here's the video. It's a couple of years old so I use terminology I wouldn't use to day and I think the thought rambles, but it's still one of my favorites: ruclips.net/video/1BMl6phxWpU/видео.html
Video shows that he tossed an object behind the fence as he turned toward the officer, sure he was unarmed at the second he was shot but he was armed a second before he was shot. If you were in pursuit of a suspect & saw a weapon in the suspects hand (obvious by the officer saying drop your weapon) would you take the chance that he didn't drop the gun and instead turned to fire at the officer? It is tragic that such a young life has been lost, but we cannot remove personal responsibility from all parties involved. It is no secret the worse thing you can do is run from a police officer... for many reasons... It has been a sickening past few years with several unnecessary killings by police and I believe something needs to be done... but there are a few cases that circumstances, justify the officer defending him/herself. Would the community be this outraged if the suspect was a 30 year old? I do not think in this case race or age had a direct influence on the officer's response. I think the fact that the person had a gun in hand and ran from police is what directly resulted in this death.
@@WYCDfoxxxyDragon Excuse it all you want, the cop should not have murdered the kid. Your bullshit about personal responsibility "from all parties" is... well pathetic. The kid dropped the gun, stopped, and put his hands up. EXACTLY what the cop shouted for him to do. And he was gunned down for it. "the worst thing you can do is run from a police officer", yet if you stop you get murdered. I like how you claim the circumstances justify the officer "defending himself" - but tell me this: from what? Why are the streets less safe for cops now? Is it because people know of incidents like this, and do not trust - or outright hate - cops? The cops and their incompetence / malice are the reason why cops feel the community is more hostile now... and they react with even more incompetence and malice. If you are tired of the sickening events STOP FUCKIGN DEFENDING THEM YOU UTTER PIECE OF SHIT.
They denigrate a 13 y/o after his death because it worked for Treyvon Martin and Emmett Till and many others. We talk about being a Christian nation but every time this crap happens, they just clam TF up. Thanks for the videos, Beau.
As if the officer who murdered the child had any inkling of what his nickname was at the time he pulled a gun on a compliant person. Defund Police and do it now!
@@grmpEqweer Yeah, he was 12 and they did exactly zero investigating before deciding to execute him as well. The system isn't just broke, it's actively hunting for victims.
Let’s not forget the system and people treat underage kids of color as adults and white kids as, well, kids. Look at how hannity described 17 year old Kyle as a “young boy” and how he described Adam as a “13 year old man”.
Yes, and the more of us who point that out and holler about it, the better. But that's only noise until we can defund the police. I am 100% in favor of tearing it to the ground and building again something that serves all of us, and doing it under the supervision of citizen committees of BIPOC.
" What did he expect to happen?" He's 13, he didn't expect to get killed. The problem is systemic, it is not only his mom, the neighborhood, or what he posts on social media. This is deeply rooted in our system and we need to change that system.
@Sabrina Starks about 6 years ago image my surprise to open my front door and see two police officers with my daughter and two of her friends in tow. I was mortified to learn that they were smoking a joint ON SCHOOL PROPERTY! The officers wanted to leave the punishment up to me and the other parents, provided the parents of the other 2 girls called the station to let them know they were aware of what happened. Then they politely thanked me and left. The end of the police departments involvement. Yep, the girls in question are white as am I and we live in a "nice" neighborhood. This type of "hey, I know your parents, so I'll take you home" still happens all the time in small towns provided you're the right color. There wasn't any fine, ticket, nothing. My daughter is a senior in college so I'm thinking she was 16ish.
I so admire his skills at emotional regulation. It is easy to see he is passionate, but he never falls over that edge of vitriol. His self-mastery is truly a thing to behold, and what he uses all of the energy to create is a service to the world.
Thank you Beau. These are heartbreaking times. Anyone of us who has had kids is aware that Sean Hannity is wrong to call a 13 year old child 'a man'. He knows it too, but he gets off on being provocative, even if he looks stupid.
Victim blaming has been elevated to an art form in our USA. We deny better education and living conditions, find a plethora of ways to denigrate anyone who looks different than we do. Then blame them for a system we have created. The system will never change until our attitudes change.
