We want to lock up 10 year olds as adults. We arrest a twelve year old who brings an aspirin to school that his mother gave him. We clamor for Zero Tolerance. I recently spoke in a church about solving conflicts. This church had just purchased a metal detector to be used at their Friday night Youth activities.
People are afraid.
This violence is going to become even more pervasive and indiscriminate. These killings by children are not an anomaly. They are Society's mirror onto itself. Young people's unfettered rage and hate continues. For a start we must speak out about the roots of our society's violence.