Robbery Led To Slayings -- Courant.com

You can preach all you want but these teens are going to do what they want. Its sad that he allowed rap music to make him a "tough guy" or "thug".
I wonder if "Jim Jones" or Suge Knight know about this death, I doubt it.
To the family, keep your head up you tired your best. I hope other "hardhead" teens read this story.
And stop with the "Rock the Heavens" crap, dont we wish they were still here on earth. Its hard to go to Heaven when you're out robbing folks.
Im not blaming the victims or suspects but "I UNDERSTAND"!

Unfortunately these two young men didn't realize how fortunate they really were. They appeared to have good families who cared about them, provided them with the means to a good education, a good home, love, and faith.(We won't get the whole story, but from the article it doesn't sound as if they weren't loved at home.) Yet they chose a life of crime and wrong-doing. There is so much pressure on black men to be bad to fit in. If they do well in school, they are accused of selling out...trying to be white. And their incarcerations become a badge of honor.

A sad ending for these men's families. Not to mention the family of the person responsible for taking their lives.

too bad hip-hop continues to poison our youth....

the unfortunate deaths of these two young men and lifestyles they chose to lead proves one thing: no matter how hard we try with our children, they will make their own choices in life and face the consequences.

both young men came from good homes-one where he was raised by a single father who had a good job and a strong sense of moral upbringing and the other by a family who encouraged him to get help with the poor choices he was making.

my point is this: a child can come from a "broken" home where there is a single mom on welfare with a dozen other half brothers and sisters running around or a "whole" home where parents are actively involved and family values are instilled on a daily basis and STILL the child can chose the wrong path in life.

my thoughts and prayers are with the families of these two young men.

Two lives gone bad, two families and many good friends, very sad. Both boys could have done so much better but bad choices caused death for them and anguish for thier families. My sincerest sympathy and prayers go out to all.

As sad as I am for this family, the young people in the greater Hartford area have to come to realize that this "thug life" is stupid and deadly.

Prison is not a badge of honor, and I agree, dead "thugs" don't get to heaven.

And I certainly don't buy that junk that "I was selling drugs to get by." No, you work a crappy legal job to get by and help your family.

Selling drugs and committing crimes make you a terror to the community. And just because you share the proceeds of your illicit activities with your compatriots, that still doesn't make you a "good guy."

"He'd give you the shirt off his back." Well if he stole the shirt, it still makes him a criminal.

I think half these kids just do this crap because negligent parents, money grubbing record companies and Uncle Tom rap artist, who trade the future of the youth that idolize them for the almighty dollar, have led too many young people to believe that thuggery is cool.

p.s. kids wash that RIP crap off your car. Your homey was stupid. That's why he got what he got. There's no honor in crime, and personally, I'm tired of giving my condolences to the family of these kids.

Snickersnee wrote:

I really, really hate that phrase, "robbery (or whatever) gone bad." Quite the contrary, Chief! I'd say the outcome was very good indeed, with two lowlifes permanently removed from the gene pool. When the bad guys become afraid to walk the streets in Hartford after dark, a big step forward will have been taken.

Agreed. Well put!

Still, this story is a little hard to believe since King Perez keeps claiming "Hartford is safe".

When was the last time you heard him say that, stop kissing butt. Its ok to come up with you quotes of "inner-city hate".
Amston, Ct? You want to help me out with that location....

Konnecticut_Better_Yet wrote:

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As a gun owner, I don't think the person with the shotgun was a legal gun owner. First, unless the person ran out of his home with the shotgun, it was being carried through Hartford, which tells me the barrel and/or the stock was sawed off. Guns can't be loaded withing 500 feet of a building. This wasn't a handgun and I doubt a permit was involved.
If the kids were shot execution style, the person could have held them at gunpoint untill the police arrived. The shooting wasn't necessary since it was obvious the kids surrendered.

I don't think they tried to rob a Quicky-Mart, sounds more like gang/drug related than a robbery.

Maybe they were part of a threesome for some other felony and the 3rd was not going to share?

If you & two buddies shoot an old lady for a diamond ring, what's shooting your accomplices mean to you?(No witness)

"Just because one of them was a Blood doesn't mean it was gang-related. He was a Blood who was killed committing a robbery. We don't want to alarm the public," he said.

I feel better already.

I have to agree that this was a "robbery gone good." I do not support capital punishment, because the government should not be in the business of killing it's own citizens, no matter what they have done to deserve it. However, when a "thug" is killed in the course of his own doings, now that is a justifiable, and even desirable outcome. These two thugs will not be able to hurt anybody ever again will they. Definitely a positive outcome here.

I was surprised by this article -- it talks about two kids, their families, and the sadness of this whole incident. The reporters did a great job telling a story about more than their violent deaths.

And now I'm surprised again -- I just read the other posts. I know that at least one of these kids committed bad acts. But they were kids. And they screwed up. But they were more than that. They had families and people who loved them. For God's sake have a little compassion for those they left behind.

It's hard to believe that some people can consider this a "robbery gone good." Two young men are dead, how can there be anything good in that? Only the people involved know what exactly happened and so far, no one has said anything. Two people killed 'execution-style' a block apart with no wallets, money or identification on them at all. Yeah, that sounds like they were trying to rob someone (that was sarcasm if you couldn't pick it up). I've heard of people getting robbed before and so far no one else has had time to get out their shotgun and proceed to shoot one would be robber in the face multiple times and then chase down the other to do the exact same to him. Everything so far sounds like a premeditated act of violence, not a botched robbery. I think everyone needs to wait until they found out what really happened before passing judgement. My heart goes out to the families of those young men. No parent should every have to bury a child.

Tom wrote:

I have to agree that this was a "robbery gone good." I do not support capital punishment, because the government should not be in the business of killing it's own citizens, no matter what they have done to deserve it. However, when a "thug" is killed in the course of his own doings, now that is a justifiable, and even desirable outcome. These two thugs will not be able to hurt anybody ever again will they. Definitely a positive outcome here.

exactly! two more thugs off the street. these 2 kids would have probably had 30 kids within the next 3 years, poisoning our streets with more of the same.

Well, it's too bad these boys made the decisions that they did. Hopefully other yoots will learn from their mistakes.

It's hard to believe that some people can consider this a "robbery gone good." Two young men are dead, how can there be anything good in that? Only the people involved know what exactly happened and so far, no one has said anything. Two people killed 'execution-style' a block apart with no wallets, money or identification on them at all. Yeah, that sounds like they were trying to rob someone (that was sarcasm if you couldn't pick it up). I've heard of people getting robbed before and so far no one else has had time to get out their shotgun and proceed to shoot one would be robber in the face multiple times and then chase down the other to do the exact same to him. Everything so far sounds like a premeditated act of violence, not a botched robbery. I think everyone needs to wait until they found out what really happened before passing judgment. My heart goes out to the families of those young men. No parent should every have to bury a child.

young people must stop now and wake up please wake up and acheive a goal a dream no more fight beacuse you have a color and its not right please believe there is another way so right now i say hay no more please stop please no more killings. god bless to all there is another way.any young man and woman you want to get out of a gang please get out now it is not the way not sure how trust the lord and he will set you free.

They tried to rob someone, they got killed whats the big deal.

This is a reply to HCT's comment. This is indeed a robbery gone good, I would rather have the robbers die in every robbery than an innocent victim getting hurt. I would rather see no robberies at all, but if I had my choice I would like to hear the news of robbers getting hurt