Posted on 04/30/2020 2:30:17 AM PDT by Libloather
Janeal Wright says he hasn’t been the same since his two friends were gunned down in 2018.
The double shooting on the West Side claimed the lives of Darius Brown and Johnathan Jeter, both 23. The absence of their laughter and generosity was “heartbreaking,” he recalled Wednesday. He became afraid of staying in the Austin neighborhood, wondering if he would be next.
“It was monumental, that event,” Wright, 26, said Wednesday. “That was the first dramatic event I ever really took to heart. … I didn’t really heal from it.”
Consumed by the gun violence on the West Side, Wright said he hadn’t been paying much attention to the coronavirus pandemic, even as it hit neighborhoods around him particularly hard. He had been mostly staying at home, except to work shifts as a security guard, and decided it was time to honor Brown and Jeter with a party.
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There were two party videos which came out around the same time. One was party goers drinking. The other one was the video with the woman with no pants. I would say that there was a whole lotta objectifying going on.
It is no wonder black lives are more at risk, with or without the virus.
Irish?
“...Consumed by the gun violence on the West Side...”
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