Violence in our city A person experiences violence regardless of his or her geographical location. Violence is catastrophic, toxic and dramatically impactful on a community. Violence is a product of misbehavior and lack of emotional outlets. People bring violence to the streets of Chicago because they believe that actions speak louder than words. People solve confrontation on the streets with the pull of a trigger rather than taking a minute to talk it out. Many Chicagoans have become numb to the headlines that read- “40 shot and 4 killed this weekend” or “She didn’t have a chance.” Chicagoans shake their heads and scoff, while saying “There goes another one.” How could traumatic events become ordinary? Community members continuously march for justice and peace in their neighborhoods while city officials create new programs and jobs to keep young …show more content…
Being unable to think complexly limits the amount of possible solutions to a problem. Violence is the popular solution to many problems because it is the easiest. But to think at a more complicated level, one must possess cognitive skills. However, most shooters thinking in such a way lack cognitive skills and related to their development. Therefore, it is a cause and effect situation leading to the pull of the trigger. Shooters pull the trigger back for a quick resolution and euphoric rush, which is only temporary. Then, subsequently, they feel nothing more than shame as their punishment is set before them. Flamo says it’s best in The Interrupters (2011) when he reflects on his life, “Like, wasn’t none of that worth it. ‘Cause out all the stuff I had to do and done back then, I ain’t got nothin’ to show for. None that I done negative. My friends in jail. My friends, drug addicts or whatever.” This proves that in the moment it may seem to be the best solution, but it is not. The shooters need to think long term and
The increase in population due to the Great Migration led Chicago to be the nation’s fastest growing city. In the city, homicide rates increased dramatically. The nature of homicide among African Americans in Chicago changed when the traditional impulsive violence between young boys became family violence or fights with acquaintances. Essentially, the Southern African Americans who moved to northern cities for freedom still experienced discrimination in jobs and housing from whites living in the neighborhoods prior. Many of them became frustrated about this and proceeded to demonstrate that through violence. In result of the increased violence, juvenile courts were developed. To address the concerns of juvenile delinquency, Chicago initially advocated courts to punish them for the acts of violence. The courts were filled with cases of violence between races due to the increasing racial tensions in neighborhoods throughout Chicago. Often, racist comments would be made, or an African American would fight against segregation or speak out and there would be a fight. Acts of violence became more and more common throughout the city and the juvenile courts were only one way to attempt to solve it. In Standing at Armageddon: A Grassroots History of the Progressive Era, it is said that the violence in Chicago was “the
As us Americans we are actually making the stereotype of we always carry guns around sound true to the rest of the world considering that, we are the “31% percent of all public mass shootings which at least four people are killed.” (TheWeek.com) But under a broader definition USA counted 346 mass shootings including shooting deaths of four or more victims in a 17- year period. The worst part about this information is this year we already have recorded 249 mass shootings in about 7 months close to the same amount USA counted over 17 years! This is a problem that must be solve for the safety in this country but also prevent more mass shooting from happening. “According to a Mother Jones study: Only 23 percent have been treated for mental illness.” ( Gallagher )
Kinston, North Carolina, a small southern city, with approximately 21,000 residents, was once very bright and prosperous. Recently, named one of North Carolina's top 10 most dangerous cities, Kinston has become a hub for constant violence throughout schools and neighborhoods. Kinston’s violence primarily stems from the lack of opportunities the youth have been granted. Gun and gang violence, prevalent throughout Kinston's low income and impoverished neighborhoods, have created a fearful environment in which the youth cannot prosper nor improve their circumstantial backgrounds. Losing several friends and classmates to violence it has widely affected the youth in my community making them more susceptive to retaliation. Kinston’s negative persona
Attention Getter: Are all the officers who are intended to "Protect and Serve" really following through with that?
On a sunny spring day in April 1999, a suburban school named Columbine High in Littleton, Colorado found itself under attack by two of its own students. (http://www.knowgangs.com) In less than fifteen minutes of the first lunch period on that Tuesday, two armed students killed thirteen and wounded twenty-one fellow classmates before they turned the guns on themselves - the most devastating school shooting in U.S. history. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the only school shooting; about thirty-five students die every year from school shootings. This generation comes from violence, hatred, and ignorance- the three principal factors that cause school shootings.
