I would never describe a thug with a gun breaking into another person's home to commit armed robbery as a "good kid". Any culture that doesn't see the contradiction is a failed culture.
Lots of “good kids” getting killed for nothing.
Like Jawad Jabbar killed over attempting to rob a shoe customer in Dayton OH, on Christmas Eve for his Nike Jordan sneakers.
It sounds familiar. Some people take a shortcut through life... with all too predictable fatal results.
It's just the slovenly way we have of expressing ourselves these days. What he meant was that the kid came across as good, and gave him no reason to think otherwise in his day-to-day dealings.
Whereas some think if you have nothing good to say, you should say nothing at all, others feel if there is nothing good to say you should just fabricate an angel’s resume for the deceased.
Failing to come to terms with the acts these criminals are engaged in when they meet God isn’t doing anyone any favors.