After watching the interrupters I was shocked to see how
much violence there really was in lower income neighborhoods. What stood out to
me that most was how people were sheading blood over a five dollar bag of weed
or because someone said something they didn’t like. Mathews said “Words well
get you killed.” And he was right. People in these neighborhoods don’t think
before they act they just retaliate and even if that meant shooting and
ending a young man’s life. It was hard
to see all of those young kids getting drug into the street and in the middle
of conflicts. If they are trying to cut down on violence then I think they need
to stop exposing the young children to it. I do believe that the interrupters
are having a positive impact on the children and helping them to not choose the
path of violence.
I agree that it is hard to believe was that there were so many problems over little things. The people don't think before they act, they don't think about the families of the young men and woman that they were killing, they were just reacting. I also agree with you on how to stop the violence by not exposing kids to it, if the community could manage to save their children, then eventually the violence would stop. I think ceasefire has a good impact on the community too. I think that their methods may be a little weak sometimes but they are doing the best and contributing well to their community with what they can.
ReplyDeleteI agree that they were fighting over small things. In a way its like they were trying to pick fights because thats all they really know how to do.
ReplyDeleteI agree that they have petty agruments that turn into something violent when it really shouldnt even be a fight at all.
ReplyDeleteI agree that they will get into fights over something that isn't of significant value. I also think that the interrupter are having a positive effect on he communit.
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