The second speaker at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C., was not a student from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, but a young man from Chicago who said the thousands of people shot in in the city have gone ignored for too long.
Trevon Bosley named President Trump; the state’s Republican governor, Bruce Rauner, and lawmakers who have accepted donations from the National Rifle Association as the reason for gun violence in his city.
However, he did not mention Chicago’s Democratic mayor, Rahm Emanuel, who served as chief of staff under former President Barack Obama.
“I’m here to speak for those youth who fear they may be shot while going to the gas station, the movies, the bus stop, to church, or even to and from school,” says Trevon Bosley, a student from Chicago https://t.co/jujbxM0M4i #MarchForOurLives pic.twitter.com/RKI4NiXqDz
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“When you have a city that feels like it’s more important to pay for a college sports complex rather than fund schools and communities, you have gun violence. When you have a city – we have a city that feels we need more in downtown Chicago for tourists than to give residents jobs, you have gun violence,” Bosley said.
“The governor calls it nonessential spending. You have gun violence,” he added.
Bosley, whose older brother, Terrell, was fatally shot in Chicago on April 4, 2006, cited statistics that 5,850 people have been shot and killed in Chicago since 2006.
“I’m here to speak on behalf of Chicago’s youth who are surrounded and affected by gun violence every day,” Trevon Bosley said. “I’m here to speak for anyone who feel that children getting killed in Chicago or any other city is still a not acceptable norm.”
