say what?
I’m certain this gangbanger punk contributed lots to society. *sarc*
Here’s the story. Notice that it says:
“He did mix himself up with the wrong crowd,” Baxter said
http://www.kptv.com/story/16097853/vigil-honors-slain-teenager
Um, right. It has changed because of people like you that can't control their 13yo sons and keep them from joining gangs.
For context sake, the city of Portland lowers its flags for every child who dies a violent death in the city.
I look forward to hearing Michael Berry expound on this tomorrow when he does his “Portlandia” report.
The demise of this punk just doesn’t manage to tug at my heartstrings somehow.
Lowering our flag for vermin like this is an insult to true Americans.
I didn’t bother reading this tripe closely...
Was the punk “an aspiring rap artist”?
Or “an aspiring graphic designer”?
“Marquez had several arrests for theft and assault and was on juvenile probation at the time of his death. But his teachers at the Rosi Hinton alternative program in the David Douglas School District described him as a “model student” and said he was polite, well-liked and good at math.”
All that tells me is the kid was smart enough to work the system. I can remember a couple of the “teacher’s pets” back in 8th grade. One of them was among the worst human beings I’ve ever met, even to this day. But he knew how to suck up to the teachers and they all thought he was just peachy.
But he was also very talented with a Filipino butterfly knife or a nine. He was a real Renaissance kid!
That may be but, evidently, he wasn't very good at putting two and two together.
It's kind of hard to succeed in life when you've already got a rap sheet as long as your arm when you're 13 years old.
And, as far as the father lamenting that "we have to stop this", I would say, yo, vato, where were you? Why didn't you tan this kid's hide after his first arrest? What was he doing in a gang in the first place? How many other kids do you have by how many other women who are out there prowling the streets?
.... she said: “We know he has touched many.....
Marquez had several arrests for.... assault.....Seems he has touched somebody.
As far as I am concerned this is just another gang member who has been improved...gang bangers have no right to life in my society.