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Over the Weekend, Jubilee Held its First Pride Eucharist Service with 55 People Present, Even More Online.
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Camp Allen Achieves Milestone: Debt Free After 22 Years
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When George Dehan was appointed President of Camp Allen in 2001, he had the arduous task to tackle an $11 million debt after major renovations and upgrades took place at the campgrounds during the prior year.
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Summer Camp with a Difference
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Each summer at Camp Allen these experiences come to life in the many great programs offered by the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. In focus are the ones offered by Jerusalem Peacebuilders (JPB), a unique nonprofit ministry that works to promote peace by cultivating understanding and mutual respect…
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Legacy writ Large, Generosity of Spirit Continues at Camp Allen
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[Diolog Magazine Camp Allen June 2016] Nearly 100 years ago, Bishop Clinton Quin was having difficulty attracting clergy to the Diocese of Texas, and a sagging church population concerned the missionary bishop. He hoped a renewed vision for the youth of the Diocese would help attract those who…
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Restoration and Innovation Mark Future for Camp Allen
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In 2001, when I came to Camp Allen as its first president, I said I wanted our guests’ experiences to reflect this theme: “Awaken Your Spirit in the Piney Woods.” That vision has helped shape what is now the Centennial Fund leading to our 100th anniversary of Camp Allen in 2021.
In order to…
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Be Well! Fish On!
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[Diolog Magazine Camp Allen June 2016] Dire circumstances often can lead to innovative and inspired ideas. Reel Recovery is one such initiative, created by avid fly-fishermen inspired by their fishing buddy’s battle with brain cancer. This “band of brothers” witnessed firsthand the beneficial…
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Needling to be at Camp Allen
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[Diolog Magazine Camp Allen June 2016] Weekends fill up fast at Camp Allen with conferences and groups coming on retreat, but weekdays are often quiet. How could Camp Allen find groups to come between Monday and Friday?
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Love and Life Firmly Rooted at Camp
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[Diolog Magazine Camp Allen June 2016] “I didn’t truly grasp the fullness of God’s grace until I came to Camp Allen” Lauren Day admits.
She grew up at Good Shepherd, Kingwood, and attended summer camp from the age of eight, later served as a camp counselor, then as a member of senior…
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April 17-19, 2015 at Camp Allen in Navasota, TX
WHAT TO BRING WITH YOU:At Camp Allen, you will be housed in a “motel-like” setting. Rooms will be assigned upon arrival. Linens, towels, sheets, blankets, pillow and similar items are provided.
You will need to bring any personal items such as toothbrush, razors, hair dryer and other toiletries.
If you have a scientific calculator, please bring it with you.
Comfortable, casual, modest clothing – jeans, T-shirts and TENNIS SHOES are required. No low cut shirts, crop tops, muscle shirts, or short shorts. No functions at Camp Enterprise require anything other than casual clothing. You will receive a Camp Enterprise T-shirt which should be worn for the photo session on Friday afternoon and at other times as desired.
You will not need to bring any money with you except for use in vending machines; no meal or social events will be held away from the camp. The Rotary Club of Houston will pay for all meals and lodging.
You may bring electronic devices. The camp reserves the right to restrict their use.
If you have a musical instrument that could be used in the Team Talent Contest held on Saturday evening, you may feel free to bring it also.
You will be involved in meeting business leaders, camp alumni, and student leaders from around the Houston area. You are encouraged to bring “business cards” that will help you to connect to leaders that may help you get involved with your community and business in the Houston area.
WHAT YOU SHOULD AND CANNOT DO:
Your parents have entrusted your care for the weekend to the Rotary Club of Houston. Also, you are a representative of your school. You are expected to act responsibly, reflecting decorum and good manners.
These rules will help you do so.
All enrolled campers must attend camp presentations and other organized activities and remain in the general area of the conference center.
– No foul language, alcoholic beverages, tobacco or recreational drugs.
– No private vehicles (unless special permission obtained in advance).
