7 Times

Erica's essay, in my opinion was really good. Throughout the entire essay I knew she wasn't happy because she stated that at the beginning. The title of the post was very interesting and her essay didn't fall short of what i expected. Her main point was that seven shots were unnecessary "they were six shots too many". I agree with her, it was a 13 year old, one shot is enough to take him down and get the situation under control. The part that captured my attention the most : "bullet 1. and he was probably down or even dead. bullet 2. definitely dead. bullet 3. still dead. bullet 4. still dead. bullet 5. still dead.bullet 6. still dead

bullet 7. still dead." The way she set it up was just really intriguing and a great way to end the essay because it got the readers thinking, it did for me at least. 

Javi's essay was also very good. The first difference I noticed was that Javi was more about the facts and showing a picture was a great idea. Erica on the other hand was more of her opinion and trying to ask why those actions ( the seven shots) were taken when there was other possibilities to handle the situation. While reading Erica's version I imagined like a toy gun not one that looked exactly like and Ak-47. After seeing that I was able to comprehend a little more why the police officers decided to shoot. But again, why so many times ?

It was good to read both of these essay because they both had different but good points. One was more opinion based and the other was more focused on the facts. Why the policeman decided to shoot 7 times? Sadly, we might not ever know the truth reason  Or perhaps the reason was because he thought it was what was best, we may never really know.