Dance in the Dark
I suppose it's just a matter of time until something or someone you know well shows up on tabloid TV. Given so many cable news (?) outlets, so many versions of "talk" shows, and so many TV personality types looking for something to talk about daily, something close to home will show up eventually. So it was with the upsetting news that a 15-year old girl was gang raped outside a dance on the Richmond H.S. campus. Shocking, no. Sadly, this event could have happened in a multitude of places. The pathological mentality and group behavior needed are on display in every socioeconomic level. Having worked, and at one time, lived in this community, I've seen firsthand the conditions that comprise the Richmond area known as The Iron Triangle. A tough neighborhood is way too lenient. It's depravity at it's worst. This is a poor, ill-served, physically deteriorating, extremely violent and therefore dangerous place. BUT, as such, it is also home to far more h