So did I. And this is why Beau goes off base here when he says "high crime, high poverty" as a stereotype. When I was growing up there in the '60s, the gangs arrived. That was bad. I remember guys showing off their guns, I remember being in a car with some guys and one asshole pulls out a pistol and starts shooting at street signs. The gangs recruit minors because these kids think joining a gang will make them feel big, and the older gangsters know anything the kids do will be expunged when they turn 18. Now, 50 years later, Little Village (La Villita) is a jarring dichotomy because it's both thriving economically but still plagued by gang violence. In 2019, on Halloween, a dummy from the local gang saw a guy from a rival gang, confronted him, chased after him and then shot at him. He missed and hit a 9-year-old girl. The shooter was 15. This is the environment in which cops find themselves having to make split-second decisions. At the risk of being canceled as a "victim blamer," let me set the stage. Someone reported 4 gunshots fired near their home at 2:30 in the morning. The cops respond -- of course, they could have said screw it, these people want to kill each other, let them and we'll say we couldn't find anyone, but they didn't. They went to the scene and saw two guys take off down the alley. One guy stopped (the 21-year-old) but the other one keeps running. The cop yells "Stop and show me your hands." the guy stops, but at that moment, the cop sees a pistol in his right hand. By the way, this is all on video. So the guy turns and apparently drops the gun behind him, but out of sight of the cop. And the cop, presumably thinking the guy is turning to possibly shoot, shoots him. This all happens in 0.8 seconds. The narrative is all about the kid's age, but there is no way the cop knows that, and it's irrelevant considering he was armed and it's not uncommon for guys even that age to be out to "earn their stripes" for the gang. And the narrative is about the screen shot that shows the kid with his hands up, but out of context of the 0.8 seconds between "see-gun" and "person with gun turns." Put the situation in context. Neighborhood where gang members routinely shoot at each other, often hitting innocent abuelos or niñas. Two-thirty in the morning, shots fired at . . . who knows what or whom? You're the cop who gets the call. For all you know, some dead body is lying in some back yard, or there are guys in that block from two rival gangs, shooting at each other, and that's the shitstorm you have to walk into. That's the scenario. So still not knowing what the full story is, this guy with gun turns abruptly, and you don't see the gun drop, you think it's still in his hand. This is why it's just too easy to adopt the self-righteous attitude of many on this thread who never lived in a place where gangs plague the streets. This was a terrible tragedy, but it's perfectly reasonable to ask the question of what was this 13-year-old doing in the middle of the night shooting up an alley with some 21-year-old gangbanger, because of the context from the point of view of the cops . . . and the people who LIVE in that neighborhood. Or are we forgetting about them?
@@rickknight1810 That was eloquent and heartfelt and not insane, I hope you don't get flamed too bad. That's the kind of dialogue we need. And I'm not surprised to encounter it on Beau's channel.
@@rickknight1810 On the surface most people will not understand because they don't live in lil Italy. Beau makes an excellent. Why is this happening? What is the root cause? Is it poverty? Immigration? Education? Opportunity?
I don't have the stomach for the victim blaming today. I'm so glad that beyond RUclips, social media isn't apart of my universe. Thank you for your input and defense of Adam Toledo though. You are far more patient and influential with these folks, than I could hope to be.
Hello Cheri Ann yt is my only social media too. Disgusting the way people defend injustice. By now there is no excuse, what with unjustified police killings every day. If they claim not to see it they are exposing their true nature.
@Willie Redd i find that social media has some benefits. I also find that while some of its effects are widespread (such as internet addiction, the shortening of attention spans and difficulties thinking deeply), some effects are specific. I do not hold it against others who enjoy social media, and I don't presume that it impacts EVERYONE, the same. I personally just don't have the temperament or psychological profile to enjoy it, or find it productive.
I would answer every single one of those questions with a question of my own. "Would any answer to any of those questions mean he deserved to die?" Does being dressed as that child was mean you should die? Does being out past your bedtime mean you deserve to die? This just makes me so mad.
I don't know what has happened in your life that makes you so understanding and so compassionate, but God bless you. I wish there were a zillion more like you.
