I am writing you this paper, in regards to agree with some of the material you have provided in your detailed articles, both published by The Southern Illinoisan. On August 21 and 24, 2016, thesouthern.com published “Violence Creates Conundrum” and “Gun Violence spikes in Carbondale.” I know that I will never speak to neither one of you directly, but I would like to address some of the material included in your articles. The Carbondale community has witnessed a drastic rise in violent and property crimes within the year of 2016. In addition, “Violence Creates Conundrum” included a statistical approach showing a visual aspect of total number of shooting incidents that have occurred in Carbondale, Illinois, which I find appealing. However, I
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Now that I am a resident in the Carbondale community, it is vital that I should be concerned with my personal safety. Being a student enrolled at the University of Southern Illinois-Carbondale, I feel that I should be highly concerned with the safety of fellow members of the community as well. I am also in discomfort on the fact that you have stated it is “strangely comforting knowing the violence is home grown.” I’d like to question, how are you, let alone anyone semi-relaxed with violence? I am not pleased or content knowing that you are moderately comfortable knowing that violence is not beginning here, but targets and shooting occurrences continue to increase intensely in the community. Although, the crime committers may not reside in the community it is negatively affecting the members of the community. The escalating increase of violent offenses and brutality is a potential ultimatum of developing communities. The average individual taking precautions to protect themselves from crime, can quickly become a victim
Now that I am a resident in the Carbondale community, it is vital that I should be concerned with my personal safety. Being a student enrolled at the University of Southern Illinois-Carbondale, I feel that I should be highly concerned with the safety of fellow members of the community as well. I am also in discomfort on the fact that you have stated it is “strangely comforting knowing the violence is home grown.” I’d like to question, how are you, let alone anyone semi-relaxed with violence? I am not pleased or content knowing that you are moderately comfortable knowing that violence is not beginning here, but targets and shooting occurrences continue to increase intensely in the community. Although, the crime committers may not reside in the community it is negatively affecting the members of the community. The escalating increase of violent offenses and brutality is a potential ultimatum of developing communities. The average individual taking precautions to protect themselves from crime, can quickly become a victim