So far, I've written 2 drafts of my research paper, interviewed a friend who grew up in Camden who was shot at 16 (and wrote a paper about it), and now I am reading scores of online articles and blogs to summarize for the next paper, due Thursday. It's intense.
But for me (and many, many other city dwellers), this is not just a topic that is to be researched and discussed at academic institutions.
This is reality.
Just last week, a woman we know was shot in the back and is currently paralyzed from the waist down. She is a young woman, with a small daughter and a family. She was shot over an argument about a place in line.
We hear similar stories 1-2 times a week in Harrisburg, and this is just a small city. I know the problem is even more intensified in some of the big cities. I'm reading a lot about youth violence in Chicago...from Sept. '07-Dec.'08 over 500 children were shot in the city.
When will it end- and how?
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