Jordan Fuller

 Discharged from Marines for throwing a tray at a drill instructor  Lived with his mother and grandmother  Married at 17 to a women he met in a juvenile correctional center, divorced her  Assaulted his girlfriend  Multiple fights and arguments with neighbors

 Believed Obama was trying to take away his gun rights  Believed that the government was being controlled by Zionists  Believed that an economic collapse was coming that would result in civil war  Was a white supremacist and a member of multiple websites

 Dismissed from the marines for throwing a tray at a drill sergeant  Met his first wife at a juvenile correctional center  Violated an order of protection on his ex girlfriend  Arguments and fights with neighbors  Verbally assaulted a black man by shouting racial slurs

 This was his most recent crime  Shot and killed three police officers  Seriously injured 2

 Eyewitness testimony, he was in a standoff with the police it was very obvious it was him  Bullet casings were collected from the scene, over 600 shots were fired between Poplawski and the SWAT team  Forensic evidence, not extremely necessary because it was clearly him

 He was sentenced to three counts of death by lethal injection (no nickname given)

 “Tell my wife and kids I love them” – Officer Kelly (one of the victims)  “After all three officers were down and incapacitated, he thought it was a good idea to shoot into them… just to make sure” – Mark Tranquillli (Deputy District Attorney)

I think that the theory that best describes Richard Poplawski would be labeling theory. I think that labeling theory best describes him because he was thrown into the system when he was just a young adult. I feel that he was probably treated like a deviant or criminal his entire life. I think the idea was pounded into his head even more when he was discharged from Marines. I think that he is almost a perfect example of secondary labeling theory because he did a deviant act and was labeled for it. I think that this label he may have received when he was younger stayed with him for the rest of his life.

I feel that because of the label he received as a younger person he felt that he was not a normal person. I think that this may have made it easier for him to snap the way he did. I do not feel that the label is what made him snap I think it just made it easier for him. I do not think that he was mentally all there and so when he snapped the people that were around suffered because of it. Because I think that he accepted the label that he was a deviant he was made more able to do the awful things that he did.

 Because the crimes that he committed were relatively recent there are no cultural references other than being covered in the local news and media outlets.