Road Rage leads to the death of a 4 year old little girl

Yesterday a 4 year old girl (Lilly Garcia) was shot in the head while in the backseat of her father's truck. While her father (Alan Garcia) and another man (Tony Torrez) cut each other off and argued she probably sat scared in the backseat wondering what was going on. Tony Torrez then pulled out a gun and started shooting at the truck. One of the bullets hit little Lilly in the head and her 7 year old brother said to his father "she's bleeding". The little girl died and many peoples lives will never be the same because of it. This happened in Albuquerque, NM on the I-40. If you've never been to Albuquerque it's a fun city. There is a lot to do, especially if you're coming from one of the more isolated areas around there like I lived in Durango, CO. But it's also a very violent place. Just about every day on the news you'd see some sad situation and wonder what's wrong with people? I wanted to get tv from Denver because I figured it had to be better than to see what was happening in Albuquerque. We used to travel to Albuquerque from Durango because there was more for our family to do. There's a space museum, zoo, bowling alleys, and many places to eat. My favorite place to eat is downtown and it's a Mexican restaurant called Garcia's. But with all of it's positives it's like visiting Santa Ana, CA. you're fine unless you encounter the wrong person or group.

 Many people these days are angry, unhappy, insecure, helpless, and hopeless. It's just a micro example of a bigger problem going on in our society today. Life is getting harder for everyone. There are more people now and so more that need jobs, housing, food, water. Meaning it's a bit harder to obtain those items. If you get cut off on the freeway and cursed at and your first instinct is to grab a gun? Well, you might be a few of the descriptions I put above. I hope that nobody and nothing is worth going to prison or dying for but I know that's not true. If someone was to harm my family? They better watch out. But besides that situation I try to stay away from anger and violence. Doesn't mean it was always that way or that I don't slip from time to time and flip someone off. But in Albuquerque there is much violence and a the amount of Hispanics in the area is high so it does not surprise me that a Hispanic was involved. Many Hispanics are raised in big families so the amount of attention they get is small so sometimes they are insecure and seeking attention. Also, many are first or second generation from Mexico or other countries and so they don't have the financial resources that many people around them do. This also causes insecurity and sometimes resentment. I grew up that way. Always insecure because I was wearing shoes from Payless hoping that we would at least go to Big 5 for shoes. When I was even younger my insecurities would cause me to act out and be offensive before I had to be defensive. If you don't know these feelings it's sometimes hard to empathize with people in these situations.

Even though I empathize does not mean I sympathize for guys like Tony Torrez. I'm not a judge but looking at his past he's had many run ins with the law for violence even once with a gun. Many times people like Tony will continue to be violent until they are forced to confront those issues. I was forced to confront my anger issues and I'm happy for that. I didn't know what I didn't know meaning I was looking at things from the wrong perspective. When you change your point of view it can greatly affect the way you see things. Now, Tony will be doing time in prison. If you've ever been to prison or know someone who has you know that prison does not rehabilitate people. They might want you to think that but it's far from the truth. Even many guards are part of a system that abuses every part of what it was designed for. Guards will allow a new inmate to be abused by other inmates or will abuse them themselves. As soon as you get into population in prison you are forced to join a group based on ethnicity. Let me correct myself, you do have a choice but good luck saying no. On top of that all the criminals are put together to conspire and come up with ways to not get caught again if they get out. That's an entirely different topic though.

This is just another example of why it's hard to smile when every day we read about situations like this.

Here is a link to this story on Yahoo.

http://news.yahoo.com/fatal-shooting-4-old-began-traffic-lane-dispute-080037012.html

Tony Torrez - Once he finishes his sentence and is let out. Is he rehabilitated? In my personal opinion if you take someones life with murder you don't deserve another chance. A 4 year old doesn't get another day so why should this guy?