| author: Peter : Brooklyn, NY author: Peter : Newark, NJ author: Peter : New York, NY author: corsakti : Chicago, IL author: corsakti : Chicago, IL author: corsakti : Chicago, IL author: Peter : Brooklyn, NY
| | author: corsakti : Chicago, IL

A twelve year old boy named Miguel was shot dead in the street by a stray bullet from some gang crap. It happened in broad daylight on our corner. We are forced to turn down that way each time we leave our house because of the arrangement of one-way streets. That day, we couldn't turn because of the several cop cars and screaming people that occupied the block.
We wondered what happened but pretty much went about our day unaffected because of the inherent desensitivity to such sights one inevitably acquires when living in the city. It wasn't until later...
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