– No visiting the room of a member of the opposite sex after “lights out”
– No cell phones or personal entertainment devices during any session, meeting or gathering.
(i.e. iPads, iPods, video games etc.)
Violations of any of the above rules or other disruptive conduct may cause the Rotary Club of Houston to terminate a student’s participation in camp. If that occurs, the student’s parent or guardian will be notified and be responsible for providing return transportation.
Your team coach will contact you. If you have any questions, please contact your team coach. If you still have questions, then contact:
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Ian Hancock – 2015 Chair, Camp Enterprise – 713-584-7480 or [email protected]
2. Geraldine Mullins – Club Administrator – 713-973-9936 or [email protected]
how 50 cities in Texas got their names
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1. HOUSTON
The state’s largest city takes its name from Sam Houston, who led the army that defeated Mexican troops during the 1836 Texas Revolution. In the same year, the Allen brothers decided to found a city on the site of a beautiful bay and name it in his honor.
2. SAN ANTONIO
In 1691, a group of Spanish settlers, including Domingo Teran de los Ríos, the first governor of Spanish Texas, entered the territory to establish missions and regain control of the territory from the French, Apaches, and Comanches. On June 13, 1691, the group camped at a stream. It was the day of St.
Anthony of Padua, and so they renamed the San Antonio River, which later gave the city its name.
3. DALLAS
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Probably the name of a historical figure, the exact origin of the name Dallas is unknown. It could have come from George Mifflin Dallas, U.S. Vice President under James K. Polk, or his brother, U.S. Navy Commodore Alexander J. Dallas, or Joseph Dallas, who settled near the new city in 1843.
4. AUSTIN.
Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain Austin’s namesake is Stephen F. Austin, “founder of the Anglo-American state of Texas.” The city was founded as the capital in 1839the year when the Republic of Texas was only three years old.
5. FORT WORTH
General William Jenkins Worth was a Mexican War hero who was serving as commander of the Department of Texas when he died of cholera in May 1849, about a month before Major Ripley Arnold founded the fort.
6. STEP
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Paso comes from “El Paso del Norte” or “Northern Pass”. The Spanish explorer Juan de Oñate gave this place its name in 1598 because it is located on a pass between two mountain ranges, the Sierra de Juarez and the Franklin Mountains.
7. ARLINGTON
Founded in 1876, Arlington was renamed in 1877 after Robert Lee’s Arlington Home in Arlington, Virginia.
8. CORPUS
Spanish explorer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda named this city in south Texas. The name, which means “body of Christ”, comes from the Catholic holiday when he explored and took possession of the territory in 1519year.
9. LAREDO
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A Spanish military officer named José de Escandon received a commission to settle in the area and named it Laredo after the city in the province of Santander in Spain.
10. Lubbock
Thomas Saltus Lubbock was a soldier in the Texas Revolution and served as a Texas Ranger in support of the Confederacy during the Civil War. He was also the brother of the ninth Governor of Texas, Francis R. Lubbock, who served from 1857 to 1859.year.
11. GARLAND
Former Arkansas Governor and US Senator Augustus H. Garland was the current Attorney General when the city was founded in 1887. He served under President Grover Cleveland.
12. IRVING
The city of Irving is most likely named after the Yankees, Washington Irving. Irving was the favorite author of Onetta Barcus Brown, the wife of city co-founder Otis Brown.
13. YELLOW
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The Spanish word for “yellow” suits the city well, thanks to the yellow wildflowers and yellow soil along the banks of the stream of the same name. Charles F. Rudolph, editor of Tascosa Pioneer , shamed employees of the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad for mispronouncing a Spanish word.
In 1888, he correctly predicted the future by saying, “There will never be A-ma-re-yo again.”
14. GRAND PRAIRIE.
This name reflects the land on which the city was built – magnificent vast meadows. It was originally called Dechman after its founder, but the city’s name was later changed to match the name of the local railway station.
