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Essay On Gang Violence

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I didn’t grow up in the best of circumstances. I grew up in a neighborhood filled to the brim with crime. My father was a low ranking gang member with little to no room for advancement. My mother was a heroin addict. Or whatever she had on hand. Sometimes my father joined her, but when he got high or drunk he became very abusive. That was typically when I snuck out and hid out at a friend’s house for a few hours. But I never stayed the night. My father made a habit of visiting my room, as if trying to make up for the fact that every time that he lifted his hand, maybe to catch my attention or something harmless like that, I would flinch away from him. Don’t believe the numbers, at least in terms of gangs, that Germany is starting to crush …show more content…

It wasn’t that hard to watch as they put the code in. The only thing I didn’t know was what all was in it. I figured that it was their personal stash and maybe some important papers. I didn’t think that there would be guns and that much drugs.” “You knew they were gang involved. Why didn’t you report it? We could’ve kept you safe.” “And what? Go into the system? No thanks. I have my entire life ahead of me to get caught up in an extremely flawed system. And on the off chance that I would be adopted, I probably would not be able to attend the school that I’m at now. They’d want me to go to whatever school they went to. Again, no thanks. That’s not me.” An officer poked his head in the room. “Detective, there’s a man here claiming to be her legal guardian.” He hesitated. “He has all the papers necessary. And he demands that all answers that the girl gave you be deleted immediately or he’ll sue for unlawful questioning without a guardian present.” “Well, I believe that’s my cue.” I said standing up. “I’ll see you detectives later. Officer, lead the way.” And that was how I first my godfather. Crime lord extraordinaire. Mafia boss. Italian man. And my blood relative. The how of all that I’m not sure. But I have no doubt about it. Especially since he proved it with a DNA

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