Richmond Shooting Essay

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Investigators say as many as 20 people were involved in or stood and watched the gang rape of a 15-year old girl outside a California high school homecoming dance Saturday night. As many as 10 people were involved in a dimly lighted back alley at the school, while another 10 people watched without calling 911 to report it. According to Gagan, “ as people announced over time that this was going on, more people came to see, some actually participated” (qtd. in “Police: As many as 20 present at gang rape outside school dance”). This is a horrible crime that nobody would want to be a victim of, but you may be asking yourself, why didn’t anybody call 911 or go, and help her? This 15-year-old girl’s environment had a major impact on the outcome of her crime; therefore, the crime was not reported until two and a half hours later. In the Richmond case, all the environmental factors were already there the 15-year-old girl was just caught up in the middle of it. “Last weekend’s gang rape at Richmond High School; was almost bound to happen. All it needed was a spark- the elements were already there” (Police 1). School officials knew that this spot was the perfect spot to commit crimes, extra precaution needed to take place to prevent such things from happening. According to Kevin Fagan, “The courtyard where the attack erupted was the most infamous spot on campus, an out of the way, poorly lit venue for gang initiations and dopers lighting up joints” (2). The city of Richmond is a poor, gang filled city with high crime and the 15-year old girl was an innocent victim of it just trying to fit in and feel accepted by her peers. “As for the suspects: They were a mix of the bad boys, the wannabe bad boys, and the hardened, grown-up bad boys who had aged out of school” (Fagan 2). This is a bad combination for a bad situation. The attack could have been part of a gang initiation of

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