Stacksonem said 🔗
One of my former students is in jail for murder right now. I taught him when he was in 8th grade back in 2012. He was street, but I felt had a good heart. His mom wasn’t around but his dad was. His dad didn’t play around either, very active. His dad passed away in 2013 or 2014. My student ended up going to jail shortly after his fathers passing.
He came out in the news because he and some of his friends beat up a CO at rikers. That’s how I learned he was in jail. They broke the CO’s back and really fu#ked him up. When I saw my students mugshot he still looked like a kid to me. He was 18. Anyway later on he gets sentenced and has a kufi on, so I assumed he turned Muslim and was trying to change. Anyway he gets out in 2021, a couple months later, he goes on a drill with some guys in the neighborhood. They end up ki1ling some random African guy in a case of mistaken identity. When they catch my student he had a bunch of crack on him, he wasn’t the shooter but is an accomplice.
He spent most of his teens and now probably the rest of his life in jail. Each time he got out after his first bid he only lasted a couple months before getting locked up again. It break my heart because I know deep down inside he has a good heart, but once his dad died it seems like the streets consumed him. I was hoping turning Muslim would change him, but it doesn’t seem like it did.
Sorry to hear about your boy.
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Thank you for sharing your story.
BTW I've been told before by hood cats that I should be a preacher or a teacher.
Anyways, this friend of mine. He grew up all fu#ked up too, man. I felt bad for him, you know?
These people don't understand, man.