free write 13

As Tony and Tracey go toe to toe with their enemies both hearts racing and pumping through their chest as they let their machine guns loose. Bullets and shell case are all over the lawn. As they see all four of the bodies drop and a moment of dead silence the both of them look over the four bodies and see that they were familiar faces. Adrenal still runs through the both of them as they here police sirens getting closer and closer to them as they jump back in the black truck they where in and flee the crime scene leaving no marks behind them except the shell cases and the house that they were in.

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Randall Aikins

Lisa Crumit-Hancock

Comp 1

May 2, 2017

Community Violence

                        Violence in the community could cause a big conflict in a community. Violence could be a divider and break up people’s relationships.  Violence in a community has been proven to be one of the main conflicts that goes on in it (Duffany, 2017). There are many ways to solve violence in a community.  Bridging the Response to Mass Shootings and Urban Violence: Exposure to Violence in New Haven, Connecticut, Organizational Justice Perceptions and Views on Violence of Branch Teachers Working in Primary Schools, Mental ill health in structural pathways to women’s experiences of intimate partner violence have prime examples of solutions for ending violence.

            In the article Bridging the Response to Mass Shootings and Urban Violence: Exposure to Violence in New Haven, Connecticut, a nonviolent protest was the solution mentioned (Duffany, 2017). This is a good replacement for the violent riots that were taken place beforehand. For example the LA riot was a violent act that could have been easily replaced by a nonviolent protest of a community. Instead of coming peaceful, the people in the LA riot watched their community go up to flames as ciaos travels through the city. The nonviolent protest is a movement that bring people together and help them get more involved of what’s going on in their community. “The exposure to gun violence has reported 73% gunshots heard and out of that neighborhood some are close friends or family members 29% have gotten hurt and 18% got killed. They all differ by race and ethnicity and social class but they are low income neighborhoods. For black males the ages are among 18-34 years old” (Duffany, 2017). This fact alone made people realize that it was a huge problem and made them come together and protest. Another solution suggest in the article, Organizational Justice Perceptions and Views on

Violence of Branch Teachers Working in Primary Schools, they talked about how violence start when children are young and in school. The solution they had to stop this was to increase the influence teachers have on the young children to put a in to violence. (Koc, 2016).

            In my opinion a nonviolent protest is a good suggestion but, there is not enough precaution to prevent an outbreak. This being said communities should be more equipped by having more police cars roam the area to prevent a lot of the violent activities taking place. They also try to increase the members of the neighborhood watch and somebody to report to that could handle things quickly and efficiently. Another suggestion is that violence can be in kids at an early age, but if they had more people to influence their life other than teachers that could be prevented. To increase it, they should create special programs such as a big brother or a big sister program to have people in their lives to help guide children in the right direction.

            The articles share many similarities such as violence in their communities and what they can do to stop this unhealthy outbreak of forcefulness. My opinion is also similar due to the fact that I mentioned how violence in a community needs to be put to an end. All together the solutions listed above are all good ideas that could end violence in a community. If these suggestions were utilized violent communities could become a healthier, more suitable place.

Annotated Bibliographies

Duffany, Kathleen O'Connor Carroll-Scott, Amy Thomas, Jordan Greene, Ann Arora, Anita

            Agnoli, Alicia Gan, Geliang Ickovics, Jeannette Santilli, Alycia “Bridging the Response

            to Mass Shootings and Urban Violence: Exposure to Violence in New Haven,

            Connecticut.” American Journal of Public Health. March 2017:

            This Article they talk about the self-reported exposures to gun violence in the urban community. They are taken action to a movement to prevent the gun violence in New Haven, Connecticut. The exposure to gun violence has reported 73% gunshots heard and out of that neighborhood some are close friends or family members 29% have gotten hurt and 18% got killed. They all differ by race and ethnicity and social class but they are low income neighborhoods. For Black males the ages are among 18-34 years old.

Koç, Mehmet Akçay, Cengiz Akyol, Bertan “Organizational Justice Perceptions and Views on

Violence of Branch Teachers Working in Primary Schools.” Journal of Education and Training Studies. October 2016.

In this article, the author, Koc, discusses the perceptions towards violence in primary

school. At first the article discusses how teachers play a big part on the violence in children during their younger years. However, by the end of the article, it is stated that there are negatively and low level relationships between the two topics.