15. BROWNSVILLE
Major Jacob Brown was a soldier in the Mexican-American War. He served as the commander of Fort Texas, where he died during the attack of the Mexicans, and posthumously gave this city his name.
16. PASADENA
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It’s no coincidence that Pasadena, Texas shares a name with a city in California. Founder John H. Burnett wanted to portray his area as lush with vegetation and fertile for agriculture, much like the SoCal region.
17. McKinney
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Collin McKinney was among the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
He also worked as a surveyor, legislator and religious leader.
18. MESQITE
A nearby creek of the same name was named before the city was founded in 1873, presumably because of the mesquite trees that grow in the area.
19. KILLIN
Founded in 1872, Killin was founded by the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad, which named the settlement after Frank P. Killin, the railroad’s assistant general manager. Before taking the name Killeen, the area was known as Palo Alto.
20. FRISCO
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Originally named Emerson, the city was renamed in 1904 for the St. this area.
21. McAllen
John McAllen was an early settler in the area who, along with his son James McAllen, donated land to cross the St. Louis, Brownsville, and Mexico City Railroad to establish a town along the rail line.
22. WACO
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Waco is named after the Waco tribe, whose village was once located on the land that now bears his name.
23. CAROLLTON
The name most likely comes from Carrollton, Illinois, the former hometown of many of the city’s early residents. It is also possible that the name comes from Daniel Joseph Carroll, a settler from the 1841 William S. Peters Colony.
24. MIDLANDIA
Midland began in 1881 as Midway Station, a sectional house located midway between two stations on the Texas and Pacific Railroad. Since there were already towns in Texas called Midway, the name was changed in 1884, like many others, to make it easier to open a post office.
25. DENTON
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John B. Denton was a lawyer, Methodist minister, and captain in the Army of the Texas Republic. The city was founded in 1857.
26. ABILEN
When the city was founded in 1881, K.U. Merchant took the name from Abilene, Kansas. in the hope that his Texas counterpart could become as important as his sister in the livestock business.
27. BEAUMONT
Henry Millard and his partners bought fifty acres of land to found the city in 1835. The nickname Beaumont probably came from the maiden name of Millard’s wife.
28. ODESSA
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Russian railroad workers probably named this town because of its resemblance to the landscape of Odessa, Ukraine.
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29. ROUND ROCK
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Two fishing buddies and early residents found inspiration in a large limestone rock in Brushy Creek, where the couple used to throw their lines.
30. FORESTLAND
Although not technically a chartered city (it is a census-designated place), Forestland boasts a strong population (approximately 108,000 people), making it a place on this list. George P. Mitchell founded the planned settlement in 19’74, and the name was probably chosen as a way to promote the project as a pastoral, nature-filled alternative to neighboring Houston.
31. HIVITA FALLS
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Wichita County and the Wichita River pre-existed the city and were named after the local Wichita tribe, although the word was not a tribe name but rather a Choctaw word meaning ” large gazebo”, a reference to their thatched huts. The “fall” was a five-foot-tall waterfall that washed away in the late 1800s.
32. RICHARDSON
A couple of Richardsons could give this town their name. The name most likely comes from E. H. Richardson, the contractor who built the Houston and Texas Central Railroad from Dallas to Denton, but it could also be a reference to A. S. Richardson, the railroad’s secretary. The city of Richardson was deliberately based on railroad tracks, making both reasonable candidates.
33. LEWISVILLE
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Lewisville was once known as Holford Prairie after its previous owners, but in the 1850s B.
W. Lewis bought the land and renamed it after himself.
34. TYLER
The city was named for President John Tyler in recognition of his support for Texas joining the union.
35. PEARL
The city was named so because of the abundance of pear trees in the area, and this nickname also helped to attract settlers by advertising fertile land. This area was originally called Mark’s Belt, so it probably didn’t hurt to change it.
36. COLLEGE PLOT
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You only need to know that College Station is home to Texas A&M to understand the name. The city began as a railway stop for the university.
