More information in article wanted for peace of mind

Editor:

I recently read Cassandra Juniel’s news article titled “Student murdered in shooting” (Aug. 26, 2009), and I really enjoyed reading the article.

I found it to be very accurate and insightful, but I also found it to be a little frightening to the reader, especially if the reader is a Richmond resident.

I felt that you stated the incident, gave a clear statement of the situation, but you failed to mention the safety precautions the Richmond Police Department should be taking for the rest of the Richmond community.

 In reading this article, I felt that you did a very good job in explaining how the situation took place but you failed to mention how Richmond residents can prevent these types of crimes from taking place in their neighborhoods.

As a Richmond native and resident, it frightened me to know that I could be coming home late from work one day, get stuck at a stoplight and possibly be shot to death in my own neighborhood.

I felt that, as a writer, you should have mentioned that RPD is now taking extra safety precautions to prevent these types of crimes.

You should have also given some detail about how important they are to the community in keeping the level of safety high in Richmond and their communities.

If the reader happens to be a resident of that community, they can be informed of the extra safety precautions being taken and not have to worry about similar crimes happening.

I hope that my thoughts can be of some assistance to you in the future.


Angelique Shaw,
student

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