Send to a Friend

skabeep's avatar

How is this a big deal?

Asked by skabeep (927points) October 28th, 2008 from iPhone

A couple days ago at UCA there was an argument over which 2 students were shot and killed. It was not a crazy school shooting where a psycho runs in offing random people. It’s been all over the news and everyone at work and school (different school) is talking about it. People from uca that I know are all freaked out and there’s candlelight vigils and the whole 9 yards. About twice a week someone is shot over a similar argument (mostly drugs) in my neighborhood and it doesn’t even get a mention whatsoever in the news. What makes this shooting so special? Just cause it happened near a school? There’s an elementry school a few blocks from my house and I hear gunshots all the time. Are college age drug addicts and dealers somehow more important than the ones they find dead here weekly?

Using Fluther

or

Using Email

Separate multiple emails with commas.
We’ll only use these emails for this message.