Issues surrounding gun violence have been prevalent for decades, however in recent years the crime rates have spiked drastically due to gang violence. These gangs are involved in a host of different crimes like homicides and the illegal sale of narcotics. Street gangs are setting up shop in predominantly Black communities threatening the lives of many innocent civilians. As if the presence of gang activity in these communities isn’t bad enough, these gangs are robbing young girls and boys of their future often recruiting them involuntarily. It is extremely important for the citizens of these gang-infested areas to grasp the totality of the issue and decide to fight against it despite feelings of hopelessness.
Robert Thompson and Jon Venables: Robert Thompson and Jon Venables were both 10 years old when they abducted and killed two-year-old James Bulger in 1993. The young boys snatched the toddler from a shopping mall while his mother was inside a store, and took him on a 2.5-mile walk across Liverpool. The boys were seen walking by approximately 38 people, but many assumed he was their younger brother. Venables and Thompson took Bulger to a railway line where they tortured and brutally attacked the toddler. Bulger suffered multiple skull fractures from blows to the head, and was sexually abused by the two older boys.
In August 1993, Vikernes stabbed Euronymous to death outside his apartment in Oslo. He was arrested a few days later and, in May 1994, was sentenced to 21 years in prison for both the murder and the church arsons. The opening track on Filosofem, "Burzum", was the first song Vikernes wrote as Burzum. It had been
Richard Speck Richard Speck killed eight nurses in a senseless slaughter in 1966. On the morning of July 14, 1966 Richard Speck entered a south Chicago dormitory at gunpoint, where he robbed, brutalized, raped and murdered eight student nurses between the ages of 19-24. ("Richard Speck," par.8) During Specks murder spree, he failed to notice that he had missed a ninth girl that lived in the house. (par. 8)Ironically, the girl that Speck missed (twenty-three year old, Corazon Amuraro) is the one that had initially opened the door to Speck when he targeted the townhouse.
Due to this, the number of pharmacists in the state of New York more than tripled during the Prohibition era. For people unable to get a hold of medicinal whiskey and such, there were illegal ways to drink during Prohibition. Organized crime began to flourish in large cities where crime bosses, such as Al Capone, had noticed the incredibly high demand for alcohol and the extremely limited access for the average citizen. This presented lucrative opportunities for gangsters to take over the import, manufacture, and distribution of liquor. Al Capone, and many other criminal groups during this time, were able to build their criminal empires mainly on profits from illegal
Parenting. This word strikes fear in a number of young parents because it’s a whole new level of responsibility; many worry that they will not be good parents and will not be able to raise their child properly. Rex and Rose Mary Walls, from Jeannette Walls’ memoir The Glass Castle, are extremely strange people who live their life differently and it would seem like raising children would be a failure for them, but in the end, their kids grow up to be very decent adults. Both of Rex and Rose Mary are good parents because they demonstrate that they care about their kids very much, they raised them to be smart and able to see things for more than they are. The first thing that makes a good parent is not how you discipline your child or what classes they take, but it is to show that you care about them.
In reference to drugs, that would mean we as US citizens would have a legal right to buy, use, sell, and outright possess a certain amount of an illicit drug without penalty. Being that cocaine is addictive and destructive in large and repeated doses, I am against legalizing cocaine. The increased levels of ruthless behavior, overdoses, drug wars, and overall decline in the neighborhood across the country would be devastating. The inner cities would suffer an even greater decline in despair and hopelessness due to the streets being overly infested with open drug dealing. Although illegal activities occur on a daily basis, I think if cocaine was legal, people would be dying in the streets.
Not only are these crimes becoming violent and involving money, guns, and sex, but also murder. Financing these activities exceed national levels of debt; Worldometers real time world statistics reports that $329,576,150,900 and counting have been spent on illegal drugs this year (Worldometers Statistics, 2012) The amplitude of this problem has become out of reach for our neighbors, state and local drug agencies, Federal Drug Enforcement, national and transnational Security this problem has to be regulated, enforced
This action stated as part of the prohibition and has caused the American society to suffer from huge social disorders. Among all of these the most controlling and still strong organization is the mob. They are a group of individuals that will be around to contribute to the errors of the United States for a long time. From this point on people have seen that the mob will be part of this country forever and that America is a nation that is influenced strongly by organized crime since its upbringing in the “noble experiment” that was the Prohibition (Clark 220-229). Prohibition has left a legacy that is reflected until this very day from the organized crime to the narcotic problem the US has now.
For years, the media’s perspective of the Jane and Finch community can be understood by the saying, ‘the glass half empty rather than half full”. In other words, the community is seen as one ridden with gang culture, drugs and corruption to the fullest extent due to the predominance of violence and poverty. Although the occurrence of violence is rare and momentary; it is the sole focus of the media who blows it out of proportion. Hence, the community of Jane and Finch is illustrated as an impoverished neighbourhood affiliated with gang violence almost reflexively. In contrast, the public is constantly trying to redeem the destructive stereotype cast by the media.