You could also just look at Facts & Research too. Even looking at things in a Logical Object Manner, you would see it;s total BS. It;'s weird that the ONLY time a 13 year old is an Adult is NOT things like Owning A Gun, Having Sex, Military, and MORE. Yet when they stand on Trial they MAGICALLY transform into an adult and/or magically gain an adult brain and/or somehow had an adult brain all along? Like if you can be tried as an adult, then why TF do we treat youth as CHILDREN? Why not let them take Adult Responsibilites as soon as their old enough to stand trial for murder/killing?
@@TheAyanamiRei Did you maybe unintentionally post on the wrong threadline? OP here was appreciating Beau's efforts, as were the rest of us. I mean, sure, you can post wherever you so please, including here, and I agree with most of what you just said. But in a way, you walked up a mostly quiet group praising his work and burst out ;)
@@xbjrrtc To borrow a sentiment from Thought Slime, the police are not judges, juries, and executioners. They are couriers, whose job is only to make sure transportation to and from a court goes smoothly. As they stand now, they are Amazon delivery drivers who deliberately break the packages they're meant to deliver; except instead of breaking my toaster they're committing genocide against brown people, so naturally they face fewer consequences than even the clumsiest person driving an Amazon truck.
@@jimballard1186 Exactly so. We need more social workers and psychologists and other professionals to help people in crisis, not more executioners. We need to eradicate poverty.
i have Lived in "that part of town" for 62 years, watched the white flight from my front porch, the erosion of goods, services, health care, schools & 50 years of intentional neglect to create conditions demonized by those designed the outcome 🤬
One of the best things about Beau's videos is that, even when obviously angry, he does not engage in histrionics; he doesn't scream or about or flail about. He makes his point and he does so without engaging in character assassination or blanket insults. He says what he needs to say in clear language and then moves on. Beau is the next-door neighbour that you wish you had.
Beau being praised for his ability to regulate his emotions really makes me annoyed. I like his calmness even when he's angry too, but "engaging in histrionics" is one hell of a loaded phrase. Loaded with ABLEISM. Some of us have a much harder time, or find it impossible to do so. It's one thing to like Beau, and it's quite another to favor this style SO MUCH that you loop into bigotry
I just saw the video today. First thanks for defending the boy...no child needs to be killed that fast. He never got his hands all the way up. It broke my heart
Plus people are dismissing the FACT that the gun was at least 10 feet away from the kid when that degenerate decided to pull that trigger . That was a split second decision that absolutely should not have been made . I saw the same thing on that video that the cop saw and I did not see a gun .
@John Smith The COP had the boy highlighted by light. The hands were visible empty. Your whole statement is the usual, Whatabout!. So whatabout your reflexive racism caused you to look for any excuse to blame the child!
Yes, they showed a picture of the gun on the ground by the fence, so he did drop the gun and was turning around with his hands up and the officer shot him.
I used to think it's because people couldn't handle the truth, so they come up with excuses. Maybe that's true, but it just sounds like this has happened a lot with police killings for decades. People need to stop being surprised.
You are absolutely correct. I'm an old white guy in the Mid-West and I can't understand how OUR country keeps ignoring what's happening to our children. He was a 13 year old child. I pray for his family and and all of the other children and young people out there.
Thank you Beau, for calling out the victim-blaming. I am sick of it. People only do it to reassure themselves that it could NEVER happen to them. Or their loved ones. Instead of addressing the harder systemic issues. 😭
RIGHT! It's like the new age folks who insist that everyone attracts everything to themselves, and I'm like... okay, how do you explain infants who starve to death. How did they "attract" that? Please explain....It's just victim-blaming in different raiment. We need to have no room in our culture for anything that puts the responsibility on the victims.
"People only do it to reassure themselves that it could NEVER happen to them. Or their loved ones." That's the weird part. Police brutality, corruption, and incompetence are a problem affecting every American. It's just unbelievable how someone can dig their heels in and refuse to acknowledge and try to work to fix this. As you point it, next time it could be one of their loved ones who needs help from the police and doesn't receive it, or is wrongfully thrown in jail, or beaten or killed by police officers. It appears "triggering the libs" is more important to them than their loved ones and their country.
@Sugar Shane how about start teaching cops about de-escalation? why do you insist on creating a wild west society where everyone just point guns at each other waiting for a reason to shoot first? the police should be peace keepers in the city, not soldiers in war zone.
