[Vernard Toney Jr.] was a seventh grader at Kelly Miller Middle School in Northeast D.C. He was smart, funny and talented, his principal said in a letter to families.A security camera captured a picture of Vernon's carjacking partner, who ran away.
"He had a natural comedic ability and loved to make people laugh, especially when he would joke that he was the principal of Kelly Miller MS. Vernard also loved to play basketball and spend his free time on the court with his friends,” the letter said.
Toney had been accused in a string of previous carjackings. Two sources familiar with the investigation say Toney was arrested in May in connection with a number of armed carjackings in Southeast D.C. He was 12 at the time. It wasn’t immediately clear what happened with the cases....
Acting Chief of Police Pamela Smith said she wanted to be sensitive to Toney’s grieving parents and classmates.
“He was known to the Metropolitan Police Department, and it’s just unfortunate that this particular incident happened on Saturday night that caused him to no longer be here,” she said.
“partner, who ran away.”
Now I understand the “tragic “ part ...
“…natural comedic ability and loved to make people laugh, especially when” — he was violently pulling people out of their cars and stealing them.
"Grieving"???
Bosh ....
There's a big part of the problem. The lesson they NEED to learn is "FAFO". Being "sensitive" to their "grief" insulates them from that desperately needed lesson.
True, I'm laughing.
If he had been held accountable for the carjackings he did when he was 12, he might have been in a juvenile “camp” but he would be alive today. Personal responsibility needs to return to the USA.
A 12-13 year old who ‘was KNOWN ‘ to the police dept.
WHAT A GRAND LEGACY !!!!!