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What drives some of our youth to robbing and killing?

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Charles Graham
March 8, 2013

I will attempt to shed light on this very question.  Many times we see our youth constantly paraded on the front pages of our newspapers and televisions.  Recently, a young man committed a crime in south Jackson where he allegedly assaulted and killed an 84-year-old woman.  He was black and she was white.  The young black male was once a neighbor who had befriended the elderly woman.  After she was killed, he then stole her car and was seen riding around in it.  What a brazen and stupid act.  Lifestyles and choices help to define us.

I will attempt to shed light on this very question.  Many times we see our youth constantly paraded on the front pages of our newspapers and televisions.  Recently, a young man committed a crime in south Jackson where he allegedly assaulted and killed an 84-year-old woman.  He was black and she was white.  The young black male was once a neighbor who had befriended the

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