Mass Shooting (In Slow Motion)
I want to report a series of shootings that has taken the lives of 13 kids, including 3-year-old Kennedi Powell, 8-year-old Jurnee Thompson, and Xavier Usanga, “a 7-year-old who died after a bullet pierced his throat while he was playing with his sisters in their backyard.” You probably haven’t heard about these murders. And, across all of the cases, the police have only arrested one suspect. Buzzfeed: Black Kids In St. Louis Are Getting Shot And Killed So Often, Police Are Offering $100,000 To Help Solve Cases. (That reward offer is the first thing that got the attention of the rest of the country.)
+ Vox: Black children are being killed in St. Louis. Their deaths are going unsolved.