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Summary Of The Raging Silence By Matthew Teague

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“The Raging Silence” is an article about a series of events that were happening in The city of Philadelphia. Matthew Teague, the author, tells about the underlying issues that had such a debilitating effect of the shooting on the community. It discusses the history of gun and gang violence in the community and how it causes a rift between them and law enforcement. Thought the article Matthew Teague argued about member of the community having easy access to guns that result to a unsafe environment. The city of Philadelphia changed after August 1962, when gang violence started to rise, the number of guns increased on the streets, and a no snitching rule was instateded in urban communities. The people fear their life as this issue started …show more content…

You would think that Faheem death would help put an end to the no snitching rule, but insead everyone was still quit. Lamont Adams was a victim of the no snitching rule, his family experience the result of the no snitching rule when he was gunned down outside of his house for snitching on a local gambling king. Lamont friends was present when he was shot and killed but when ask by the police what happened that day they respond by saying they didn’t see anything. They fear if they had given information to the police about what they had seen they would end up death. When the trail for Faheem Childs death started witnesses who had made statements to the police before change their initial statement on the stand, Tanisha Wiggins who was the first person to come forward change her statement to “the death of Faheem Childs “was long ago,”, she feared for her life and her father's life who encourage her to changed her story. Russell Brown whose house was in front of the school who witnesses the …show more content…

In order to put an end to gang violence in the community law enforcement should tackle the problem from the source, including the leaders and their right hand man. Get inside information about what they are about to do , when and where. Put a man on the inside that can get both information and also get to see the action first hand. Having an informant on the inside would allow law enforcement to have an eyes on the leader and their right hand mans. It would allow law enforcement to have an eye on all the action thats is happening on the inside. Tackling the source from the ground up is one of the approach the law enforcement can take. In Addition to the solution for gang control , the no snitching rule that was instated upon the community was also a issue that needed a solution. The community fear their life if they decided to speak up against violence that is happening around them . Fearing the safety of one’s life is important but in order to stop being afraid they have to start speak up. Let your voices be heard speak up against the people and the violence that is happening in the community. Coming together as a community and joining forces to stand up against the violence that is happen in the community will make it a safer place. Yes, gang member put fear in the community but sitting

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