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Does teen shootings seem to be almost an every day thing anymore? It sure does to me.  What's going on? Are these children that out of control? Or are the police dept.'s going crazy?  I personally think these kids are really out of control. You have a boy jumping out of a closet trying to stab the police. A young boy driving around in a stolen car with drugs and a 45!  I'm sure to lose a child by this means would be totally tramatizing to the parent , however I can't see how all these law suits are coming about. These children are not model citizens of the community. They have long histories with the law. How can these parents act like there children were not commiting any crimes? Or that these children were not deeply in trouble long before there tragic deaths? As I said I do feel for these parents and these children, but don't act like you were not aware of what way these children were heading.  I've seen these trageties on the news before and I've seen them interview a heart broken mother who knew what her child was and admitted that he was. How she tried to do all she could to no availe. That woman I had total remorse and saddness in my heart for her. But these parents that get on TV and threaten to sue and deny any wrong doings by there childen when somthing awful happens makes me very angry. What are these police officers supposed to do?
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JOCKOJOHNSON
Mar 20, 2007 | 3:44 PM

All these so called community activists want to do is stur up hate. The guy had a .45 caliber bullet in his head, Akron police officers carry 9mm handguns, therefore one can conclude that the guy shot himself. And one more thing he was a 19 year old adult why does the news continue to show his third grade picture? ...........oh wow look the police shot this poor little black boy for no reason!

ohio_gal read my blog
Mar 20, 2007 | 4:49 PM

AMEN TO THAT !!!!!!

KLOCKONE read my blog view my photos
Mar 20, 2007 | 7:34 PM

Can we please not make race the issue.If this was your child,would you feel the same? This could be your son,grandson,nephew etc.Police officers have a very difficult job.They only have seconds ,to make a "life altering"choices. Suicide or deadly force...does it really matter???Once again another young life has been cut short.

JOCKOJOHNSON
Mar 20, 2007 | 7:56 PM

yes but he cut his own life short that was my whole point.

KLOCKONE read my blog view my photos
Mar 20, 2007 | 9:17 PM

I agree.However I'm grateful that I'm not currently being judged by my "childhood mistakes".At 19,this young man, may have made some pretty bad choices...but should they have cost him the "ultimate punishment"? Either way,it's still a sad situation.

Reid36
Mar 21, 2007 | 1:06 AM

It is a sad situation, but the sadness started long before this boy took his life. Where were the parents in this situation. I live in Utah, and its only been a month since we had that tragic scene of a young teenage boy who walked into a mall and shot several people, at random. Killing 5 and wounding several others. When they went to talk to the family, they said that they didn't know what he was doing. They didn't even know that he had purchased a gun. They didn't even know he had a relationship with a girl in Texas on the internet.

When the police went into his room, there was ammo boxes all over the place. Receipts for the guns, sitting on this night stand. Images of horrible things on this computer. All sitting in plain site. His parents said he was very quiet, and that they never went in his room.

WHAT!!!!??? Please. These kids are SCREAMING out for attention that they aren't getting from somewhere else, and I have to say, it's not from home. These parents should have to face and answer a lot of questions for this. When you don't pay attention to your children, talk to them, check on them, love them, what do we expect. If your not being a parent to your children, who will be?

I think we need to start paying attention to our children and less on our jobs, careers, houses, cars, bosses, clothes, shoes, and whatever we feel needs more attention than our children.

