Brutal Slaying of Alex Arellano Brings to 35 the Number of Students Killed this School Year in Chicago

The death of a tenth-grade Chicago Public School student on the Southwest Side Saturday afternoon raises the number of students killed this school year to 35, surpassing the 26 students who died last year.

Alex Arellano, 15, was found dead in an alley of apparent burns, according to Chicago Breaking News. Detectives are treating Arellano’s death as a homicide; police said victim, a sophomore at Chicago Discovery Academy, had no gang affiliation or criminal record. Chicagoist.com

When Mayor Daley was asked to comment about the situation in his city, he simply stated that this happens in all the big cities in America and the only difference is that other cities call the kids dropouts instead of students, as to where in Chicago they are still referred to as students.

What an answer.

While the news cycle continues to run the same "big" stories of the day, we are all still distracted from the important issues of life and this country. Our children are dying at an unbelievable rate and no one seems to care in this country; or at least on any of the news channels. I am truly sadden by this story as I watched the news yesterday to only hear the same stories over and over on each channel.

What will it take for a task force to be put together to stop these senseless killings of our children, America's future that occur across the country? How complicated can it be to put an end to this? I think it would be easy if someone really cared.