37. SAN ANGELO
The city’s founder, Bart J. DeWitt, chose the name Santa Angela in honor of Caroline’s deceased wife Angela or his sister-in-law Angelina, who was a nun. By the time the city applied for a post office in 1883, the name had become San Angela, which is grammatically meaningless in Spanish.
The Postal Service rejected this design, but approved the grammatically consistent San Angelo.
38. ALLEN
Ebenezer Allen, a Maine native who moved to Texas in the 1830s, served as Attorney General and Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas, and later promoter of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad. In 1880, Denton, who had outlawed Sam Bass, carried out the first train robbery in Texas at Allen.
39. LEAGUE OF TOWNS
When John C. League purchased the land that is now League City in 1893, it was called Butler’s Ranch. The League bought the land from a man named Muldoon, who relinquished ownership after entering the priesthood.
40. SUGAR LAND
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Sugar Land was once home to a large sugar cane plantation, a raw sugar mill and a sugar refinery, and the Sugar Railroad -Land. In other words, the name was as true as sugar.
41. LONG VIEW
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Impressive views of the outskirts of the city inspired this name. The view from the home of Ossamus Hitch Methvin, from whom the land was bought to expand the South Pacific railroad, was especially breathtaking.
42. MISSION
The mission was founded on 17,000 acres of land purchased from priests of the French Catholic Order of the Oblates of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, who maintained the nearby mission of La Lomita. Founders John G. Conway and James W. Holt followed the example of the former owners by naming the city in 1907.
43. EDINBURGH
Only the letter “h” separates this city from the Scottish one, after which it was named. The name is a tribute to John Young, a 19th-century landowner from the Rio Grande who was born in Edinburgh.
44. BRIAN
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William Joel Bryan donated land for the community, allowing the expansion of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad.
He was also the nephew of Stephen F. Austin.
45. BEIGHTOWN
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The city grew up around an oil refinery that was built in 1919 to process oil from the Goose Creek oilfield located in Tubbs Bay.
46. FARR
Henry N. Farr was a Louisiana sugarcane grower who bought the land that would become the city in 1909, along with John C. Kelly, who generously named the city after his partner.
47. TEMPLE
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Established by the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad as a construction camp, the Temple was named after their chief engineer, Bernard Moore Temple.
48. MISSOURI CITY
Named in 1893 by W.R. McElroy, a real estate developer who hoped it would attract people from the St. Louis area to settle in Texas.
49. FLOWER Mound.
The name comes from a 50-foot, 12-acre mound located on the southeast side of the city, which was covered with native wildflowers called Indian brush.
50. NORTH RICHLAND HILLS
Clarence Jones built his 268 acre dairy farm in 1952 and named it North Richland Hills in imitation of Richland Hills, a neighboring development that North Richland hoped to join.
Shooting America. The most notorious cases of mass shootings in the USA
October 29, 2018, 11:43
Shootings in the USA
Cases of mass shootings in the USA can hardly be called a rarity: such incidents occur monthly and invariably cause a wide public outcry. For decades, Washington has been debating whether restrictions on the proliferation of small arms are acceptable, or, on the contrary, it is necessary to eliminate all barriers to the acquisition of guns and thereby provide more Americans with the means of self-defense. In the meantime, politicians are trying to negotiate among themselves, massacres (also known as “shooting”, from the English shooting, “shooting”) continue.
I. Terrorist Violence
• Washington Snipers
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On October 24, “Washington sharpshooters” John Allen Muhammad (born John Allen Williams), 42, and his adopted son, Lee Boyd Malvo, 17, were arrested.
Muhammad, who converted to Islam in 2001 and joined the Muslim Nation of Islam organization, planned to kill “six white Americans” daily for a month and carry out several terrorist attacks on schools and children’s clinics. After that, the sniper expected to receive a $10 million ransom from the US government for ending terror and use this money to set up a camp for homeless children in Canada to later use them as terrorists.
Muhammad was sentenced to death (and executed on November 10, 2009), Lee Boyd Malvo was sentenced to life imprisonment.
