Feds Take Further Look into Kendrick Johnson Case:

Finally, 10 months after the mysterious death of 17 year old Kendrick Johnson, a federal investigator is taking a further look into the case.  The teen mysteriously died last December in the gym of Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia.  Kendrick’s parents and family members have been strongly pushing the last 10 months for the case to be reinvestigated.  Kendrick was found dead last December, when his body was discovered in a rolled up gym mat.  His family had been suspicious that someone has murdered Kendrick, and was just trying to cover up the evidence.

To me, it sounds fairly obvious that if you found someone’s body rolled up inside of a gym mat, that they had been murdered.  I don’t think it should have taken authorities almost 10 months to realize that this was no accident.  Although it took a while, Kendrick’s family is still very thankful the case is under investigation.

The body was found on December 11^th, almost 10 months ago, which was wedged into a rolled up wrestling mat in the high school’s gymnasium.  Blood had soaked his face, shirt, pants, hair, and even started to spill out between the mats.  Within just 24 hours of finding the body, the local police department ruled that they thought there had been no foul play.  This seems like way to little time to know for sure if it was an accident or not.  Police should have talked to his friends, family, and teacher to know more about Kendrick before they could make such a curtail judgment call.  There had even been blood stains on a nearby wall, which police said was unrelated to the case.  Shoes that Kendrick were wearing were not even taken as evidence which came as a huge shock.

The family’s lawyer also suspected a violation of civil rights, asking local investigators if they took Kendrick Johnsons case seriously enough.  Authorities replied by saying that they did try their best to find out what happened, but simply couldn’t get enough evidence.  The Lowndes county police ruled that the case was merely nothing but an accident, and put the case aside. Kendrick’s mom later said that her, along with her family, are very happy that the case is being reinvestigated and that all they have ever wanted to know was the truth behind Kendrick’s death.  Police first believed that Kendrick had suffocated while reaching for a sneaker he dropped, but authorities are now thinking otherwise.

Doctors went back after performing an autopsy to perform yet another one to see how Kendrick died, but found his organs had not been replaced.  The body had been stuffed with newspapers, leaving the organs nowhere to be found.  This added onto the family’s suspicions, angering them more to uncover the truth.  Kendrick’s story was spread all over by his family and the news, and was eventually put under reinvestigation which made Kendrick’s family extremely joyful.  The case is just staring to be reinvestigated on the federal level and new clues will soon be discovered.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/31/justice/georgia-gym-mat-death/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Pearson, Michael, Michael Pearson Reported, Wrote From Atlanta; Victor Blackwell Reported from Valdosta. Devon Sayers, and MaryLynn Ryan Also. "Federal Prosecutor Will Look into Kendrick Johnson Case." CNN. Cable News Network, 31 Oct. 2013. Web. 31 Oct. 2013.

LAX Gunman Targets TSA:

Anthony Ciancia was the man who allegedly opened fire inside of the Los Angeles International Airport this Friday.  Later is was discovered the man didn’t target anyone but the airports TSA agents.  A handwritten letter was later found in a bag at the airport that was written by Ciancia.  The letter that was later discovered was clearly written by Ciancia authorities said, and went into depth about who he was targeting and was said to be a suicide note as well.

The hand written letter was found in a bag at the airport which was said to be dropped by Ciancia.  In the letter, he said that he planned to kill several TSA agents at the airport and said he wanted to “instill fear on your traitorous minds”.  The note addressed his hatred toward TSA officers.

Ciancia entered the airport just after 9am Friday morning wearing dark clothes and armed with a pistol.  Authorities still know nothing about the driver of the vehicle. When Ciancia first entered the airport he shot TSA agent Gerardo Hernandez at point blank range, then fired again, killing him.  Hernandez was the first TSA agent killed since 9/11, when the group was formed.  He then walked through crowds of people in panic, asking them if they were TSA or not.  Police made it to Ciancia where they shot him in the leg, then in the head.  He is still in critical condition at a local hospital.  If Ciancia lives, and is found guilty, he will face life in prison or even the death penalty depending on what the verdict is.

The note that was written by ciancia and found in a bag at the scene resembled a suicide note.  The note also shared Ciancias hatred toward the TSA and explained how he didn’t want to hurt anyone else.  The thing that doesn’t make sense is why he had this strong hatred toward the TSA in the first place.  What had they done to enrage him so much when they were only trying to make people safe?

Ciancias background is being investigated and they already know a lot about the man.  Hopefully he makes it out alive and goes through a fair trial.  Then he will receive the penalty he deserves and will be locked up for the remainder of his life.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lax-shooting-gunman-kill-tsa-agents-20131103,0,6151093.story?track=rss#axzz2jcYZSvHo

Mather, Kate. "LAX Shooting: Gunman Wanted to Kill Several TSA Agents, Complaint Says." Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 03 Nov. 2013. Web. 03 Nov. 2013.

Many Killed as Thai Ferry Sinks:

Near a tourist resort named Pattaya, just off the coast of Thailand and overcrowd ferry boat sank.  So far, 6 people have died and another 15 people were seriously injured.  Three Thais, two Russians, and a Chinese were killed after the ferry sank.  Among the people injured there is a Russian boy who is in critical condition.

The ferry is has two stories, to hold a large number of tourists, but this can be really unsafe in the event of an emergency.  The ferry had engine issues which cause the boat to sink while off the coast of Thailand.  The ferry had several people on board, making it hard for crew members and emergency boats to be able to help everyone on board.  In addition, there weren’t even close to as much life vests of the ferry as there should have been.

Some people had to hang onto coolers, ice containers or even parts of the boat before rescuers could make it.  Some weren’t as lucky and didn’t have anything to hold onto, and were stuck treading water.  The boat not having enough life vests makes it seem like they don’t really care about the safety of the people on board and only care about making a profit by packing their boat full of people.  All of these boats and ferries need to have more than enough safety vests and other equipment needed to ensure that nothing like this should happen again.  There should even be a law that says that they should have to have enough safety equipment for everyone or they shouldn’t be allowed to go out.

Television cameras were capturing the moment as safety boats were taking people to safety.  There were several ambulances on shore helping those who were in need.  Some people weren’t saved soon enough, and six were killed from the accident, leaving many more injured.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-24796181

"Several Killed as Thai Ferry Sinks off Pattaya." BBC News. BBC, 03 Nov. 2013. Web. 03 Nov. 2013.