Well have you ever stopped to consider that maybe your mom may have a reason to worry? I look out for him when he s here because I don t think I could face Mom and Dad if I let anything bad happen to him. Don t make her suffer by continuing to live your life from the mind set of an adolescent. The guy you are with may have a disagreement with someone.
Dear La Whitey, I don t believe that it s the gang life that captivates you. 'I'm sorry, I apologize, ' are words a person says when he bumped into someone or unintentionally hurt someone's feelings, but there are no words to say how much a person regrets ending someone's life, a family's future plans. Then I realized I belonged to this gang. The guy you give a place to stay as a favor might have just escaped from prison; the car you drop off might have drugs, guns, or a body in it. Take care and learn to love yourself because self-love is what s-up .
"For some reason beyond my understanding, families seem not to exist when someone is in a gang. "No one talks to me, " says Phoenix Police Detective Eleuterio Fragoso, who is handling the case. Cousins stab and shoot at each other because they belong to rival gangs. Many look at the one guy who is head of a gang with plenty of friends and money. From the doorway strode the impressive silhouette of senior editor Li'l Cottle in full bling-bling. I thought that I would be looked upon as strange or weak, even by my own family.
For the next year I was very angry with everyone and everything, but mostly myself. You started out by saying that your life is really messed up. Drugs were not a problem for me but, as far as my family, I am really ashamed of the mess I ve made out of my life. You better learn another living because they are not playing with these new laws they re making like Urban Terrorists and the Nut Cracker Law .
"Isn't it time we learned? " We started out as a group of friends just wanting to have fun. Step into your young-womanhood. My love is too real and big for me to let them fall further into that hole. Did you have family members in the gang? People join for many reasons. I now have life without the possibility of parole plus 9 years. With discipline, sacrifice, hard work, and determination you could succeed in anything you put your mind to. Junior had been a dignified young man, but now his family gazed on the indignity of violent death. At first I was getting high, but then I stopped because I made a promise to someone. Follow your dreams, make then come true. She s in a lot of pain from losing that connection and you are too, but being in a gang helps you numb that sense of loss.
I thought for sure I was about to take my first trip to jail, but after he had his fun beating me up, I was told to go to the alley adjacent to the building. The kids from another gang liked what I did and one thing led to another. I started to think I had no future because of the gang mentality. But then it hit me: if you re smart enough to write and ask questions, then you re probably smart enough to listen (no disrespect). Junior barely hung out with other Hispanics, let alone gangbangers, but through his sister's friendships and acquaintances had safe passage at Palomino Park, which neighbors describe as MBP territory. Ask us a question about this song.
One of the two major reasons for my family moving here to New Jersey was to get me away from the gang life I was living. Beanie: [after finding out that it's in the bylaw that the only way to keep the fraternity is take a course of tests but Beanie does not want to do it] Who'se lives are ruined? What about talking to a counselor or social worker at school to help you set a plan? Life is so full of mysteries and wonders and it is a big shame to waste it away in prison or in a senseless fight. Even though I m the younger brother, I wouldn t approve of it. I just want to hear it from somebody who experience this stuff rather than somebody who hasn't. I don't show no sympathy. Betrayal can get you hurt really bad. You need to want the best for you though. I thought that in my embracing a gang I would feel that.
First and foremost, I hope this lil kite finds you in the best of health. I just went along and put my tough-guy mask on, knowing full well I just had the worst moment in my life. Well for me I could not really say when; I grew up with all my homies is and here I am doing time for the gang. Even though one or two things I got from it were good, most of it was bad; and I'd gladly do without those few good things not to get all that bad stuff that comes with it. You have to think of your child first. I was in a gang for eight years. And believe me Rachael, I know because I ve been there done that a long time ago, and now I m sitting here in Pelican Bay for the rest of my life. Loss of freedom is your answer. Every year we celebrated God s gift to the world (Jesus). So I guess there is a sole purpose of joining a gang after all: that is, to ruin your life. Besides nobody has the right to take the life of another human being, especially for something not worth fighting for. Anger eventually left from me. Once I was introduced to the rest of my homeboys and homegirls, I was left in the middle of a filthy street.
Explanations to the police that you knew nothing about what was going on never go over good, and get women one-way tickets to prison. However, moms going to always be moms. My so-called homies were all proud of me, telling me how tough I acted by confronting the pigs and all that. Everyone can and should do it out of prison, just have the heart and conviction to do it. Frank: I'm not single. But in the end, no one wants their brothers in any gangs. And though there were dozens of witnesses to his shooting, the story of how Junior died swelled and shrank and wavered, depending on whom those witnesses were talking to. He again brings up the gang bang, but again asserts that "the girl was a volunteer. As grieving teenagers will, Junior's sister and his friends erected a small shrine next to the sidewalk where he died. Sincerely - R. S. You wanted to know what s the purpose of being in a gang.