• Shooting at the parade
On May 12, 2013, unidentified gunmen shot the participants of the parade in New Orleans (Louisiana), dedicated to Mother’s Day, which is celebrated in the United States on the second Sunday of May. 19 people were injured, including seven women and two children.
According to witnesses, there were three shooters, but in the end only two young people were arrested – brothers Sean and Akin Scott. Immediately after the attack, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) declared that it was not a terrorist act. “This is a common act of street violence in New Orleans,” said local FBI spokeswoman Mary Beth Romig. A year after the incident, the charges of attempted murder were dropped from the shooters – they were tried only for illegal possession of weapons and drugs.
• ISIS in San Bernardino
On December 2, 2015 in San Bernardino, California, criminals opened fire in the conference room of a center for people with disabilities when a party for government employees was taking place on the premises. 14 people were killed and 17 others were injured. Police pursued and blocked the car of two suspects, 28-year-old Saeed Farouk and his wife, 27-year-old Tashfin Malik. As a result of the shootout, the man and woman were neutralized.
Before committing the crime, Teshfin Malik declared on the social network Facebook about her commitment to the leader of the terrorist organization “Islamic State” (IS, banned in the Russian Federation) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
• Orlando shooting
On June 12, 2016 in Orlando, Florida, a shooting at a gay nightclub called Pulse killed 50 people and injured 53 others. According to police, the shooting was carried out by a lone criminal, 29-year-old American Omar Mateen (Omar Mateen), the son of immigrants from Afghanistan. He was eliminated during the storming of the building by law enforcement forces.
IS claimed responsibility for the attack. It is known that the shooter was a follower of the radical Imam Abu Tabah (Marcus Duane Robertson), who in his sermons called for the killing of gays. At the same time, at least five people associated with the LGBT community told the US media that Omar Mateen was known to them as a frequenter of the Pulse bar and a user of gay dating applications.
• Las Vegas tragedy
On September 28, 2017, 64-year-old retiree Stephen Paddock opened fire from a window on the 32nd floor of the hotel at a music festival that was held about 400 meters from the hotel and entertainment center. complex Mandalay Bay (“Mandalay Bay”) in Las Vegas. As a result, 58 people died and 489 were injured. This incident was the largest mass murder in modern US history.
Paddock committed suicide before the police broke into his room. The FBI believes that the man was not associated with terrorist groups, although the Islamic State immediately after the tragedy said that Paddock was following her orders.
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II. Shootings in schools and universities
• “School shooting”
. As it turned out, the boy, who grew up in a dysfunctional family (his father committed suicide, his mother was an alcoholic), was depressed due to constant bullying at school.
On December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed his mother at home. Then on the same day, he killed 20 children between the ages of five and seven, six adults and wounded two at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Then he committed suicide. Lanza suffered from Asperger’s Syndrome (a mild form of autism characterized by poor socialization). The motive for the crime has not been established.
After the Sandy Hook shooting in Utah, an 11-year-old boy was arrested – he brought a gun to school, fearing a repeat of the tragedy in Connecticut. Later, a schoolboy was arrested, who planned to shoot his classmates and film it. It was assumed that in light of these events, teachers in the United States might be allowed to come to work with weapons. However, this measure was never adopted – schools, colleges and universities are still “gun-free zones”.
• University Murders
On April 16, 2007, at Blacksburg Technological University in Virginia, a 23-year-old student from South Korea, Cho Sung-hee, shot and killed 2 people.
Two years earlier he had been diagnosed with progressive schizophrenia. However, according to state law, he had the right to buy firearms, since he was not in compulsory treatment.
On February 14, 2008, in DeKalb, Illinois, Northern Illinois University graduate Stephen Kazmirzak opened fire in one of the classrooms at the university. As a result, five students died and 15 were injured. Kazmirzak shot himself.
The motive for the crime is unknown. Teachers and fellow students knew Stephen as a talented student, winner of scientific awards and human rights activist.