Machisa, Mercilene T. Christofides, Nicola Jewkes, Rachel “Mental ill health in structural

            pathways to women’s experiences of intimate partner violence.” PLoS ONE. April 2017.

            This article discusses how violence is derived from alcoholism and PTSD. It then continues to touch briefly on how these are common disorders that cause a connection to an unhealthy community. The author, Machisa, then discusses how child abuse, mental illness, and intimate partner violence, or IPV, are also underlying pathways that relate to unhealthy communities as well. 

1) Peezy- All Type of S**t In this song the talk about how the rapper Peezy just been through a lot and did so much to get where he was, when I listen to this song I think about the blood sweat and tears it took me to get where I'm at and how I have to keep it going and over come all obstacles.
2)Chief keef-Love No Thotties When I listen to this song I just think to myself how many times a girl played me and messed with my ends a long time ago and it never happened again because of this song you can't fall in love with some girls and its something I live by a lot.
3)Chief keef- Emojis This song is for guys who has girls texting them always trying to argue and start drama but the rapper just basically send don't feed into it make the conversation short and just send emojis, if someone tries to argue with me I send emojis because I hate arguing.
4)G.T. Ten Toes Down This rapper taught me that people will try to change you in any situation but don't matter what it is you have to stay true to yourself and stay ten toes down.
5)Nipsey Hussle- Summertime In That Cutlass This song Nipsey just raps about a summertime riding in his old school Cutlass and I play this song whenever me and my dad ride in our old school Chevy Malibu.
6)Payroll- Sosa Dreamz Sosa was a drug dealer in the movie scar face and he had everything he wanted because he worked hard for it and it was a dream and this song taught me the sky is the limit dream big.
7)Payroll- Cobra In this song Cobra was a girl that came in between two brothers and try to come between their brotherhood and a girl almost actually came between mines but we pulled it together and got back on the same page.
8) Shy Glizzy- Handcuffs This song was just a reminder to tell me that some people don't want you to succeed they rather see you fail and you can't let them get to you but the rapper said they want to see him in handcuffs.
9)Tee Grizzley- Secrets This rapper just talked about that he has secrets that he can't say and that he is taken to the grave with him to protect himself and others. The secrets I know I will never say because my loyalty to my people its just something I live by loyalty is everything.
10)YFN Lucci- Turned They Back The rapper Lucci talked about how some people turned on him and started being fake to him as he got older and as I got older I realized it but now I'm numb to it.

free write 12

The same night that the brothers Tony and Tracey put down Snell they went to the house they all had together to just recuperate from what they just did. its now around 3 in the morning as they get out the car a white car spins the block burning rubber towards them. Both brothers heart drop as Tony shouts out to his little brother make a run for the house. Its sounds like the fourth of the July took place as they run into the house. The whole house is riddled with bullets as the street is covered in shells. four guys get out the white car as they walk towards the house. Tony and Tracey both rose up from the main window of the house they took cover at and all hell broke loose.

week 12

In the video "Elevator Music" one person start playing their music off their phone then others in the elevator followed and played their music on their phones and everybody try to overcome everybody else. But one guy had a big stereo and walked in and everybody cut their phones off and he looked around and played his music through his headphones. I guess the message here is that it only takes one person to make a difference and which he did and everybody just basically fell in line behind,

free write week 11

It was a cold summer night a man name Tony was in a dilemma because he just got word that one of his closes friend Snell was stabbing him in the back. The word through the great vine was that he set him up for nice little payment. Tony all nervous pacing back and forth thinking about what move he should make now. Called his little brother Tracey to tell him what he going through. Tracey picked up and hey cruising in a all black truck and the storm was getting heavy, they then came up with a plan  and they acting on it. its about 2 in the morning the rain wasn't slowing down at all, Snell hear a kncok at his door. he gets up stumbling to the door not fully awake to know whats going on. He opens it and see Tony and Tracey dressed in all black with gloves then looks at them face to face and that was the last thing he saw as they the brothers watch his body drop to the floor.

Week 11 Transition

The writing from high school to college is a big transition. A lot of college professors expect students to come in knowing the material that they need to do the college papers they haven't learn yet. Most professor end up teaching them the actual materials that they suppose to be taught but that one of the myths of the transition. Another myth that takes place is when they mention academic freedom. Academic freedom is the responsibility as a college student to get your work done on your own because nobody is watching over you like how its was in high school. Its on the student to get the work done and the professors aren't in your face about missing assignments  its all on the student.