People learn to mistrust people by, “Past experience, incomplete information, differing values, stereotyping, misunderstandings, and many other factors all influence the way people in a dispute see and treat each other” (Littlejohn & Domenici, …show more content…
It was still doubt in people minds that it could be real. The following month of August had so many people killed in gang violence it seemed unreal. The police had gained the public trust to protect them, but the news is saying differently making people doubt. Do you believe the numbers you hear and see on television or trust the people who are protecting you? I still didn’t want to take a chance, so I still lived my life in fear, and so did a lot of people that I had known too. I kept my kids in the house instead of letting them play in the front yard. Made sure someone took my oldest back and forth to