I want to know more... is she really doing the right thing here? I don't know. Did her son think violence was okay because he gets beat at home normally or did he turn to riot because he is a follower? Did this woman not discipline her son enough? Why or why not? Where is the father? Why are so many young men lacking wisdom to know these types of actions are destructive, not just for their own lives but for the lives of their community? How do we repair this? How do we break this mentality? There seem to be no simple answers.
How do we teach people or compel them to become involved in their communities rather then resort to violence and rioting?
Our nation doesn't just have a race relations problem, we have a problem between the general population and police. How do we go about changing these relations?
Baltimore is a unique city. It is blacks who make up the majority so the idea that this is strictly about race does not hold water with me. I lived there.
The woman was identified as Toya Graham. She explains that she did what she did because she did not want him to be a Freddie Gray.
Well, I recently decided to take a break from the blog.
Warning: Long winded, boring story ahead. Skip to "more important things," if you're not interested.
Truth be told, I have been overwhelmed with a number of different things. Life does that to a person. I have kept busy reading, writing, and researching. I am looking forward to finishing my book and having a relaxing yet fun and active summer.
Apparenlty Lori used to be jogging partners with the victim's mother, and the women's sons were also friends and classmates. Reports say Lori and the victim became friends because she volunteered in his high school classroom. Then, they began communicating via Facebook.
Their conversations were often sexual, according to reports, and court documents say she sent two lewd pics of herself to the teen on October 14. She was reportedly fully nude in both. Just last week the Houston Metro Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force seached David's home, and she reportedly confessed to sending the images.
She was arrested and posted bond Thursday afternoon.
