I currently live in Clarksville, Tennessee. My family and I have lived there for about three years, before that I lived in another town outside of Nashville that was much smaller. Since moving to Clarksville I have noticed over the few years living there that the violence of the town has worsen. When we first got there the crime rate was not as bad as now. Almost every night on the news or in the paper and new crime has happened. This worries me because it puts my family at risk, also since my husband is in the military he is not at home. When he is gone I tend to worry more about crime happening around me.
For instance just a couple of weeks ago I turned on the news and a man had been shot. He was found on a back road and the cop that stopped thought the man had been in a wreck. When the EMS arrived and got him out he had been shot in the head. All of this was less than two miles from my house. And it is not like I live in a bad area, I actually thought our neighborhood was safe and some what crime free. We have since sold that house and are moving, but it frightens me to know how close that was to my family. On another instance in broad daylight there was a random shooting at our local Wal-Mart killing a man. And finally this act of crime happened at a local drug store three men robbed an eighty year old woman at a drug store. They took her hostage and made her smoke crack then raped her.
These are just a few senseless crimes that have happened since I have lived there. It scares me because it doesn’t matter who you are or what time of day, these things can happen. I worry when my husband is away that what if someone breaks in or when I am out alone with my son. Woman always seem to be a easy target for violence and it can happen to anyone. I don’t think there is a quick fix for ending all this high crime in our area. But maybe out community can come together and have more crime watching. The justice system could also be more harsh to these people comminting the crimes. If it’s this bad now what will it be like in another three years. If something is not done you can almost bet it will be worse.