I've lived in that part of town before, and am again. It's where the best deal on a house I could afford was. They always victim blame when it goes south, rather than fix the real problem.
Same here. I live in a "progressive" city that still completely shits on "that part of town," except now the rich wypipo are moving in and gentrifying it, chasing the diversity to other places and bringing in their bougie high-priced organic grocery stores, fancy apartments where houses used to be, and bitching about all of the things those of us who have lived here for decades love.
@@ExkupidsMom - Regrettably, 'that part of town' has gotten the short end ever since we've had communities large enough for it to exist. Doesn't matter what the politics are. And all too often, wrecking it has been the preferred solution rather than anything truly constructive.
Remember those PSAs " It's ten pm do you know where your children are?" I used to see those all the time when my parents were at the bar. Yeah my white parents.
I snuck out of the house starting at age 14. I hung out with older teenagers and people in their 20s. I smoked weed and thought I was FREE! My mom was as strict as they come, but she worked and was raising seven kids (four of them were step-kids). When she went to bed, she was down for the count. Anything could have happened to me. I didn't think so back then, but I know now how reckless I was. It's not always about good or bad parents. I had a very good mom....and a very exhausted mom. I was just bored and rebellious.
We love George, however Gandhi isn't or wasn't the guy you think he is. "Be the change you want to see in the world" Ghandi The 3%ers use that motto. Wtf "Poverty is the worst form of Government" O'Brien
@@noamfinnegan8663: Some anti-vaxxers are using the slogan, "My body, my choice." You can't stop bad people taking over good slogans. Gandhi did a LOT of questionable things, as did Winston Churchill, as did a lot of other people. Gandhi also did some very good things. Unfortunately the internet and social media seem to have led to a lot more black-and-white, all-or-nothing thinking about people and issues.
You know what's _really_ Sad? I didn't know which victim you were talking about until about half way through. There are too many to keep track of; pitiful.
This is why I didn't go to the police when I was 15 and raped by a stranger, a grown man I'd never seen before or since. I was too naïve to know I was in danger, but afterwards I knew what I would be up against, these same stupid questions. "Why were you at that apartment complex?" "You drank alcohol, so what did you expect?" "Why were you dressed that way (jeans and t-shirt)?" "Did your parents know where you were?" It was years before I told anyone. That happened 45 years ago, and I still can't walk through an apartment complex without fearing a door will fly open and I'll be dragged inside. I'm glad that's mostly all I remember about it now, because I'm shaking right now just thinking about how he smelled (the main thing that has stuck with me).
I wish there was a “hugs” button instead of a thumbs up button to acknowledge your comment. So sorry to read about this trauma you’ve carried with you all these years. But if it’s any comfort, it seems to me your speaking out right here perfectly illustrates how this victim blaming mentality can be so damaging.
"It was years before I told anyone." Ouch. That sentence was the most painful. Thank you for sharing. I can only hope that you are able to tell your story now; and to tell it to those you love; and that they listen.
I was born and raised in Chicago. I remember being 13 there. My parents were divorced and I was on my own a lot. My father was a good person, but his time as a Drill Instructor during Vietnam, training kids not much younger than he was and then pulling their body bags off the returning transports left him very broken. My mother actually became a Chicago cop, and the way that changed her completely killed our relationship. So I had two parents, respected professions, that the system twisted into less than good parents. I was out a lot at 2 am. And there was at least a time or two when I was out that I had a gun on me (before I wised up to how stupid that was). The only real crime I was committing was being 13, alone, and bored. But I could have so easily ended up the same way. It’s so incredibly easy to go down that road at that age, the people pointing fingers really need to think about what they are saying, because I can almost guarantee that someone they know has done the very same thing. Their perfect little angel has a little soot on their wings. Not because they’re bad, but because they are young and alone and restless and bored.
