A recent tragedy has occurred with Jennifer Hudson, a singer, actress, whose mother, brother, and nephew have been shot to death within their own neighborhood. She lived in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Chicago. Although her recent fame and fortune brought her out of the neighborhood, it was still her home and she was still connected. Her family had the opportunity to move away, but chose to stay because it was the life they always knew. Even though her success brought her to a better neighborhood, it is ironic that the violence still touched her. Now the people she cared about most are gone. Her family had a lot of courage to stay in that neighborhood hoping and everything would become better. It is unfathomable that within 25 miles of her, the crime rate is so high that people don’t even bother to call the police when they hear gunshots. This is a problem in Chicago that has never been resolved and seems to be growing.
This is a very complicated issue in that there are so many aspects to the problems. The root cause cannot be determined and therefore cannot be solved. It seems simple to fix, but it is obviously not easy in the least. If it were easy it would be solved already. Drastic measures need to be taken to reduce the street crime. So, what is the answer? How will we save the innocent victims of crime? How will we eliminate so many senseless crimes?
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Kelly,
This is a very interesting post. This is such a sad tragedy and the fact that a family member killed their own family members is just horrifying. It really is amazing how the part of Chicago her family is from is just a short 25 miles away. The South Side of Chicago is just horrible and it is very hard for the police to stop these crimes because these crimes are occurring on a daily basis. If you heard a gun shot on the North Shore however, the police would be on the scene in minutes and it would be all over the news in a heartbeat. It will be extremely hard for things to change on the South Side of Chicago because the police can only do so much. Hopefully in the upcoming years, something will change. We will just have to wait and see.
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