After reading the story about the boy shot in Oxnard this morning, I couldn’t help but think– Well, the gang injunction is supposed to stop crime, but what’s this?
What a tragedy!
I know the intention of the injunction was to stave off criminal activity by not allowing certain clothing in certain areas that could cause an uproar amongst rival gangs.
But apparently, placing restrictions doesn’t end the gang activity. It may even make it stronger–similar to when a child is told he can’t have or do something, if he is rebellious, he will do it anyways, even if he doesn’t like the activity.
Sad.
I wish there was more that could be done to convince these hardened criminals that there is more to life than territory and murder. I wish that bigorty and hatred couldn’t thrive and that tragic deaths were a thing of the past. I wish that as we progressed technologically that we would also progress civicly.
I wish for a better, more diplomatic society where all life was precious.
I digress because wishing just can’t make it so.
