gangs

The eighties and nineties have made us aware that gangs are no longer just an inner city problem. The news media that has made us aware of the problems has also played a major role in spreading the problem. Along these lines lets take a look at one incident of a local gang leader. Ace a young man in his early twenties believes he is in control but as we are about to see he really isnít in control of his life or his gang. A drive-by shooting is about challenge to his sense of empowerment, mortality and out look on life.

Ace a young man who for one reason or another has been unable to conform to societies expectations. A product of a broken home in which very little love has been expressed or felt, Ace hangs out with a group of others like himself. Ace uses his tough guy facade to compensate for not knowing how to express love or function in the normal social since. Being the leader it gives him the sense of empowerment that he is

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At that moment his outlook on life is about to change forever. For this reason no one in Ace's group was alarmed by the car before the shooting took place. Had he been alone he could have very easily died from the loss of blood and shock that was causing heart trauma. In a panic he is sure he is going to die.

Ace is a product of our society of the eighties and nineties. Still trying to maintain his tough guy facade he knows he will never be the same. They were just something that he had seen in the news and on television.

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When the shot rang out no one was more surprised than Ace. He now knows that he is no longer invincible and that there is love and compassion missing in his life. He didn't have a clue to what has happened until he sees the blood running from his forehead. But these slaps of reality don't last for long and if you don't start to change quickly it will never happen. With a little help from the news media and support from the community maybe we can change things. Although drive-by shooting have occurred in the city they didnít happen in Aceís park. Being on their own they often seek the only place they are accepted, a local gang.

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

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