Skyler Tepedino - Nearly Two Years After Racists Crashed a Childs Party...

Summary:

 Over a year ago, armed party-crashers drove their trucks into a six year old birthday party. Or when most of them were arrested months later. But, when the two of the ringleaders were arrested, it seemed suspicious to the rest of the community. For the victims of the party, it still isn't over. Melissa Alford, 47, who hosted the July 2015 birthday party still worries that the same crime will happen again to her family. It has affected her whole life, at home and work. "They terrorized us," Alford told CNN. "They pulled out guns and knives, called us racist slurs and they threatened to kill us. And that was terrifying," she states. Alford threw the party to celebrate her son's 25th birthday, her grandsons 6th birthday and another child's 7th birthday. Many of the people who attended were African American. An armed group called "Respect the flag," decided to crash the party with weapons and according to CNN, words were said. This week, Kayla Norton, who loaded a shotgun on the scene, and Jose Torres, who wielded it, were sentenced to six and 13 years in prison. Some of the observers think its too much and Alford thinks it's wrong.

Analysis:

Overall I think this article is , and reading about it makes me think about all the birthday parties I've had or been invited too, and thinking about all the possibilities that could've gone wrong. This could be related back to when cowboys used to barge into places and rob the banks or stores and perform a hit and run. They used to do it all the time and when they did, it was usually a gang, and they all had sone sort of weapon. Now this has made me aware that whenever I have parties from now on, I need to be careful of my surrounding and always keep a lookout  for mysterious and weird things.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/03/us/douglasville-confederate-flag-birthday-party-children-racist-threats/index.html