The Sun-Times recently wrote about the senseless killing of a young man named Joshua Stokes in just 71 words. There was no mention of his accomplishments, family, legacy or any other detail about his human existence.
That is not enough. I have written more about Josh, even though, as his third-grade teacher, I am just a tiny spoke in the wheel that was Josh’s life. Josh — and every victim of Chicago’s daily gun violence — deserve the decency of a more complete picture of his existence.
