Posted on 03/10/2013 6:56:05 PM PDT by artichokegrower
Lamont DeShawn Price was No. 18 of the 131 homicides in Oakland last year.
He was killed Feb. 16 while sitting in a car, his family believes for taking a girl's cell phone.
Lamont, 17, was by no means perfect. He had a juvenile record, skipped school, fathered a baby and was shot dead before he was old enough to vote.
His father, Ramon Price Sr., is both a reverend and employee at a funeral home. He's seen plenty of bullet wounds - small, dirty caves burrowed in flesh, as he describes them.
That could have been my son, he used to think. Then it was.
Lamont's funeral "was a day I can never forget, but a day I can hardly remember," Price said.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
So long Lamont, you big dummy.
*snort*
Lamont DeShawn Price
That’s great for it saves a lot of wasted time reading simple garbage.
Don’t steal crap or die. It’s really simple.
Well here is the one bright spot...
He’ll still vote. Not that it matters much in California.
If the Food Stamp President had as son ....
I once managed a large department of a company in the Bay Area. I’ll never forget when a valued employee, who was a professional black lady who had been there for many years, basically demanded to be transferred to another office in another state. I couldn’t afford to lose her and her long term institutional knowledge. I asked what it was all about... And it was her son. She asked me: “if you had a sixteen year old black son would you want him growing up in Oakland?”
Uh... Well... No. I approved the transfer.
Could a been worse...could a been Richmond.
Lamont DeShawn... and this was a surprise ending??? it was inevitable
For God’s sake don’t ask it if was a 38 or 357 magnum!
As the Chronicle states, he died before he could vote...but luckily, he will continue to vote for Democrats, even in 2014.
What a waste. Another kid’s life claimed by thug culture. I pray for the best for the baby daughter and the guy’s surviving siblings.
Let's look at the bright side. The preacher was free and they got an employee discount on the funeral.
Cutting out the middle man, I like that.
But, this is reality in liberal controlled cities.
My first computer teacher was a black man from Oakland who told me of being beaten up [often] because he studied and got good enough grades to make something of himself.
It was the Jesse Jackson world, now it is Obama's world folks, and it ain't going away - it's getting worse.
So he has a shorter list of victims
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