The recent surge in violence in Port Elizabeth over the past two weeks has made me feel a bit nervous about living here. The stint by Steven Romer, where he shot three people and killed one, was a despicable crime that has left people feeling scared. The realisation of the surge in crime really became a reality to me when I was walking on Pollock beach this weekend. I was walking on the beach with my friend when we both noticed a man standing next to someone who was lying down. As we got closer we noticed that the man on the ground was not moving and that the man standing next to him was a policeman. The man lying on the ground was dead. It took me a while to realise what I had just witnessed. We both turned around and walked the other way in shock. That was the first time I had ever seen a dead body.
I bought the newspaper over the weekend and tried to see if I could find the story about the dead man that was lying on the beach but there was nothing. At first I thought that they would maybe publish something this week, but once again I found nothing about it.
This made me realise what I think I have known for a while. Our society is used to violence, death and murder. This is a sad fact, but with these things being around us all of the time we hace become desensitised towards them.
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