The world has been caught off guard by all the shootings taking place all over the U.S. It has an effect on not only our own thinking, but the thinking of the shooters we see in the numerous slayings. This shows how disturbing these shootings are to our society as a whole. Almost every one of these kids has a reason for shooting up there schools, and it isn't like they were left to starve as small children, or had to live in a cardboard box. It usually starts with teasing or some type of mental abuse. Something that would usually seem completely harmless can wind up in a school shooting. As I continued on with my research I notice that some parents feel that when children wear uniform to school they will be safe. To me that's not true because several students have been jumped on or shot because of what school they went to.
For example, at our basketball game against North Lawndale College Prep there was a student named Jermaine Winfield who was shot in the leg after the game. Meanwhile, two 16-year-old Collins students were cited in a juvenile petition with simple battery in connection with the shooting. At the time of the shooting our school was getting on the bus heading back to our school when North Lawndale and Collins was fighting on our bus. When the shooting started the shots from the gun sounded like a cap gun, also the squad car that was at our game he didn't do anything, he just stayed in his car and called for back up. What's the point in having police to help our community, the only time the police shows up is when a white man or women gets robbed killed or rape. Why can't we get the same treatment there are kids who are trying to make something out of their life besides sell drugs and kill innocent people
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