What I've learned from the Documentary Project.
The Documentary Project was a multi-step process. It wasn't your ordinary paper where you're assigned to write about something and just turn it in. This was a lot more in-depth. Starting off with the Scardeycat summary was good practice. It was a check to see where we were in terms of writing a summary. It showed a lot of us had some work to do. We can see now how far we've come by looking back at where we started, compared to our final drafts. I believe the hardest thing about the project was knowing exactly what to include and what to leave out in a film that lasts an hour and a half. Some of the things I learned after the project would be using fancy words allows you to adequately articulate. The use of syntax to make the paper flow smoothly in a chronological timeline order. Pretty much the rest of it was remembering how to format and cite properly. Good learning experience, totally can't wait for the next one =D.

Did you guys hear about another white police officer who shot a black man in Tulsa, Oklahoma?
Here is the link if you want to read about it. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/14ce6ee113ff47f894fb1e7e3fcb3892/tulsa-police-officer-charged-mans-death
Basically what happened was Officer Betty Shelby was responding to a call about domestic abuse and on her way there she sees a man walking in the road. Normally she would have stopped to see what he was doing but she kept driving until she saw his car parked in the middle of the road. She got out and tried talking to him. He wasn't really responding to her questions and she began to think he was "on something." The guy supposedly started reaching in his pockets and the Officer told him not to. He then reached into the vehicle and the cop shot him. The mans name is Terence Crutcher who was struck by a single bullet and it killed him. The Officer thought he was reaching for a weapon but it turns out he didnt have one. She was charged with first-degree manslaughter but apparently only faces up to 4 years in prison. Thats it? just 4 years for killing an unarmed guy for no reason. If you see a picture of the guy, he's a pretty big guy. If you imagine him with his back turned to you reaching into a car. You have plenty of time to sit there and see what he's doing or at least tazer him. A big guy like that doesnt just snap instantly and turn around. Did the cop think he was like a wild wild west duelist or something? Anyways, I just think its ridiculous that cops think its ok to kill people like that. And to be punished so lightly for it too.. IDK, what do you think about it?

Documentary Project

The film I chose for the documentary project is the first on the list, "After Innocence." It is a film about people who were wrongfully accused of crimes and went to jail. Years later, DNA evidence proved they were innocent. Could you imagine? Being accused for something like rape and you were innocent the entire time but nobody would believe you? That would be the worst feeling ever, and to have to go to jail for several years too. Thats crazy!

Parking Problem at Lewis

I think the first step in solving this problem is that people need to be honest. How many people have actually paid for their parking and how many have not? Walking back to my car everyday, I look around and can see plenty of cars without parking stickers on them. The other thing I notice is that there are no tickets on the car either. There are a good number of people who are parking without the permit. The school only knows how many people have paid for a permit, they don't know how many haven't. So if the number of commuters has gone up, I'm pretty sure the only way they know is by how many parking permits are registered. So the school doesn't know that they need to put more parking spots in. If thats actually the problem. Personally I've always found a parking spot, but this year everyday I've had to park further away than usual. Its probably a problem that has always existed - people parking without paying for their permit, but it was never this bad which goes to show that as time went on more and more people found out they can park without having to pay and get away with it.