Current Event #6

"You never know what happens behind closed doors" is the last line the neighbor, that was being interviewed in the attached video, said. That sentence provokes much thought because its relevance to this article is extraordinary. A young boy was found, after being missing for four years, earlier this week. The, now 13-year-old, young boy had been living behind a false wall of a house in Georgia. He was recently reunited with his mother and is healthy. The neighbors of the house, where he was being trapped. were flabbergasted with the news. One even said her own son had played with the missing boy many times. The neighbors were so surprised when they learned that the boy was being trapped inside that house against his will. The boy's father and other adults keeping him captive, faced charges in several different titles.

This story and article provides hope as well as suspicion to it's viewers: hope in the sense that a boy could be missing for several years and still make a safe return and suspicion in the sense that this could be occurring anywhere due to the neighbor's extreme oblivion. Thankfully, the young boy is safe with his loving family now which is the only truly important thing.


http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/29/justice/georgia-missing-child-found/index.html?hpt=us_c1

Current Event #5

This article describes the photograph taken last Tuesday of the young boy and police officer sharing a hug at a Ferguson protest in Oregon. This picture, regardless of what side they are on, provided much happiness and much comfort for Americans who are aware of the Ferguson trial. I know I am generalizing when I say this, but the ultimate goal most people in our country want is peace. This pictures screams "peace" right in its center. This picture was not posed for a Public Service Announcement nor was it posed at all; it was a candid picture of a young black boy and a white male officer hugging each other with real tears in their eyes.

The picture displays that, although there is much corruption and hatred flooding our nation, people are still good and that people of all sorts can be kind to one another. It supports both sides of the issues for it shows that not all white police officers are violent and that not all black males are trouble. I had seen this picture on twitter but had not yet read anything on it. This article and the picture by itself is just what America needed to be exposed to this furious week.


http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/29/living/ferguson-protest-hug/index.html?hpt=hp_c3