How to respond to the horror of killing  May 2, 2008  Who among
us was not horrified by the news about Luis Troncoso, who was
gunned down in broad daylight on the basketball court near Stony
Brook Station on April 21? How cruel and unfair! Young people,
friends, family and neighbors are right to memorialize his death
and grieve openly. And we all should ask ourselves: How can we
do better? How can we protect the young people in our city,
especially young men of color, as far too many are victims of
gun violence?  How unfair—that people have to live with the
knowledge that they and their children are not safe. They are
not even safe to play in the parks, as any young person or child
should be free to do. How unfair for the family to have a son, a
brother, a father taken from them. How unfair for friends to
have a peer taken from them. How horrible for young people who
witnessed the shooting.  So much unfairness leads to a question:
How can we help? There is a fund through Spontaneous
Celebrations to help the f