Rhyan Kinslow

Radio Actuality - Tyshawn Lee Chicago incident

Media Journalism
Intro: Chicago has been in a struggling standpoint for peace in it's war against violence
and crime. A prime example is the nine-year-old boy shot and killed in the city this week
after being lured into an alleyway. Tyshawn Lee was murdered in a gang related act due
to his father Pierre Stokes affiliation with a rival gang. Police are still looking for a
number of people who may be involved in the murder of Tyshawn Lee. Chicago police
superintendent McCarthy asks anyone with information to step forward for a $35,000
reward. Like after many tragedies people across the nation are in an uproar. Kean
university student Michael Lepore gave his thoughts on the incident.
Cue In: makes me sick to my stomach.
Cue out: because things like this happen
Transition: Yet throughout the blame finger pointed at the city of
Chicago itself, not all students believe that to be so, Harry Dunham of
Rutgers University explains how.
Cue In: this is a grave, grave tragedy.
Cue out: Chicago, its not its fault.
Conclusion: Many people have opposing opinions in this gruesome
story in one of Americas most talked about cities. As the police
enforce their law at a heightened rate to deduce crime police across
the nation follow those procedures to make the streets safer for all of
our citizens.
For WKNJ- 90.3 FM Union, New JerseyThe New Sound Of Kean
University. Im Rhyan Kinslow.
Sound bites:
Michael Lepore:
Well this story literally makes me sick to my stomach. A child does not
deserve to be hurt or harmed in any way, or in any way shape or form
murdered. Such a heinous way it literally is almost hard to read. I
would definitely say that Chicago is one of the most dangerous cities in
our country. And I wouldnt even wish my worst enemy to live there;
and I would certainly not raise my family and children there. I send my
condolences to the family and my heart goes out to them. I pray for

those to be safe when you go to Chicago to visit because things like

this happen.
Harry Dunham: Well first of all and foremost I would like to say this a
grave, grave tragedy. A child being murdered is a horrible-horrible
thing; bloody horrid. I would not wish that upon my worst enemy.
However, I would not blame Chicago as the main reason for this type of
action to have happened. We must blame the gangs and the gang
violence. Once we tackle that issue then we can tackle different
events like this from happening. Chicago was once a beautiful place
and we can get it to be there again. We must get the police more
involved to tackle down the gang violence so events like this do not
occur again. But I do not blame Chicago, Chicago, it is not its fault.