Kenneth Terry with the Treme Brass Band plays the trumpet Monday during a community response to a shooting during a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans. Sean Gardner/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sean Gardner/Getty Images Code Switch After A Mass Shooting, New Orleanians Rally Around A Local Tradition May 14, 2013 • Second-lines — jazzy, rolling dance parties — are a staple in the black neighborhoods of the Big Easy. But on Mother's Day, a second-line parade was marred by a mass shooting that left 19 people injured. The violence has sparked questions of whether the events should be shut down, but those in "the culture" say linking violence to second-lines is unfair.
