• Heartprints

    Three Separate Stories of Teen Violence is Three Too Many

    Three separate stories of violence; all involving young children and teens—two of the incidents live-streamed on Face Book—all taking place within the same week. When I turned on the news a couple days ago, I heard about a hate crime. Four young friends took a mentally-challenged young man to their home and brutally attacked, and tortured him. They then streamed it live on Face Book for everyone to see. Last night, I heard of a 15-year-old boy who shot and killed a 17 year-old-boy in a Chilies’ parking lot close to where I used to live. This morning when I got to work I heard about a 12-year-old girl, who…