner

Terrorist Attack on Christian Villages in Mali

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For years Fulani Jihadist militants in Northern Nigeria have been launching ongoing attacks for years.  Fulani militants, along with Boko Haram and other Jihadist terrorists are seeking to create an Islamic caliphate in West Africa.  Though the Fulani have primarily operated in Northern Nigeria, they have also carried out attacks on neighboring nations as the goal of the Caliphate is not restricted to national borders.  Christians have long been seen as one of the primary enemies of the Fulani Jihadists as they are viewed as "Infidels" and have been subject to ongoing militant attacks and ethnic cleansing campaigns in the region.   In one of their most recent attack, Fulani militants on motorcycles attacked Christian villages of Bankass and Koro on the border region between Mali and Burkina Faso.  Twenty-seven people were killed in the attack.  Unfortunately, this is not Mali's first problem with terrorism.  Since 2012 the nation struggled to keep Al -Qaeda supported mili

Guerrilla Evangelist

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At the age of 14, Sara G ó mez left her painful  home life behind and sought to join something  bigger than herself.  Her father, who has  sexually abused her for years had recently  passed away, and like many young  Colombians, Sara sought to acceptance and  belonging.  Like many such vulnerable youth,  Sara joined the Revolutionary Armed Forces  of Columbia (FARC).  For many years,  communist FARC rebels have battled the  Colombian government, seeking to take over  and establish a communist regime.  FARC is  also notorious for engaging in the drug trade  to support their war and for targeting Christians throughout the region.   . For years, Sara served as a medic and though not a Christian, she felt sympathy for the innocent Christians who were being targeted in the crossfire of this ongoing war.   After serving FARC for over four years, Sarah learned that some of her relatives had become Christians.  Upon hearing this, FARC rebel leaders ordered Sarah to denounce her family and the