In this case, a little READING can fill in some of the details. She apparently remarried.
I commend her for trying to keep her son out of a gang. And I don’t in any way say the kid isn’t responsible for what he did. My point is that this story is just one more sad illustration of what the welfare state has done to us. And the worst part is that instead of pointing out this fact, the media is probably going to use it as a reason to expand welfare because “we aren’t doing enough for the poor.”