Amen well said sir I’m a female the oldest of 4 girls to a Mexican mom and Black dad, I remember my parents splitting up constantly due to their backgrounds so when they finally divorced that left me and my sisters to get into major ish, early pregnancies A LOT and I remember at 14 and 15 sneaking out doin ALL TYPES OF STUFF I had no business doing I wasn’t raised in Chicago but at those ages when I lived there, I was raped, jumped on by a girl gang, ran away from home, got a boyfriend who convinced me to sneak drugs into PRISON and more then once, I continuously hitched rides from men all the time and if u can believe it the most that ever happened to me doin that one time this guy was procrastinating in taking me home and when we picked up this man and woman he knew I told them he wouldn’t take me home they gave him crap about it and he finally took me close enuff to the projects so I could get home to my aunts house I THANK GOD I AM IN THIS WORLD TO EVEN SAY/TEXT THIS TODAY 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 truth is in these times parents are either still killing themselves to make ends meet in a single parent household, or they are young as hell and ain’t worried about their children the parent is too busy kickin it too🙁 #STAYEDPRAYED🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
@@tishjohnson7309 Wow. That is a pretty tough way to start a life, and I'm glad you (and hopefully all of your sisters) made it. I was very fortunate in that, despite putting myself into some dumb situations, nothing bad ever happened to me, and I never did anything bad to anyone else. There are definitely situation where, if I had been a girl, I don't think I would have gotten off so easy. Thank you for sharing this.
@@tishjohnson7309 It's very easy for those of us who didn't experience what you or Adam did to ask "Where were the parents?" and not understand that some children's parents were killing themselves to make sure that they were well fed, clothed, and in school.
I have to admit that in the past there have been times when such questions have crossed my mind. It took me years to understand that I was asking the wrong questions. Thanks Beau, as always, for the check-up from the neck up.
"I have been in trailer parks far more dangerous than any hood." -fun story. I'm a chauffeur, i drove a guy from the hood in east oakland to a trailer park in Clearlake California. We got there and the dude was like: "nope. This is way too ghetto, take me back to oakland." TRUE STORY.
@@markmcclellan8421 to show off for a girl. People are weird but 85% of the time if someone hires me they are showing off for a girl. 15% of the time they want a wine tour guide.
I remember at 16 I was sneaking out of my mom's house to go drink with my friend down the street because her parents were divorced and her mom worked 3ed shift. At 16 that was the greatest idea ever. Now I'm 47 and realize that really wasn't the best idea I ever had. Kids do stupid stuff that's why they are not considered adults until they are 18. I can honestly say even after 18 I made some bad decisions but thank goodness I lived long enough to know they was bad.
Our brains don't fully develop until around 25. I think we're supposed to make stupid decisions when we're young and resiliant. I snuck out all the time as a teen, but never once thought about being killed by cops. Blissful ignorance of a suburban white childhood. Now, I know better.
@@jaelynn7575: You may be one of the tiny minority that never did stupid stuff as a kid but I would say there's a fair chance you did something stupid during the holidays or after you turned 18/left your parents' house.
@@jaelynn7575 I bet if you look back on your childhood you did something. It might not have been as stupid as what I did, but you did something. We all did. Maybe it was before you hit high school maybe it was in middle school or grad school but I bet if you think hard enough there was something. But good for you doing all that studying at 16. It took me until my 20's to appreciate an education.
Wow!!! Those questions turned around from 'he' to 'she' really shows how quick we are as a society to judge others and point out their 'shortcomings' (from our perspective) without ever considering their circumstances or our own biases.
I'm surprised your page hasn't been shutdown. You speak the truth with intelligence and compassion. That is hated by most in this country. Especially the by system.
Thank you for speaking up for Adam, for this 13 year old child, for children and teens who are treated different because of their skin color and/or their neighborhood. 💔
I do Not see this ‘Little Darling’ being treated any differently than any Punk of any race anywhere else. He was out at 2:30 am running around with another Gangster shooting at Police. He also had a gun which he ditched at the last minute. He was innocent for sure!
@@robertneal6878 to me your comment agains means “are you listening?” This is not a problem just about Adam and vilifying the victim. It is a whole systematic problem that occurs every time no one listens to cause and effect in our troubled biased society. We are talking about all children and how as a whole depending on our biases we treat them differently.
