Senseless violence impacts community
LaTonya Dunn
Murders, rapes, beatings.
How do we begin to make sense of senseless acts of violence that leave lives lost, both through death or imprisonment, families distraught and grief stricken, and communities dismayed?
How do we wrap our minds around such horrible acts and find the strength to move forward rather than retreat and die ourselves?
The thing about these kinds of acts is that they carry a two-edged sword. No matter what, there is pain and loss, violation and shame, humiliation and suffering on both ends, not only for those involved, but for those connected to those involved. Even the murderer and rapist, gangster or batterer is somebody
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