Lesly Sanchez

(https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/nyregion/teen-killed-downtown-brooklyn.html?smid=url-share)

• The nypd say a boy of 15 years old was fatally shot in Brooklyn park.
This article is about a 15 year old child who was a student at Brooklyn laboratory charter schools was involved in a fight between two other boys one of which shot and killed him afterwards according to the police. The authorities identified the boy as Unique Smith they also claim he was dismissed from school before making his way to the park and witness say that unique was sitting with two girls the same age as him when suddenly the two boys approached them, shortly after , a dispute began in which started the fight leading one of the boys who was dressed in all black with a ski mask took out his weapon and shot and killed unique. According to the police they are still investigating trying to find the suspects. One of the fathers whose son goes to the same school had also gotten into an altercation filled the father with concern after knowing another student was killed due to a fight and it brings anxiety about the situation involving young people in violence. Unique Smiths death represented how the youth fall victim to both sides of the violence that happens across our country.

(https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/nyregion/rikers-island-death.html?smid=url-share)

• Due of guards inaction a man being imprisoned at Rikers Island dies from razor wounds
In this article it talks about two correction officers and the captain failed to act immediately for 10 mins when a mentally challenged incapacitated man slit his throat with a razor, Michael Nieves who was 40 was taken to elmhurst hospital and later declared brain dead after being on life support for three days and then later pronounced dead after being taken off life support. The officers and the captain had been suspended due to the situation of the ongoing investigation. Mr. Nieves is the third person this year to had die by suicide after being held in Rikers island. The city has token action and showed a series of efforts to acknowledge the violence and dysfunction that happens behind these bars , although Mr. Nieves death was unexpected he does have proof of ongoing mental issues and suicidal ideations since being in Rikers it was not the result of the officers not doing anything since he has been described as mentally ill. However the officers are trained to acknowledge the signs of a distressed mentally ill person.

(https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/opinion/eliza-fletcher-memphis-violence.html?smid=url-share)

•On sept 2 , a women named Eliza Fletcher went to her casual morning run when her husband realized she hadn’t come back and contacted Memphis police. This article not only talks about the murder and rape of this woman but also informs how much violence goes on through our nation. The abduction of Eliza Fletcher was not only violent but horribly sad , the man who abducted her goes by Cleaotha Abston a man authorities state that he drove the SUV Eliza was abducted in. Days later police find her body near where he lives and arrested him. Police also find out mr. Abstons history of him raping and killing other women proving that Eliza wasn’t the only victim. After the abduction had happened a shooting concurred due to a man going on rampage shooting and killing four people and harming three more while recording all of his horrible action. Not only does this show the surge of violence that happens through cities as in Memphis and many more it proves how human nature can be dangerous.

(https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/13/us/pieper-lewis-sex-trafficking-iowa.html?smid=url-share)

• a teen who was trafficked killed one her abusers and ordered to pay restitution.
In this article it talks about a young teen girl whom name is Pieper Lewis who was 15 at the time had been forever to have sex with other men for money, the man who trafficked kept her under his roof has been stabbed by her 30 times killing him immediately. She pleaded guilty to killing the trafficker who goes by Zachary Brooks and only gets 200 hours of community service. Not only was she forced to have sex with multiple men for money she was also unconsciously raped her abuser almost every time she was asleep , she would wake up knowing she had been raped and as well during the times it happens pleading him to stop, as this continued happening she woke up right after it happened again to see a knife beside his bed and stabbing him as he was sleeping. The immense trauma she holds within her not only causes pain but makes her a survivor by defending herself by any means possible and helped her seek redemption to not only exceed in school but as well in life.

(https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/03/nyregion/rape-case-delay-murder.html?smid=url-share)

•Why a suspect is still at large due to police lack of action a nurse should be alive still.
In this article it talks about a how perpetrator in a Brooklyn rape case avoided the hands of the NYPD and months later was caught in connection with the queens nurse murder. On June 18 the NYPD met a woman who said she had been in Brooklyn raped by a man she met on a tinder, later as time passes by police find out the man’s name who goes by Danueal Drayton arrest him a month later after knowing he was involved in the murder and rape of nurse from queens and raped another woman after escaping to Los Angeles. For the police to have taken their time to find the correlation between the rape and murder of the nurse linking to this man a month later is honestly unbelievable, the special victims unit claim they are not under staff but proves otherwise due to this case. Therefore Mr. Drayton arrest should have happened much more earlier causing the police to go through such hectic time to find out who caused such a heinous act of violence.