@Mary Lake Throw the old ‘blame it on Society’ cop out at me. Most of these problems stem from, as Beau’s write dealt with, a ‘lack of proper parenting’. Or as it appears in this case, a ‘lack of parenting’. Back in the ‘Good Ol’ Days’ there were truant officers who held students, and mostly the parents, responsible for school attendance. There were even curfews that were Enforced. And yet there were those who would Not comply. If you consider that just a societal problem, I think you miss the ‘Big Picture’ - Irresponsible Parents! BTW, just out of curiosity, was this particular child? even in or attending school?
I lived in Newark NJ, in the 70s and 80s. My rights were always being violated by cops, because I lived in that part of town. Puerto Ricans were considered those people.
It's been going on as long as there have been police. We (wypipo) are only now understanding it because of the prevalence of video cameras making it so we can't pretend it doesn't exist. I am sorry you lived through that. I hope with my whole being that we can end it here and now.
This is a bit off topic, but as a child, my sister's best friend was a Puerto Rican girl whose family was close to mine (we're Black). One day I asked why my sister's friend was allowed to use the N word, with the same ease as my cousins. My aunt told me explicitiy that "Puerto Ricans and Cubans were basically Spanish speaking N words." That's how they're treated in the US, so WE treat them like ours." She then promptly told me that if I ever used the N word, she just might 'end me.' Point is.......I can imagine what sort of treatment you received, in NJ, during those decades.
I've listened to what you said in the past on a number of subjects and always find your responses very even and thought out. I don't know how you became the man you are but thank goodness for people like you.
I have a 13 year old brother who is tall for his age and very hyper because he has ADHD. When he is out and about, he usually has his headphones on and is laughing rather loudly. I can't imagine him having his headphones on, not hearing what a police officer said to him, and being shot for not complying, but that's where we are headed. It doesn't matter what this kid's nickname was, his reputation, or anything else. He was a 13 year old. He was somebody's baby.
@Todd Wood Right, if he is white, this is unlikely to happen. But with ADHD, there is the potential for impulsive behavior which goes along with the hyperactivity. He might fidget with something in his pocket out of nervousness & we know what can happen when a cop thinks you've got something in your pocket. Don't let him be a minority & have this happen. I remember reading a news story several years back where a deaf, Hispanic man was shot & killed by cops because he didn't hear them when they told him to stop. Unfortunately, this is has happened a number of times. You can't depend on cops to be understanding and give the benefit of the doubt.
I think that is well said. Dave Chapelle did a skit "How old is 15 really?" It is an amazing analogy of how some people see some as children while placing an overwhelming amount of responsibilities on others. For pro-life people who would ask those questions, now that he is born why doesn't his life matter?
Thank u for this...much needed to hear these words. I'm in Indianapolis still reeling from te Fed Ex murders. On a different scale perhaps but the 19 year old shooter was in need of mental health care for years, as reported by his parents to the FBI. Our children are not being protected and it's the shame of a great nation
Find the problem, Process the problem and Listen.. Then care enough to Help🙏🙏🙏 and Realize where All God's Children,he doesn't make mistakes. Prayers to All.
But that’s the thing. It cannot be called a great nation. Not any longer. Shouldn’t we be judged on how we take care of the most vulnerable? A state that glorifies billionaires like Bezos while blaming children for their own murders and poverty? One with citizens (not to mention law enforcement) quaking with true cowardice while living in fear of/from brown, unaccompanied CHILDREN “invading” the borders...doesn’t seem to fit the spirit of the term great nation does it? Stay Safe 🖖
One side being a child (in this case) and the other being an allegedly-trained adult makes it clear who ought to bear the responsibility for handling the interaction in a mature way. You know, if people were actually making such arguments in good faith.
There's a mass without roofs There's a prison to fill There's a country's soul that reads post no bills There's a strike and a line of cops outside of tha mill There's a right to obey And there's a right to kill "Calm like a Bomb" - Zach De La Rocha
There are many people who want to believe that society is fair, and that justice will prevail. Any evidence to the contrary is met with a knee-jerk reaction.
I seldom cry when listening to your videos. This is one that made me sob. I grew up on that side of the tracks. I tell people all the time it isn't a crime to be poor.
I am blown away. To hear these words and empathy from someone that GETS it and acknowledges it. Heartwarming. And yes, moreso because his skin tone is different from mine. Very few acknowledge what's really going on in these situations. All the questions ppl are asking shouldn't matter. How the system failed this young boy and many many others of color should be the question.
