Gordon, who is 16 himself, says he felt compelled to create Yarl's portrait and crown him as a king. The Black teen was shot twice after knocking on the door of the wrong home.
Dr. Michael Stanton is a psychologist and assistant professor of Public Health at CSU East Bay.
"We're in a place where we've just heard so many of these stories it feels like almost every week we hear about gun violence so it tends to really get you down," Dr. Stanton said.Dr. Stanton said the impact of this story can be sad and disheartening, but change is possible. Dr. Stanton said violence against Black men is a big problem in our country and that gun violence is a public health issue.
"Things like banning assault weapons, which the United States population supports by huge majority, as well as a high magazine ammunition and background checks for gun licenses. Those are things that the U.S public supports fully so I really hope we do give that a second thought. As I said, it almost feels like a gun violence episode every week and we really need to think as a society of the role of guns in our lives and what we want that to be," Dr. Stanton said.
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