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"tired of young black men getting killed by guns"

I feel bad for the woman. Her son was shot to death. Yet when she said she was tired of young black men getting killed by guns, I had to agree—and I also had to wonder who should be doing something about this? Should it be police? Asians? White People? Black People? It seems that most (if not all) of the shooting of young black men is done by other young black men. So I am of the opinion that the answer should come from within the same community that these victims and murderers are coming from. Why are so many young men carrying and firing guns? What kind of family support are they growing up with? The news stories always make it sound like the victims were completely innocent, yet there are people who can show evidence trails that say they are mixed up in some questionable stuff. Most of us are tired of people getting killed by guns and by violence—such as what happened at this victim's (supposed-to-be peaceful) tribute. Apparently some people have to fight even at a memorial! What has happened to create such a horrible and ongoing situation? Who is going to stop it? Who should stop it? This can't be blamed on racism or lack of opportunities or all the crap we've heard before. This is about values and ideals and turning away from what is good and right for the children. This is just damn sad. And the people who know who the shooter is, and believe me someone knows, need to turn in the murderer(s). They need to do it every time something like this happens. No matter who it is or if they are friend or family they need to be caught.

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