Section A02
“Empire of Death and the plague of
civic violence” is an article by Darrel Y. Hamamoto, about the research of
different types of murders and the possible causes. Through the different
examples of murder cases, there is an obvious relationship between militarized
society and the rise of serial and mass murder. In cases such as Charles Joseph
Whitman, Jack Wayne reeves, and Richard Munoz Ramirez, they were all U.S.
Military veterans. Many times murders like them blame it on post-traumatic
stress disorder caused from their military service in Vietnam War. What’s
infuriating is the see the government lessen the punishment, in Ramirez case,
“was granted a presidential pardon that allied him to escape punishment” even
after all the atrocities he had committed against Asian women. The crimes
committed on Vietnam women in America, reflected the crimes committed in the
Vietnam War. However, it was not surprising to me that mass murderer is
predominately white and male. For centuries white supremacists have conducted
many violent acts on people of other races, the extermination of native
American, the murders executed by the KKK and other hate crimes. What’s more
frustrating is the ongoing indifference allowing whites to get away with the
crimes they committed and avoid proper punishment. The quote that leaves me
thinking the most is “Killing… stands as the core of what it means to live in a
human society.”
Question: What is the U.S. Military response to the
affiliation of ex militarily men and murder cases and are they doing anything
about it?
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