Are Cincinnati Residents Starting to Tune Out Gunshots?

Are Cincinnati residents starting to tune out gunshots? Over the past few

months there have many several shootings in and around the Clifton area.

What started off as shock to see something like a fatal shooting take place in

our city, has slowly shifted into what people are believing is now the new

normal.

Clifton is supposed to be a place where people are able to come together,

experience the college atmosphere and enjoy good food and fun. With the

University of Cincinnati Campus being in Clifton, it is a place where

thousands of young adults spend their days working, studying, and living.

But because of the recently seen violence students and local residents are

starting to become afraid of a night in Clifton.

"I'm scared to even drive through Clifton," Moeller senior David Boehm

explained, "let alone apply and go to school there." With these incidents

taking place, students are rethinking whether or not the University of

Cincinnati is the right place for them. Star lacrosse player Will Ulman

believes, “applicants will definitely decrease.”

While some people seem very shaken by the incidents, others are calmer

and don't think there's a reason to panic. Mr. Williams thinks that with more

population comes more crimes, and that the ratio really isn't really all that

high.

Many believe that younger people are the ones causing these problems.

Supporters of this idea believe that a stricter curfew and keeping young

people off the street would result in a decrease in violent incidents.

Police have been seen taking action. Areas that would usually be heavily

populated have had police officers standing by supervising the areas. Streets

and sidewalks have been fenced off during the nights and times where dense

traffic would take place.

Will this just cause violence to take place elsewhere? Moeller senior Parker

Hausfeld thinks so, saying that "It's a scary world out there," and believes

that "kindness is the answer." With violence continuing to take place many

wonder how much longer this violence will have to continue before a change

takes place or is this going to be the new normal.