Those were the words I heard this morning on the radio while driving. I was listening to an interview of the parents of Jamiel Andre Shaw II who was gunned down by a –and let’s be clear about this part– gang member of the 18th Street gang who was in this country illegally.
Those who want to escalate this case into race war, knock yourself out. In the meantime, I want to place some attention on the fact that this boy would not have been dead if our government was actually serious about enforcing our existing laws on immigration.
Check this out.
Immigration officials say the suspected Los Angeles street gang member charged in the shooting death of a high school football star may have been in the country illegally.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Virginia Kice said Saturday her agency has filed an immigration hold against 19-year-old Pedro Espinoza.
The hold means Espinoza will be transferred into her agency’s custody for possible deportation when he leaves local custody.
Espinoza was released from jail in an assault case the day before the March 2 killing of 17-year-old Jamiel Shaw Junior.
Kice did not know if there was a hold on him during his previous sentence, but said inmates on hold are generally released directly into her agency’s custody. (more…)
I’ll just continue with the story:
Shaw was shot to death in the 2100 block of Fifth Avenue. A car had pulled up and Espinoza, a member of the 18th Street Gang, allegedly got out and asked “Where you from” — meaning what gang — and opened fire.
Shaw’s father ran outside and found his son dying next to a tree that the two had planted with the mayor almost three years ago as part of the city’s Million Trees Initiative.
“Yes, it just so happened we were standing close by, so he helped the mayor plant the tree,” Shaw’s father said. “And it was special because, you know, we took pictures with the mayor. Look at this spot (now) and it’s like man, this is just so sad. It’s like, wow. This is so devastating.”
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Jamiel’s mother, Army Sgt. Anita Shaw, was serving in Iraq when her son was slain, and his family hopes she won’t be sent back. Los Angeles City Councilman Herb Wesson Jr. urged residents to send letters, asking for Sgt. Shaw’s release from duty or her installation somewhere other than Iraq.
As I listened to the father, he talked about how his son played by the rules (stayed out of trouble, maintained good grades, called home when he was supposed to, etc.). He said that his son was about 3 doors away from home when he was gunned down.
As for the mother, she talked about how she was called into the office of one of her superiors in Iraq before receiving word that her son had been killed. She talked about falling to the floor and trying to run out of the office while screaming in anguish. Twenty minutes later, she was on a plane on her way back to the states. The interviewer asked her how did she feel about the fact that while she was over in Iraq fighting for the freedom of one country, getting word about your son’s death here in the state. She said “America let me down”.
And as long as we continue to bundle criminals who should not be in this country in the first place with folks who, while still here illegally, come here to work with these santuary city policies, we will continue to let folks like this family down.
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