Two nights ago, an eighteen year-old high school student who was about to attend college was shot and killed near where I park my car.  The student was working in the parking lot of a hospital to save up for tuition.  He was also the only child of his parents, who ironically are police officers. I am starting to hate this city and it’s not because my job shows me the worst parts of human nature. At some point, we have to ask ourselves why our homicide rate is double that of other cities like New York, Chicago, and Boston. I really don’t know who to talk to about these things so I just write them here.