The only reason this got attention was because it was on video. Last year, something like 40 public school students were killed in a 35 day period and it didn't even get national news.
When 6 people were shot at pricey Northwestern University a while back, it was huge news, the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox both wore little Northwestern patches on their uniforms in sign of support.
When society ignores a problem, it just gets worse. Then everybody acts like they can't believe how things got so bad when it finally boils over.
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