PLN 14

"Armed standoff With police in Winter park." By Joey Bunch. In this story what mattetred is that the author just needed to get the information out about a standoff and mabye to intrest some people. I always think that these kind of stories are kind of intresting. When I read this two immediate questions came to my mind. Was anyone killed? and Why was there a standoff in the first place? I really hope there was not anyone killed, that would horrible. It's not fair that some person trying to make a quick buck would kill an innocent police man trying to do his job. I'm not really sure what I think of this story but whoever was shhoting at the police got what he deserved.

PLN 13

In the article "Boyfriend arrested in murder of Brighton woman." By Kirk Mitchell, In this article it mattered that the man who killed his girlfriend in more senseless violence. The article did not go into much detail, but it sounds like more crime for no reason. In this story it was different than my last ones, the loved one did the killing. He lost his girlfriend, but because he killed her not someone else. It surprises me that a man would do that just out of the blue. He was probably the killer because he was the one to be last seen with her. I quite honestly am sick of all this nonsense and violence. My question is why?, why would you kill your girlfriend? That makes no sense to me, I guess I have a lot to learn. In this story there was a killing that was for no reason and basically should not have been committed. 

PLN 12

"Sheridan teacher charged in child sex case." By the Denver post. In this story it mattered that a teacher that had sex with a child was arrested and jailed. Once again there was an illegal doing here and someone did something horrible for pleasure. I think it ridiculous that a teacher would actually sleep with another student. I mean come on she was probably giving him an A and he was probably not doing a thing to deserve the grade he was getting. By sleeping with the teacher it disrupts his learning and that will hurt him later in life. I think it is pro postures that a teacher would even think of doing that. The teacher is hurt by this because she is suspended and not being paid, but it hurts the kid even more because it is likely that he is not learning and doing his own work. 

PLN 11

In the article Memorial to Loveland shooting victim disappears, by the associated press. in this story it matters that as if it wasn't bad enough that a kid was killed, but his memorial was taken, that's just horrible. In this story, like my others, it is mostly about senseless crime and violence. What did this child do to deserve this? He probably didn't do anything to who ever killed him. It was probably just some gang annotation. That's what I think, but another brother or sister or mom or dad lost someone they loved because of something really stupid. Our economy is having a hard time, and on top of that this kids parents have to have a funeral. That is just plain and simply not fair. I don't think any violence is right so we really need to try to stop it all together. So many families are losing people they love.

PLN 10

Denver drive-by shooter kills victim,by Kieran Nicholson. In this story it mattered that there is probably a gang member that once again killed someone for no random reason. If you read my previous PLN's you will se a lot of deaths in them. Most of them were random and very violent. The boy was just walking down a street and was shot with his two friends and was shot, as it says in the article. But, in this story the police are doing something to find him instead of blowing it off which makes me happy to see them working. That proves that they are taking these crimes very seriously and want to put a stop to it, which also matters to the author. I think as well as the author that we need to put the criminals in jail and keep the good people safe.

PLN 9

Suspected illegal immigrant arrested in AVON Chase. By the associated press. In this story it mattered that an illegal immigrant who was in possession of drugs and drunk driving was caught and arrested. It is people like this that make America a worse place to live and it needs to be stopped. In the story it said he had cocaine and was drunk driving and that is just ridiculous. Those are two things that are really dangerous and bad for you. This effects everyone around him, he could have crashed into someone and killed them and them someone would loose a family member. it is not fair to the world around him when they are abiding by the law and he is doing a lot of things against it. The only way we could stop these mind-less crimes and we could make check points where drivers have to stop and take a test. I think it ridiculous what this fool did and i'm glad he is in prison.

PLN8

In Kirk Mitchell's article “Man struck by freight train in Colorado Springs” what mattered to him was to raise awareness about how dangerous trains and being by their tracks can really be. I honestly don’t know how you get killed by a train because you shouldn’t even be by them in the first place. In his article he states “486 people died and 393 were injured while trespassing railroad property in the U.S. He is trying to get people to think twice about going to a train track because it can be potentially life treating. In the article Lt. Julie stone states “ You can never assume any tracks are safe.” Mitchell is trying to show people that it is extremely dangerous. Mitchell is trying to stress that no one is safe when they are on or around train or train tracks. 

PLN7

In the story called “ Aurora murder fugitive captured in Kansas" by Kirk Mitchell the author’s goal was to inform the public that a criminal has been captured. He wanted to excite the people that were reading the story and let them know that good guys win and bad guys lose. He also wanted to remind people about the crime that was committed four years prior. Don’t get me wrong, what happened to this man who was shot and killed, was horrible. But that was a while ago and Mitchell wanted to write a good story about a murder investigation. I myself found it fairly interesting that this man who killed somebody evaded authorities for four years.

It also seems that the author was trying to portray that the authorities didn’t quite know what they were up against and under estimated the challenge. As an example, Mitchell pointed out that the marshals didn’t really know where the fugitive’s Mom was living.