I'm so very tired of explaining to my grandson why does this keep happening. He then talks about how he's going to beat them running so he won't get shot, bc he's going to be fastest in the WHOLE world. He's 7yo, how do I tell him that will end his life faster? I'm so very tired...praying for strength, and blessing and prayers to another fallen brother🖤🖤🖤
From the movie "Boyz In The Hood:" Furious Styles: "Why is it that there is a gun shop on almost every corner in this community?" The Old Man: "Why?" Furious Styles: "I'll tell you why. For the same reason that there is a liquor store on almost every corner in the black community. Why? They want us to kill ourselves."
There's a podcast called 99% Invisible, where they did an episode on the way the POC neighborhoods are structured vs white neighborhoods.. The way the lightbulb went off in my head. I lived in a city most of my life that's literally segregated by a major highway. I've lived on both sides of said highway & they're different worlds.
Thank you for this video. The system does this for all things. When Katrina devastated New Orleans, I heard many people blaming the victims of the 9th Ward because they "chose" to live in "that part of the city". Takes work and empathy to change things. Finger pointing and victim blaming is much easier.
We're seeing this even with Covid. If someone gets Covid, they "must" have been careless otherwise they wouldn't have gotten it. Or "Look at that person. No wonder they died from Covid. They're FAT." Never mind that the person was a grandmother, a teacher, an active member of the community, you know, a "real" person. People are so numb to everything. It's sad. All that is left is apathy & blame. It's ironic because lots of people have no empathy for others but expect others to have it for them when they deal with a tragedy. I live in Texas & when we had that bad freeze a couple of months ago, people didn't care. To them, it was our fault. We willingly "chose" this grid system (which was implemented in the 60s long before many of us were even born) and we (not our power providers) should have been prepared the coldest temperatures on record. Yet the people who blamed us for this issue would want the govt to step in if their state suffered an emergency situation. It's hypocrisy.. I have no idea how to turn this around. The more killings there are, the number people get. I guess we have to hit rock bottom as a country before there is change & I'm guessing there is still a long way til we get to rock bottom. Even with Covid the rising death toll means nothing to lots of people. They're just numbers on a screen. Now the goal is to survive a pandemic & mass shootings & we have the nerve to look down on Central Americans escaping violence? Is that what we're going to have to do? Is it going to get to the point where people will literally feel compelled to Immigrate to safer places that have real laws in place that actually protect people?
My daughter and niece snuck out the window at that age during the night and we didn't know until later. Thankfully they were okay. I was a stay at home Mom and very attentive. Kids are going to explore and should not be judged or be killed for bad decisions. Those "questions" are sickening! The fact this child was murdered is unacceptable! We can and should expect and be better than this!
My husband is Federal law enforcement. He had interviewed individuals in Little Village as well as Engelwood and other “crime ridden” neighborhood on the west side of Chicago. He’s interviewed murders. Some of the nicest he said he’s met. So many are victims of a society we set up. My husband is also Filipino. Where we live, he’s “Mexican.” He was pulled over in his unmarked g-car. Before the police officer can get to his car, he has his window down and his hands glued to his steering wheel. The officer immediately starts talking Spanish to him. My husband informs the officer that he’s a federal agent and does not speak Spanish. Once or twice, my husband had been more afraid of the cop than the murderer he interviewed. There are so MANY low income “white” trailer parks that they will send in 3 agents: 2 to do the interview and one for outside cover. Walking up to some rural house and know there is a math lab by the smell outside and had to call DEA and ATF. It’s really messed up by blaming the neighborhood.
"A systemic failure on all fronts." An all too common occurrence in what is supposed to be the greatest country in the world. I love what you do, Beau. You so often clearly say what so many of us want to scream in the faces of those who ask such disingenuous, petty questions in an attempt to make themselves potential victims.
Someone ,in conversation, once asked me "where were his parents" . I responded: "Were are your kids?" That was the end of that association. Oh well what a shame never mind.