0ROARK read my blog
Mar 21, 2007 | 6:03 AM

Chilhood mistakes are not coming home before curfew nor not making good grades. Criminal activity is not childhood mistakes. By the time your 18 you should have a better grasp of whats right and wrong! This guy was at a known drug house and had a 45 cal gun in his car with him. Excuses! Excuses!

survivormom read my blog view my photos
Mar 21, 2007 | 6:08 AM

Yes, it's true that there are too many young children dying and killing today. Why? There is a 100 reason's we could come up with. We can blame parents, we can blame the government, we can blame society. We don't have families with two parents in the house and if we do then both have to work. There is no-one home for these kids anymore. this lets the kids do as they please. If we would stick our nose into things that matter and not into things that don't and not involve the police or government every-time something is done that you don't like, maybe we would be-able to go back to the way life was..like neighbors helping neighbors. If your child is doing something wrong and your neighbor says something...use it, don't hold a grudge and start bickering back and forth and having a full out war. Our children are not so innocent. And for all you parents that your child does no wrong..think again. I am a stay at home mom, i do go through my oldest son's room, and he knows it. I won't read notes or letters though if they are in in his room, only if they are left out for me to see. But dong all this and being a stay at home mom, he is no angel. We need to stay on top of these kids. Some of you may remember my latest blog and yes i asked for help because i was at my end with him, but i did not stop there. I kept going until I (think) got somewhere. and i won't stop there if this does not work. Everyone just needs to work together help each other out. Save these children.

rmarkle read my blog view my photos
Mar 21, 2007 | 6:43 AM

Why do these kids have guns anyway? Where are the parents? The parents shouldn't be getting mad at the police officers who are doing their jobs they need to get mad at themselves for not being better parents.

m-tru read my blog
Mar 21, 2007 | 7:11 AM

This is a sad story all around. You have a deceased 19 yr old kid hanging in drug houses, he has a criminal background and .45 caliber gun. He shot himself.Yes it is sad but how many people would he have shot in the next 5 yrs if he were still alive. Obviously being arrested and in trouble all those other times didn't change him or his way of life. Instead he took the easy way out. I feel for anyone who loses their child but I'm sorry I cannot feel for those who kill themselves or to the parents who could have stopped it from ever going to that point. Come on...ammo boxes and receipts and bad things all over his room?? What kind of parent (especially with kids already in trouble multiple times)does not snoop or look around their kids room??One's that didn't care to begin with. Now..only when they think and threaten a lawsuit do they care. In some cases there is foul play with cops and it seems to grow in staggering amounts lately but I do not believe this was one of them.If these parents actually file a lawsuit and win anything I hope with every dollar they spend they remember it was blood money for their son in which they didn't even care enough to pay attention to or love...they gave him a room..in a house..never to care enough to be involved with their already troubled teen. JOCKOJOHNSON the reaon why they are probably showing a picture of him from the third grade is because they probably didn't even care about him to even take a recent photo.And it is being made out on the news to be a "race" issue not by us..did you see all the people caring on on the t.v.??It's not ab

m-tru read my blog
Mar 21, 2007 | 7:13 AM

It's not about race or any of the other 20 things that have come out of it...it is about a 19 yr. old ADULT who chose the easy way out instead of becoming a person he could live with. Yes his parents are partially to blame but at he could have got a job,moved out and made something of his life. Instead he chose to be a criminal and look where it got him.

0ROARK read my blog
Mar 21, 2007 | 7:51 AM

Lawsuit! How dare those people! This is what is wrong the youth of America. Mommy and Daddy are more worried about sueing than actually taking responsibility. There are a lot of people who do not feel that they have to be held accountable for their actions. Wake up America the kids need a good spanking!!!

KLOCKONE read my blog view my photos
Mar 21, 2007 | 8:38 AM

The Blame Game is not fixing the problem. Who's at fault? The parents, the schools,the media,the internet,the drugs...the list goes on and on. No one is willing to step up and be accountable. Meanwhile every single day, we continue to hear about these types of tragedies.For those that may need a reality check,no community is exempt! Now what should we do? I am 38 yrs old. I have a 7yr old daughter.She will never have the chance to experience the kind freedom,that I once had as a child. How can we turn this world around? I'd love to know if anyone has some "real" suggestions. I'm doing everything that I possibly can to raise my child with morals and values. What about those kids that have no guidance? Are they to BLAME? Not one of us,chose our parents. Nor,requested to be BORN. Don't be a hypocrite.Unless you reside in a glass house,don't throw stones. Check out some of the blogs of those that are commenting on this issue.How soon we forget...

