The scene of the crash was surreal and oddly quiet when I arrived. Paramedics, police and good Samaritans comforting, the injured, shaken up and in shock. Students held cell-phones to their ears calling home…
I guess if you escort your kid to the park, if you can avoid an argument with gunfire, you can keep an eye the kid. But, if you want to introduce you kid to the seedy underside of low level gang activity, or maybe worse, just turn ’em loose to hang out there.