No one, white or black, is immune from the devastating violence that is permeating our once proud city.
I have been reading posts from the Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press, and what I have found is really pathetic. All you see is white folks blaming ALL of the black folks for this terrible tragedy, and black folks telling white folks that these boys basically got what they deserved by crossing the imaginary white/black line.
What is this world coming to? Specifically, what is our region coming to?
These two young men did not deserve to die in this manner. Just like the many black kids who are gunned down every day, a precious lives are being lost over silly and material things. Two young men stripped of their clothing; made to kneel to the ground as if they’re in prayer; then getting a bullet put into the back of their heads? Really.
Our society has really gone in the toilet. Who can we blame? Whites … blacks….government….parents….cable TV….video games? People in the Detroit are living in virtual prisons….in their own homes. If you come outside of your home, you are basically risking your life. Violent crime is increasing at the same time that police reserves are decreasing.
What are the solutions? It’s getting to a point of hopelessness in the city. Don’t be surprise if Gov. Rick Snyder sends in the National Guard at some point to try and restore some semblance of order in this city.
Two more lives gunned down. Shameful.
S.Ray Harris, CEO
Live From Detroit
www.livefromdetroit.biz/blog/
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