The right to bear arms is guaranteed in the constitution by the Second Amendment. Liberals are looking to amend the constitution any way they can. They want to ban handguns or at least restrict sales. Studies have shown that gun control cannot stop people from committing the crime.
There are many different types of school violence. The one that gets the most public attention is school shootings. The term school shooting is basically defined as an act where a student, school staff member, or intruder from the outside commits an act on the school campus. One of the most well known school shootings took place at Columbine High School near Littleton, Colorado. On a Tuesday April 20,1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, students at Columbine High School, took the lives of thirteen other students before taking the lives of their own. When we think of events like this, we have many questions that go through our mind. Thoughts like why did this happen, could it have been prevented, and how did impact the individuals involved just to name a few. There are probably several more thoughts that go through the minds of a nation when we hear about traumatic evens such as a school shooting.
Guns do not cause violence, although guns are the tool that it is done with. Guns should not be banned, or made illegal. A gun can never kill simply because it is a firearm. There must always be a person behind that weapon with intent to do harm for it to be apart of violence. America is also a country founded upon the ideas that we have the right to not only defend ourselves from others, but defend ourselves from unfair governments and policing's.
Gun Control The topic of gun control has always been a touchy issue. The people for gun control will argue that taking away guns will decrease crime and homicide. The people against gun control will argue that guns are used for protection.
Today kids worry about the quiet ones all of a sudden snapping and committing a mass shooting, the generation before us never had to worry about that occurring frequently, why? It’s because the importance of mental health is being neglected; “In Generation X, the use of mental health care services decreased by 16%...” (Psychological Today), instead of worrying about gun violence in schools; let’s reach out and talk to that kid with no friends, or stand up to the bullies that pick on the kid, th kids that generally end up being an potential shooter. Guns aren’t the ones pulling the trigger, people kill people, hatred spurs abuse to bring a gun to school and hurt other children. Additionally, the gun does not possess any hate, a gun is made
Highland High School, Forest High School, Great Mills High school are just the names of the few school shooting happened this year. There are a total of 21 school shootings in the past five months. Which is about one shooting per week. Impacting families and friends and the safety of other students every week. In attempt to solve this on going issue, thought and prayers are what people doing.
In South Carolina, a two year old managed to get a hold of a gun and accidentally shoot their grandmother ( Ingraham ). Stories like these makes it clear that not everyone can be responsible enough to become gun owners. These days, there isn’t much that’s required from a person to purchase a weapon. So it should not be a surprise for us when a deadly weapon gets into the a wrong hands. Because of this, the United States is notorious for their massacres with the murderer legally purchasing their weapons. So in conclusion, the second amendment should be tightened because it’ll prevent accidental shootings, school shootings, and massacres.
Many people side against the idea that guns make our society a safer place to live. Sarah Boseley, a health editor, wrote an article about a group of scientists who looked at many different countries to see if any correlation stood between guns and safety. She says that scientists have found that “... the US, with the most guns per head in the world, has the highest rate of deaths from firearms, while Japan, which has the lowest rate of gun ownership has the least. (Boseley)” This evidence shows that the scientists have found that more guns leads to a higher death rate making society a more dangerous place. A strength of this source is how the editor shows where she got her information, but a weakness is the fact that she uses a counterargument.
Literature Review Police Violence (Definition) Police violence towards african-americans is a major problem. Also referred to as police brutality, it is a misconduct by members of the police community towards a civilian. More specifically, it is “the use of excessive and unnecessary force by a police officer” (LegalDictionary 2017). There are many ways in which police brutality can happen.
Several years ago, technology and child’s play were not such as extremely developed as today. Thousands of teenagers have video game as their primary form of entertainment at home. The disagreement about violent video games is because they focus on several subjects such as violence scenes, pornographic content, racism and other resources. For many years, researchers have been debating if video games can cause dependence or not. However, an expert, Jack Flanagan believes video games have a really negative effect on a person’s life and even for children. Jack states that video game addiction exists, and can have the same effects as drugs and alcohol (Netzley 36-37). This shows that video game addiction can be like other addictions