survivormom read my blog view my photos
Mar 21, 2007 | 9:57 AM

Klockone, no disrespect, but unless you plan on locking your daughter up (like we all should)then you can't really say your daughter will never have the freedom that you and i had growing up. You know that if it was our parents that were strict we had friends that had parents who didn't care or were not home late at night, we would just stay the night at their house. I was brought up with the strictest of parents, but I found a way to find trouble growing up. That is why i thought the same as you, and my kids were not going to get nothing past me. Hah...that turned out to be wrong with my oldest. But now he has lost my trust and he has found out the hard way how hard things will be around here. we can't keep our kids away from doing something wrong. What we can do is stop it as soon as we see something is wrong. And that is the bottom line here in this blog...so many parents look the other way. Why? who knows. Maybe like said in some other blogs they want to be their friend first parent last or they themselves don't care or they are afraid of what will happen to them if they do try to discipline, whatever the case may be I hope some day everyone wakes up and starts doing the right thing.

0ROARK read my blog
Mar 21, 2007 | 10:58 AM

I'm going to say that a huge part of the problems today are drug related. I'm stunned at how many people use drugs that you would not think do. Our company has drug testing and 8 of the 10 tested failed and lost their jobs. People with small children and have worked at the company for years. Years ago companies didn't do drug testing so nobody even knew. The statistic I heard at a Drug Free Workplace meeting was that the U.S. consists of only 6% of the world population but is responsible for 60% of all the drug use. Scary? Yep! The big drug bust in Lorain is a perfect example. Parents had drugs in the house in plain site of small children when they were busted. So how are these kids supposed to know right from wrong when they live with that?

KLOCKONE read my blog view my photos
Mar 21, 2007 | 11:34 AM

None taken. I simply don't take any unnecessary chances. Like it or not,we can't protect our kids from THE WORLD. At some point,we must let go. Survivormom...I agree with you. As for me, it's not about being strict. One thing that I can promise...you won't ever see me crying and sobbing on FOX 8,because my daughter was abducted from my back yard. Unless a criminal wants to snatch both she and I,he or she won't have an easy time carrying out their intentions. When some sicko is cruising around town looking for the next victim,they will not find my daughter easy prey. If the fact that she isn't allowed to play outside without supervision or go to to a classmates home without me having met the other parents first, makes me strict...so be it.

Wernerd630 read my blog view my photos
Mar 21, 2007 | 3:47 PM

And Ohio wants to change the rules on concealed weapons.

KLOCKONE read my blog view my photos
Mar 21, 2007 | 4:36 PM

Yeah...go figure!

girlscout read my blog view my photos
Mar 21, 2007 | 5:25 PM

This is what happens when so many babies are born with only one parent in their life. These young men need a father and a strong role model in their lives. Unfortunately, many don't, so they take to the streets and get in trouble. I'm not saying to go back in time to the 50's, but when it was "shameful" to have a baby out of wedlock, we didn't have as many of these cases. Now, it's nothing for a young girl to have a baby and raise it herself, and then the poor kid starts out with a strike against him right from the get-go.

PINKICE87 read my blog view my photos
Mar 21, 2007 | 8:36 PM

you know i didnt want to commet on this issue but seeings how everyone else is i will.. the kid was 19 the police shot him in the leg yes but hello a 9mm to a 45 caliber? he killed himself.. and yes i do beleave if the officers wouldnt of shot him first hed still be alive... and whats with the kid in the car how do we know he didnt kill him? how do we know it was a suicide? we dont! so all im saying is i have two girls of my own and if a police officer shot my baby i would do the same as any parent would... so lets stop all the talk about this poor kid and let him rest in peace!

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klh1886

I am married to a wonderful man for 10 years. Between the two of us we have five children. Ages 18 thru 26. I enjoy gardening, yard work and taking care of my grandson. My most favorite activity when I have time is to sit by our little pond with my coffee watching our fish.

Member Since: 10/22/2006