A kid walks down the crowded hallway at
school. He is late to his class so he is
going as fast as he can. In his hurry,
he accidentally bumps into another kid.
The other kid backs off and starts yelling at the first one. He asks why he bumped into him, and was he trying to start
something? The first kid hastily
apologizes as he turns and starts to race down the hall toward his third period
class. The second kid takes this the
wrong way and pulls out a handgun, the crowd around him quickly disperses as
they see the gun. He aims his gun at the
first kid and says take this you punk!
He quickly pulls the trigger several times, the bullets tearing through
the first's body. He falls to the
ground, dead. Things like this happen
every day. Kids hurting other kids, it's
not something that should be happening.
Because of things like this, there are many rules and regulations at
schools and other places that there wasn't before. Youth violence happens every day and it is
tearing society apart.
A lot of crimes now days are committed by kids,
people under the age of 21. They do all
sorts of crime, they murder one another, they steal things, they paint graffiti
on the wall. Crime is worse than it ever
has been. It used to be the mob that
people were scared of, now it's the gangs.
If you cross a member of a gang, you can bet that his friends will get
you back for him. Gang wars are
especially dangerous, it starts with just two people, one from one gang and one
from another gang. One of them does
something to the other, like stab him, and then the victim's friends will get
the attacker. It continues to escalate
until it is all out war. Stopping gang
wars is just one small step to stopping youth violence.
Gangs are not the only youth's who commit
crime. There are tons of kids who steal
from stores, do and sell drugs, vandalize buildings and a lot of other things
as well. These kids are just as large of
a problem as the gang members are. Some
kids think that stealing a candy bar here, a pair of jeans there, is totally
harmless. They think that they aren't
stealing that much, so it doesn't really matter. Or some kids think that they are beautifying
the city by painting on the sides of buildings.
Both are wrong, what they are doing is a crime. They shouldn't be doing it, and have got to
stop. A lot of kids complain that they
have no freedom, or that there are to many rules and restrictions at school or
in society. The reason that there are so
many rules and restrictions is because of all the youth crime there is. If kids would learn to stop stealing, doing
drugs, being in gangs and all of the other crimes they do, a lot of the rules
and restrictions would be lifted and they would have more freedom.
At school, kids are not allowed to wear hats or
bandannas. They cannot wear these
because they are "gang" related.
Many gangs have formed, most have their own special colors, almost like
school colors. They were their gang
colors with pride as school kids wear their school colors with pride. When one group of kids from one gang, sees
another group of kids from another gang, fighting can occur. Sometimes the fighting can lead to more
serious stuff like stabbings, shootings, and murders. Because of youth violence, there are many
restrictions at school.
A kid walks down the crowded hallway at
school. He is late to his class so he is
going as fast as he can. In his hurry,
he accidentally bumps into another kid.
The second kid backs off and says that he is sorry. The first one apologizes in turn and they
both turn away from each other without another word. What could have been a disaster was diverted,
with a little common courtesy a conflict was resolved. This is how it could be, should be. Everyone should treat each other with
respect. Gangs have got to stop, and
kids have to stop committing crimes, no matter how insignificant they might
think they are. Only when this has happened
will youth violence stop.
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