Illegals Kill Freely, While Good Kids Die by Brett Winterble

Los Angeles is currently caught up in a battle against two threats -- the Paparazzi and street gangs. It has chosen to do battle with the paps; it has chosen to duck the problem with street gangs.

Let me first tell you about Jamiel Shaw. Shaw, was, by all accounts a good kid, the story would be unremarkable, except that this story takes place in the city of Los Angeles, a city that has its fair share of lost kids. But Jamiel was different; he was an athlete and a good guy. He was a star footballer at Los Angeles High School, and his dad and his mom (who was serving in Iraq) were rightly proud of their son’s achievements. Columnist Sandy Banks quoted Jamiel’s father in the Los Angeles Times, “'College wasn't an option. He was going to college,'" said Shaw, a high school dropout who passed a general education development test. "'My job was to get him through high school, get him ready. He did everything I asked him to.'"

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