The violence we do not at first see
Crime
June 15, 2026
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“No child in this country should ever have their future stolen by violence, and no family should ever have to carry this kind of pain.”
Those were the words offered by T&T’s top cop in his response to the killing of Mercedez Layne.
These are good words from good intentions among other moving declarations, loud pleas, solidarity marches, and more actions as a reaction to the death of Mercedez Layne. But I remain tortured by the history of violence against children.
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