7 TIMES

Erica Marquez portrays a tone in which she's both understanding/lenient with the police that shot Andy Lopez, because of certain circumstances, but at the same time she thinks the the police officer's made a ridiculous reaction to the point where she may even consider that it was a gesture to signify racism. After reading what the news had to say it stated that the boy Andy Lopez was carrying a toy rifle that appeared to be real. The police told Andy to drop his weapon and the first thing Andy did was point his fake rifle to the police. The immediate reaction of the police was to shoot the boy dead on the spot. The boy wasn't just shot once or twice. He was shot 7 TIMES. Erica draws the conclusion that yes the police would have reacted correctly if the rifle was indeed real and loaded, because they'd prevent their lives and other civilians lives from being in danger. Then she states that once shot would have been enough to definitely stop him from causing any harm and even kill him but the report says that the boy was shot 7 TIMES. 7 TIMES was completely unnecessary. The end of her post was probably the most effective way to get her message through. She wrote:

 

''bullet 1. and he was probably down or even dead

bullet 2. definitely dead 

bullet 3. still dead

bullet 4. still dead

bullet 5. still dead

bullet 6. still dead

bullet 7. still dead

WHY 7?''

I think Javi's blog explains the facts in which took place at the scene where the boy was tragically murdered. Erica does state both perspectives as well, but she gave her own personal input in her writing, which I think makes her writing more effective.

VOCABULARY #9

1) Ultimate-(adjective) Being or happening at the end of a process; final: Their ultimate aim was to force his resignation.
2) Interactive-(Adjective) (Of two people or things) influencing or having an effect on each other: Fully sighted children in interactive play with others with defective vision.
3) Principle-(Noun) A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning: The basic principles of Christianity.
4) Guidance-(Noun) Advice or information aimed at resolving a problem or difficulty, especially as  given by someone in authority: He looked to his father for inspiration and guidance.
5) Collaboration-(Noun) The action of working with someone to produce or create something: He wrote an art and architecture in collaboration with John Betjeman.
6) Formative-(Adjective) Serving to form something , especially having a profound and lasting influence on person's development: His formative years.
7) Summative-(Noun) The process of adding things together: The summation of numbers of small pieces of evidence.
8) Intelligence-(Noun) The ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills: An eminent man of great intelligence.
9) Racism-(Noun) The belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races: The isn't as much racism in the US today as there was 40 years ago.
10) Hyperbolic-(Adjective) Having the same relation to rectangular hyperbola as the unqualified function does to a circle: I finally understand the math lesson with the hyperbolic functions.
11) Consent-(Noun) Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something: No change may be made without the consent of all the partners.
12) Doctrine-(Noun)A belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a church, political party, or other group: The doctrine of predestination.
13) Hunch-(Verb) Raise (one's shoulders) and bend the top of one's body forward: He thrust his hands in his pockets, hunching his shoulders.
14) Predominant-(Adjective) Present as the strongest or main element: It's predominant color was white.
15) Discretion-(Noun) The quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information: She knew she could reply on his discretion.
16) Provision-(Noun) The action of providing or supplying something for use: New contracts for the provision of services.
17) Seizure-(Noun) The action of capturing someone or something using force: The seizure of the Assembly Building.
18) Warrant-(Noun) A document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or some other body to make an arrest, search promises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice: Magistrates issued a warrant for his arest.
19) Infraction-(Noun) A violation or infringement of a law, agreement, or set of rules: Commit an infraction and you may end up in the cellar.

WHAT I SEE IS ALL IN MY HEAD

As I did what I was instructed shockingly I didn't see the gorilla walk through the scene in which I was focusing my attention/eyes in. It was surprising to find this out. I was completely unaware. In order for me to see the gorilla I would need to not pay as much close attention to the ball and how/where it moves through out the video. My focus would have to expand to the entire screen.