Now that you have gotten a feel for what the book is about, I have decided to summarize a little less and try to just pull out some issues that arise and things that stood out to me in these few chapters. To start off both something interesting and an issue that occurred is that the town is basically run by the gangs and that the police really don't do much. The gang resolves issues with money or with physical punishment. I was quite amazed with how the people in the town function under the gang. At one instance there is a women who is chasing this man who illegibly raped her daughter, and instead of the police getting involved the gang stops her and calms her down. It was an eye opener to me because the United States is supposed to be such a safe place, but in places like the projects there is very little, if any, police support and so much violence.
Chapter 4 was when it really got exciting and Sudhir finally gets the chance to be gang leader for a day. Sudhir and J.T. have had many arguments on how the town is run and how the people are dealt with, and now that Sudhir is the leader of the Gang he is quick to tell J.T. that he doesn't like the violence and that he wants nothing to do with it. I honestly love how Sudhir views it all, and quite frankly I find it hard to understand how anyone could run a society like this. Sudhir has to deal with a small issue dealing with money, and has to punish Otis. I really had no interest in that issue of the money but hearing J.T. talk about how the projects doesn't really have any criminal justice by police officers and the only way to keep the town in order is by giving out consequences from the gang, really got to me. As I said earlier the idea of safety and justice in America has completely been shaken for me by reading this book
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