"It's On"

Last week a fourteen-year-old African-American boy in South Little Rock was in the wrong place, as we say, at the wrong time. He was caught in gunfire while standing in his neighborhood innocently. When interviewed by a person from a local television station, his sister described him as a boy who just loved to watch cartoons all the time. Since the bullets he received were in both legs, his life was not in danger. He sat surrounded by large stuffed animals on his sofa. His brother, however, was sure in his answer to the interviewer's question, "If you could say something to the ones who shot your little brother, what would it be?" The older brother did not hesitate before he answered, "It's on" while looking straight into the camera. The interviewer asked, "What do you mean by that?" to which the older brother responded, "They will know what I mean."

Once more it appears that the gang violence within our city (and others throughout the country and world) will continue.