Last week, a man was accused of throwing his 3 year old son off of the Key Bridge during a custody battle gone wrong/ suicide attempt. Except the man ended up not killing himself after all. After throwing his son over, he calls his mom and told her what he did, and then he was arrested. To date, his son has not been found.
Also last week, 6 women were shot while inside of a Lane Bryant clothing store during a "botched" robbery attempt. I'm not sure if botched is really the right word to describe it, though. In my opinion "botched robbery" means that the robbers didn't get any money. But to willingly go into a clothing store and shoot six people is not an accident (and since when did clothing stores become a profitable place for a robber).
Apparently people were just really angry last week, because in St. Louis, a man entered a city council meeting and opened fire, killing six people, and critically injuring the mayor.
And also last week, a Louisiana woman shot and killed two of her classmates, and then herself.
So this is why I don't watch the news much.
I don't know if all these events are "normal", meaning that this volume of murder is to be expected within a population as large as ours, but I certainly hope not.
The way things appear to be in the world, I actually enjoy staying at home, locked in, where I actually feel somewhat safe.
It seems that people in our society are getting crazier and crazier by the minute, but what is the cause? Violent movies, TV, and video games? There has to be more to it than that. Other societies are much more violent than ours, but I don't think the people just "snap" and go off on killing sprees. Not that it's right, but most of the "mass" killings I hear of in other countries are more of a political nature.
So what is wrong with the people in the U.S.? Why do so many people have trouble dealing with their emotions and seeking help for their problems?
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