Philadelphia has long been referred to as “the city of brotherly love” and the historic location where the country’s constitution was established, but lately those connotations have become less popular and apparent. In recent times, the city that was once admired so fondly is now looked down upon as its crime rates and violence have shown such a drastic increase. Innocent people are being shot, homicides are becoming routine, community members are distrustful of the police, and brotherly love is definitely not in abundance, all of which were evident in Matthew Teague’s article, “The Raging Silence”. The residents of North Philly need to start speaking up for one another in an effort to requite the strong, historic and admirable outlook …show more content…
Faheem Childs was just one. One of the children on their way to school that December morning. One of the innocent lives that was taken because of a stray bullet. And one of the homicide cases that never got the justice it deserved. No, the intention of the gang members was not to disrupt the lives of the innocent people that were traveling around them that day. Their violence was directed at one another, but stray bullets shot out, and this ten-year-old little boy was one of their unfortunate victims. This situation is not unfamiliar in the North Philly community, though, and Teague confirmed that through the portrayal of Faheem Childs’ tragic story. Innocent lives are constantly taken because of selfish, nonsensical rivalries between individuals and gangs. These fights are brought into public areas and surmount to life-threatening situations for not only the disputing individuals, but the faultless citizens around them, as was the case in Teague’s article. “On February 11th, Cassius Broaster and his brother, Jerome, eased up to Pierce Elementary in a Lincoln. Other cars, school buses and pedestrians jostled for position. Parents walked faster than their children, who