Photo credit: Tom Jenz
"Aftermath of a Tragedy"
A few days ago, I found the house where 43-year-old Christopher Stokes shot and killed five members of his family on the last day of April. Mr. Stokes was arrested and now awaits his punishment. He has a history of domestic violence.
On the sidewalk, I met a Stokes family member, and I asked what would be done with the house. “Not sure,” she said. “We still got neighbors living in the basement.”
Let’s just say a suburban white man, perhaps a lawyer or a store owner, had killed five family members. I suspect the mainstream media would still be posting daily stories including heartbreaking profiles of each family member. In the case of the Stokes killings, the media is no longer interested.
Central City Stories is a collection of visual narratives from Milwaukee's central city by writer and fine arts photographer Tom Jenz. You can see more of his work at TomJenzAmerica.com.
