Violence in Minority Communities Overlooked
February 13th, 2019 by Mike VasilindaState Representative Shevrin Jones says violence in minority black and brown communities has been overlooked in the rush to make schools safer after the Parkland massacre. Jones is asking the Governor to set up a commission, much like what was set up after the school shooting to study the problem. He says the violence in their neighborhoods is having a traumatic effect on the kids who live there.
“You have children who are looking at homicides on their streets and are going to school with that same visualization in their minds. On a daily basis, especially in the minority community. So they are leaving school and walking by the blood on the street that they just saw the night before. That’s trauma, and these are the things that need to be addressed” says Jones.
Jones says the problem has been around long before Parkland, but it was the response that he says was the conversation starter for minority communities.
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