The Lester Street Killing was a massacre that involved 4 adults and 2 children . This happened because Jessie Dotson, 33 who was released from prison August 2007 for murder; had a disagreement with his bother Cecil Dotson and killed him and everyone in the house so they could not identify him. His mistake was that 2 children survived the attack and identified hims as the killer.Once again Memphis keeps gaining attentions for what they continue to do, and that is kill. Memphis has gain a reputation for having filed more Bankruptcy's, having the most obese children and one of the most stressful cities to live in.
To make matters worse, on February 12, 2008 30-year-old James Hawkins had chopped off his girlfriends head, hand and feet so that the body could not be identified and then dumped the body into Mississippi River. The sad point to this story is that the father murdered his girlfriend in front of their daughter and made her help him to dispose of the body.
One last story to ad fuel to the fire, their have been 2 separate incidents of school shootings over a disagreement. Now kids don't fight any more/they shoot. Even when they do fight if the loser is not satisfied with the outcome he or she may still want to get a gun. The problem that we are having in today's society is that not enough men or women are stepping up and being parents ! Without the leadership of parent guiding his son or daughter down the road to success they will continue to end up in trouble or in jail.
The reason that I wrote the story is what will Mayor Herenton do to solve this problem that is plaguing Memphis ? I wish that it was only a Memphis problem but when you look at the top 10 list of dangerous cities Memphis is number 6 . So what is that telling you, the world is in turmoil and all these violent crimes being committed every day is is a sign of the times!
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