As high-profile massacres capture the nation’s attention, those affected by routine gun violence say they feel left out of the conversation.
“They have been traumatized by gun violence since birth. It is different [than Buffalo and Texas] but it’s the same pain, the same anger,” Nickens said. “It is hard for America to talk about its history with violence and race and how that has caused the trauma and pain we are seeing in Black and Brown communities.
Now, current students go to other city high schools to talk about the mural and teach their peers how to become anti-gun-violence activists and how to brainstorm solutions to curb the violence.“Similar to the shooting in Texas, what happens in D.C. should motivate Congress to do something,” said Ra’mya Davis, a senior at Thurgood Marshall and Pathways 2 Power leader, whose 23-year-old godbrother was fatally shot in the District last year. “They live in D.C.
Justin Johnson, a 16-year-old rapper with a record deal, was trying to move to Atlanta because he feared for his safety on Savannah Terrace in Southeast, according to his manager.The teenager was a smart student who excelled in math but was often restless because he finished his work early, according to Daniellea Valdez-Catlett, an assistant dean at the D.C. middle school he attended.
The day after his killing, fellow sophomores at Ballou High streamed into classes upset, shaken and talking about his death, said teacher Nina Graham. Octavia Snead, who allowed her grandson Khalil to return to the District before he was killed in March, said people in cities “are living with shootings every day.”
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