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I said it before....... Most of this violence and aggression can be traced directly back to the lead content in the water along with other chemicals in urban environments that are affecting the minds of the people and making them hyper aggressive. Also, the media isn't helping the way they've been constantly GLORIFYING (for lack of a better term) the violence of Chicago for the past few years. Shootings WERE going down in Chicago until the media started focusing on every singly homicide there and reporting it nationwide as if it was the only city with suffering from violence. Then movies like Chiraq came out further glorifying and dramatizing the situation there. Now the youth of Chicago have a reputation they feel they must live up to. Ignorance is a bad state to be in. When people don't understand mental health and how chemicals can affect their brain and their behavior, they'll constantly be plagued with problems like crime, violence, poor academic performance, dysfunctional families, and other forms of community breakdown. I'll tell you......it's hard to feel sorry for people when you try to sit them down and explain to them what their problems are and they either make light of it or ignore you. I know things happen to innocent people and I know little babies die and children get killed. But the older I get, the more I understand how FAIR life really is and why a lot of people have the problems that they have. The older I get the more I realize why so many White people are in the positions they are in and why so many Black people are in the positions THEY are in. White people recognized and understood the issues of lead and other environmental toxins and they made a fuss about it until much of it was cleaned up in their communities. Too many Black folks simply don't care. They don't care about the environment. They don't care about how many jobs are available....as long as they PERSONALLY have one. They don't care about crime....unless they PERSONALLY are victims. I've been all over the United States from coast to coast and quite frankly there is too much apathy, indifference, and down right IGNORANCE in the Black community. Even when they are told what their problems are too many are too indifferent to actively solve them. I just with that righteous, sane, rational minded Black people could be rescued from the chaos and foolishness so many of them live around so that they could help build new, strong, progressive communities and save the future generations and prevent the negative element from spreading.

One of the first thing lawyers learn in their practice is it's not about justice, it's about WINNING YOUR CASE. When you understand and accept this, you go far in the legal system. If you don't and the procedures irritate your conscience.....it's time to look for another profession. As far as our brother Troy...... For years, I've considered him the "Berry Gordy" and AALBC the "Motown Records" of Black writers, especially Black novelists. I'm just glad he still has his own website instead of moving everything over to Facebook like so many other independant Black outlets.