Marigold, you are entitled to your opinion, and perhaps you have a different view because of your families connections to the police, but I'll bet most of us would be appalled at what happens in the cities we live in.

Since I am also entitled to my opinion: calling the whole city "a hell hole" is a bit skewed. Look for the angels, they're there too. Sometimes it's just the perspective we're looking from. I lived in downtown Cleveland for several years, grew up in the next suburb over, had relatives that lived all around the metro area. Sure, there are bad areas, just as there are in any big city - but no more than New York, Philly, Miami, Detroit, Los Angeles, or dozens of other major metro area have.

The scarey thing is that these incidents are happening in the whole range of economic neigborhoods. I'll keep the people involved in prayer. I especially feel for this kid's family, they just lost their son, and besides grieving, will probably have many guilt-ridden, sleepless nights over what he did.