2 People Shot On Septa's Market-Frankford Line Train

The article "2 People Shot On Septa's Market-Frankford Line Train" writing by my fox philly is about a arguement about a 76ers game, which soon then lead to a man getting shot. In the article it says, " two teenagers began joking with a 35-year- old man over sports teams, but it soon turned into argument."
  While on the train the two teens where having a conversation with a man, but then it turned in an arugument, and when they started to arugue another passenger from the train stepped in to try to calm everything down. In the article it says, " When the teens- described as being about 17- and 19 years- old- started using profanity, the older man told them to watch theor lanuage. Another 30-year-old man chimed in, telling the group to calm down." Things eventually did calm down.
   Things calmed down on the train, the shooting didn't occur until after the train stopped. "As the teens exited the train at 46th street, one of them turned around and fired one shot through the still open doors onto the train. the 35-year-old man wearing the jersey was shot in the stomach, the bullet went through his back and hit the other man in the leg." The police weren't called until the train pulled off to continue to 52nd street.
   
  This is a sad thing to talk about. People and children are losing their lives over things that are not irrelavent. The only good thing about talking about this is that no other passengers were harmed and that the men who where shot in the stomach and leg they survived. Now and days people are killing just to kill, they don't have a reason to pull the trigger. The genaration of these children is rediculous. If people not getting shot they getting kidnapped, if not that then they are being jumped or bullied at school. Why should people live there life in fear because the people around them want to act like they live with no sense.
   I fear walking outside of my door, or to go to the store because people that are around me or that live in my community make me live in fear. I wish i could sit outside my my little brother or sister and not have to worry about getting shot in a drive-by or taking them to the park and not have to worry about being snatched.
Recently there was to teenagers who were shot while sitting on the porch. Come on now, why are people getting shot while sitting on a porch. There are to many children getting shot and or dying. No mother or father should have to bury their child.
 

 

Marijuana law just creates criminals

The article "Marijuana law just creates criminals" by Hakeem Jeffries is about how thousands of people are being arrested for little amounts of marijuana and its costing the government lots of money. 
  In the article it says, " More than 50,000 people in 2011 were arrested in New York City for possessing small amounts of marijuana-- the majority of whom were black and Latino-- at a considerable judicial and financial cost." About 30 years ago the state decriminalized the marijuana offense. " making private possession of less than 25 grams of Marijuana a violation punishable by a $100 fine. 
   People in New York City are stopped, questioned, frisked and searched for no reason what so ever." The vast majority of these people live in communities of color, and almost 90% are immediately released without arrest or even a summons."  Marijuana possession is now the number 1 arrest in New York. 

  I don't think marijuana should be illegal. Marijuana does no harm to any one, well depending what's in it. But Marijuana just gives you short term memory lost, it makes you tired and very hungry. I do not smoke but i do know many people who do, so i know some of the side effects after it's smoked. Yes marijuana is illegal and i feel that if anyone is found with it in the pockets and its a small amount they should not be arrested. They should either be let off with a warning, charged a certain a fine of a certain amount or spend up to a day or two in jail. I don't think that having small amounts of Marijuana is harmful.
   Cigarettes should be illegal if anything they do more harm to people than marijuana does. Cigarettes may give you lung cancer and the products that are in cigarettes are very harmful. I also feel that in New York City that the arrest of marijuana being mainly black and Latino is a racis thing. Why can't Caucation people be stopped questioned and frisked. That just doesn't seem fair. 
Think about it, would you rather smoke something that has a strong chance of killing you or smoke something that just makes you tired hungry and short of memory?