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8/01/2014

Topic Reading-Vol.842 8/1/2014

Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
47 shot. 5 dead. Chicago officials meet
It sounds like an incident in Baghdad or Kabul, doesn’t it? But this series of gun violence incidents happened over a summer weekend in a country that has the most organized, trained and well-equipped police forces, the United States of America.
So, how come a five-year old girl who just happened to be in her friend’s house was shot in the head by a stray bullet from outside and died? And she was just one of those who were shot over one ordinary weekend in Chicago. More surprisingly, 60 were shot and nine dead over the Independence Day weekend in the city. Do people in America celebrate their nation’s birthday not only with firework displays but also firearms shootings?
Read and learn the impact and emotion of the family members of the shooting victim as well as the remarks by the city officials.


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