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This is the blog of The Renaissance Charter School's senior elective class, "Delving Into Documentaries." This blog was put together in the spring semester. In the fall semester, we watched Food, Inc.; Forks Over Knives; GasLand; and An Inconvenient Truth. Students wrote reflection papers, journal entries, and essays. Instead of these assignments, this semester, students will write on this blog. After each film, they will post a review/critique. Each week, they will post a response to a controversial question related to the film we are currently studying. Visit our Wiki to learn more!

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Reflection#3: The times of Harvey Milk


The ending to this amazing journey through Harvey's life to me, was heartbreaking. Harvey obviously was a great man and had  a lot going for him  he had a bunch to conquer and he had many followers. Therefore the envy someone could have for him, is somewhat understandable, but to kill an innocent man and then he was not charged for a proper sentence is horrifying. Off the bat, he had a weapon, he broke into a public building, he shot someone which is man slaughter, he choose to shoot a political person which is worst and he shot a gay man, which can be taken as a hate crime. All of those sencerios together just should put him away for life. The fact that he wasn't, and Harvey is dead and it seemed like no justice was served proved a horrible ending to such a great story.
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  1. UnknownMarch 4, 2013 at 12:16 AM

    I completely agree with you. Dan White should of been life sentenced. It was simply not fair but since we are talking about an old generation the rules were clearly different and unjust.

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  2. UnknownMarch 4, 2013 at 5:43 PM

    I love the emotion you showed here. It is obvious that the documentary had a great impact on you, and the death of Harvey affected you greatly. Why do you think that he wasn't sentenced even after he committed those crimes?

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