If community activist want to do something they need to start with restructuring of wholesome Black families.
It never fails. Every time there’s a homicide in Greater Cleveland, you can depend on community activists to stage a vigil at the site where the incident occurred.
Last Thursday, around 200 people sang and lit candles on West 98th Street in Cleveland to remember Christopher Johnson who was shot in the back of the head last Wednesday morning.
The “remembrance” was highlighted with an appearance by Johnson’s mother who tearfully mourned the loss of her son.
Police theorize that the late Mr. Johnson met his untimely demise at the age of 29 in a drug deal gone bad.
And for this a vigil is held?
It has been said that “insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
Apparently vigil organizers believe that by holding these events that homicides will stop by calling attention to senseless deaths.
This is pure lunacy; not to mention a waste of time.
There are too many guns on our streets and too many individuals who lack self control carrying these weapons.
We are living a culture of the “gangster life” where life is meaningless and flying bullets are the cure all to disagreements.
We’ve said before on these pages that these vigils are useless.
Moreover, they’re getting a little long in the tooth.
If community activist want to do something they need to start with restructuring of wholesome Black families.
These vigils are for naught.
