It's not odd to say someone is a killer who's not an adult yet, and the fact kids are killing other kids is crazy. Anyone killing a kid is crazy in general but people are on some crazy shit sometimes.Like the other night, when I was watching this E! network special called "Too Young Too Kill:15 Shocking Crimes." And I think people should check it out if they're interested in things like that.
It's basically about child killers, meaning someone who's committed a murder who's under the age of 18. It's sad watching this show hearing some of these stories about the things that's people do but it's even worse knowing that things like this regularly go on depending on where you live.
Many other countries outside of the United States are well aware of children who are murderers because of the type of government that is set up and the lack of law going on inside of the country. Movies like City of God prove this point and even the opening scenes in a movie like Shottas, set in Kingston, Jamaica, shows people how different the world is outside of their comfort zone.
It seems like this whole issue of children being able to carry out a murder has come to the light in the past decade or so with school shootings such as Columbine or Virginia Tech, but the truth is, it's been going on a lot longer then that, those shootings were just when it hit Middle America or the mainstream as people call it.
I live in New York though and, more accurately Brooklyn, and I grew up here so I understand what it was like in the 80's before living in Brooklyn, in almost every area of the borough was a popular thing to do. Since I was a kid, my parents and older cousins always had to let me know about how harsh the outside world really was and luckily, it helped me avoid a lot of bs I could have went through.
Not everyone was so lucky though and I've known quite a few people who aren't around anymore because of someone else having a problem with them. And all of these people, both the victim and the suspect were only teenagers.
Children who are murderers is a sick thought, and not just something in a movie anymore for most people, it's real life. If you don't believe me, check out how people are warned about going to Mexico now for any reason when Cancun used to be the hot spring break party destination. Now it's a destination for a drug war, and some of the soldiers on the front line are just kids, but hard times push people to hard choices, or maybe their pushed into these scenarios by others.
Either way, I hope someone can push them back towards to good side of life because a reality like this is only going to make things worse, and no one, well, most people don't want that.
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