• College shooting
On October 1, 2015, a man opened fire at a college staff and students in a laboratory building at Umpqua College (near Roseburg, Oregon), killing nine people and injuring seven others. wounds. The suspect, 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer, was shot and killed by police officers who arrived at the scene. According to eyewitnesses, the perpetrator forced some of the students to say who they are by religion, and shot at those who answered that they were Christians.
• Parkland shooting
On February 14, 2018, a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, USA killed 17 people and 14 others were hospitalized. The criminal, Nicholas Cruz, turned out to be a former student of the school, who had previously been expelled for violation of discipline.
The incident sparked a new wave of teenage activism for tougher gun laws and against the gun lobby.
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III. Temple massacres
• Fire on Sikhs
On August 5, 2012, six worshipers were shot and ten people were injured in a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.
According to police, the shooting started around 10:30 local time (19:30 Moscow time), about half an hour before the start of the service. From the account of eyewitnesses it follows that the priest, who was at the entrance to the building, was the first to fall at the hands of the criminal.
After that, the shooter proceeded inside and opened fire on the parishioners, who were waiting for the beginning of the morning prayer.
Wade Michael Page, 40, who opened fire, committed suicide after being shot by a police officer. Page, formerly of the U.S. Army’s Psychological Warfare Special Forces, was a racist leader of a punk band called End Apathy.
• Shooting in Charleston
On June 17, 2015, a white man opened fire with a pistol at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. As a result, nine black parishioners were killed, including a church pastor and a state senator. On June 18, the alleged shooter, 21-year-old Dylan Roof, was arrested in Shelby, North Carolina. According to the authorities, he committed the crime motivated by racial hatred.
During the investigation, the young man confessed that he held racist views and hoped that his actions would “start a war” between whites and blacks.
In about 60 photos he posted on social media, Ruf often posed with the Confederate flag, which was used by southern slave states to fight northerners during the American Civil War from 1861-1865.
In January 2017, Ruf was sentenced to death, in April of the same year his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment without the right to parole.
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• Shooting in the church in Texas
November 5, 2017 26-year-old Devin Kelly opened fire in the first Baptist Church of the town of Sauderend-Surings. state of Texas. At around 11:30 local time (19:30 Moscow time), he entered the temple and started firing at the parishioners. 26 people were killed and 27 others were injured.
The attacker was later found dead in the car.
The shooter previously served in the US Air Force from 2010 to 2014, but was disgraced from the military in disgrace. Texas police believe that the cause of the tragedy in the church could be a family conflict.
• Synagogue shooting
On October 27, 2018, 11 people were killed in a shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During a shootout with police officers who arrived on the scene, the attacker, 46-year-old Robert Bowers, was wounded and taken into custody. In total, six people were injured in the incident, including four policemen.
Prosecutors have charged Bowers with felony and sectarian crimes, the combined sentence of which could be the death penalty.
IV. Military Base Shootings
• On November 5, 2009, psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan (Palestinian-American) shot and killed 13 and wounded 30 fellow soldiers and two civilians at Fort Hood, Texas.
During the detention, he received several wounds, as a result of which he was paralyzed.
The tragedy occurred at the medical center for the examination of military personnel before being sent to Afghanistan and Iraq. At the trial, Hasan stated that religious beliefs pushed him to the crime – he considered the war “an unjust thing” and tried not only to avoid participating in it, but also to protect his brothers in faith. In August 2013, he was sentenced to death.
• On September 16, 2013, in Washington, D.C., at the Navy Yard, where the US Naval Operations Headquarters is located, former military reservist Aaron Alexis opened fire, killing 12 people and injuring more than ten. He himself was killed in a shootout with police. According to experts, the offender suffered from paranoia.
• On April 2, 2014, three people died and 16 were injured as a result of shooting at the Fort Hood military base. The shooter, soldier Ivan Lopez, committed suicide. In 2011, Lopez fought in Iraq and allegedly suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder.