Violent Lives and a Violent Death

Authors

Brenda V. Smith, American University Washington College of LawFollow
Neely Tucker

Abstract

When 20-year-old Tomika Blackwell finally got into a fight she couldn't win, when the eight women armed with knives and baseball bats cornered her, she became a victim of the violent society in which she had sought youthful acceptance and approval.

Source Publication

The Washington Post

Recommended Citation

Brenda V. Smith & Neely Tucker, Violent Lives and a Violent Death, The Washington Post (2000).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/pub_disc_media/364