I just realised after reading the title of this video - despite having read about people having this question before - that at age 14, I stayed behind with two classmates after a school event that had lasted until late in the evening. I left my two classmates when I finally wanted to go home at about three in the morning. I either walked home or rode my bike home (it was less than a kilometre or about half a mile). A lot of the people from school had stayed behind late, and almost none of them was older than 16 at the time. My classmates were at worst from "maybe not very comfortable" middle-class families at worst, with a quarter of them having a medical doctor as a parent. The biggest troublemakers were the ones who smoked pot - in a country of pot smokers ... - and occasionally shoplifted. This was in a country where and at a time when twelve-year-olds were way freer to roam the semi-urban village than many 15-year-olds seem to be in today's US. Everything that could have been done to any one of us that night would not have been viewed by anybody as "our fault" and nobody was too surprised to see us/find out about us being outside that late at night. In fact, a teacher drove past me on my way home and addressed me about the next day(?) at school but he was probably used to students going home extremely late after that (kind of) even at our school.
Many were upset with me because I said, " maybe he sneaked out of the house!" When these things happen, every one automatically assumes kids who commits crimes etc, the parents are bad parents. It's heartbreaking...so heartbreaking.
Where were the parents you ask? This is the exact neighborhood I grew up in. "Little Village" west side of Chicago. My time mostly white, soon mostly Hispanic. The parents, probably both working. Maybe mainly immigrants, and we all know what kind of jobs they can only get, lowest of wages. The need to work 2 or 3 jobs. Although somewhat affordable neighborhood at that time, I grew up with only necessities no extras. Hispanic culture is one of the most hardest working, doing what they can to feed their families. My time, mainly stay at home Moms. Now, not the case. Yes, maybe they should have taken a little more concern of what their son was doing, but the stress of basic living with a crime ridden neighborhood (gangs) had taken its toll. My heart truly aches on how my Chicago has changed so drastically.
“High crime area” is such a dog whistle. We all know what it means. No one ever examines why that area systemically got that way, and stays that way. $15.00 minimum wage for all is a start. Now. This sh*t is NOT inevitable. I’m so sick, so done with this feeling of helplessness and rage. I can’t imagine how POC feel. Blame them?! No more.
@@ExkupidsMom Its called reason, logic, law, evidence etc. You morons are unfamiliar with these concepts. I know its hard to be atleast somewhat smart, but atleast try something.
@@attilamarics4808 One ought not mention logic while committing logical fallicies oneself. Kindly take your petty vitriol elsewhere. No one here is interested.
@@attilamarics4808 Starting with the above would have been a more compelling argument than name-calling, least of all a group: "You morons" etc. But to the larger point, no kid 13 should be written off as a ___ fill in the blank. I worked in Hoboken, back when it was more "On The Waterfront" than yuppified. Yes he had a gun, that he threw away. Maybe the gun wasn't even his, but whatever, somebody in his circle had it & what you call logic & the law gets foggy when you get "pressed" to do a favor & bring said gun from pt. A to pt. B. "At least" consider that, the kid was "moving" said gun, most likely an illegal one, for a "friend" who may have pressured him AND then there's that he was a minor so penalties would be less if he was caught with it. "At least" try being "somewhat" sympathetic; cut the kid some slack. I can, for the cop ~ who maybe didn't hear the gun being tossed & as he's responding to a call re: a gun, he's running down an alley, adrenaline pumping. At that point the kid would have been better off stopping with his hands up or falling, accidentally or intentionally; turning was enough to trip that target practice image that you don't want to exhibit to anyone else with a gun & extra epinephrine. Lets be "honest" ~ it's a tragedy, for all involved.
He didn’t expect to loose his life. Doesn’t matter if he chucked a gun behind a fence, he was unarmed when he got shot. One kid who could have had the opportunity to change his trajectory in life. That was stolen from him.
And the sad thing, the boy probably is learning to use the gun as self defense in a bad neighborhood as per what many of the rights claim as their 2nd ammendment rights and now the same people Condemn him for it. What happen to Kyle Rittenhouse? He also got an illegal gun which in addition he brought crossing the border that he used to murder people. There is certainly something not right in America in terms of justice and inequality.
@@renshin5671 - It is ILLEGAL in the United States for any 13 year old to be carrying a Handgun on any street, regardless of the reason he was carrying it. The 2nd Amendment does not apply in this situation. