We Are Numb!!! But the violence continues...

We have all become numb to death, murder, rape, violence & the frequency of blood letting in North America. We often have the TV on as we eat dinner & listen to & watch the violence on local & national news reports at dinner time. As we chew our collard greens & pass the Pot Roast & mashed potatoes we are bound to hear of any number of murders, rapes & serious beatings in North America. This numbness is dangerous. We should all be deeply concerned about the raising tide of violence in our inner cities such as that being perpetrated against Black youth (Especially males) in Chicago. And we should all be equally concerned about the proliferation of illegal guns throughout the country.
When four White police officers were shot dead in a suburban coffee shop recently outside of Tacoma, Washington, I was shocked & wanted to write about the terrible event. According to TV reports, all four of the officers had children & were married. One was a woman and they were all under 42 years of age—In what should have been the prime of their lives. The slain officers were: Tina Griswold, 40; Ronald Owens, 37; Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39; and Greg Richards, 42—According to reports in the New York Times. (Reported in a story in the New York Times from November 30, 2009 by William Yardley).