Victim Dies After Highway 84 Menlo Park Shooting

RIP red!!!! them niccas nis thrue.

RIP Little Red.. you will be missed. I will always remember you at the little boy that used to put a smile on my face.

MIR wrote:

RIP Little Red.. you will be missed. I will always remember you at the little boy that used to put a smile on my face.

Why LIL Red? gangmember?

rest in peace home boy

rest in peace

Al from LA wrote:

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Why LIL Red? gangmember?

Hello, I never met the guy but I knew people that knew him. From what i know, I don't think he was a gang member (by this i mean, he was not part of a Real Organized gang). Yes, he probably got into trouble, but to say he was a gang member, no.

Living in a city like east palo alto and having a nickname automatically leads to an assumption that one might be affiliated with a gang, but it's not true.

Part of growing up in a city like East Palo Alto means that one is bound to get a nick name by friends and family members. It's part of the cities culture.

I grew up in east palo alto and i have seen the challenges young kids face there. Drugs, violence (domestic, verbal, psychological and physical), affiliation with the wrong crowd and tempatations are just a few challenges kids face. And the way i see it, the PROBABILITY of them encountering AT LEAST ONE is, I would say from observation, at least 80%.

Now, after the encounter, there are those who get trapped.

The city needs to do a better job in educating kids. I wouldn't recommend spending money in the same old campaigns they do every year. For example, you will sometimes see banners that say, "Don't do drugs," "Stay In School," etc. I mean, yes they help, but they are not helping enough.

Why not tell kids the truth. For example, show them the numbers. Show them the population of the city they live and how many of the people living there have at least a high school degree. How much money people make? How many people die do to crime?

Then show them the number of people who lived in the city and actually got at least a high school degree and how their living conditions are compared to those without a HS degree. Then go up one more level. Show them the stats of people who grew up in the city and compare their living conditions.

I really want to let people know, especially young kids who are going to school now, to take a step back and watch what violence does and what education causes. really think about it.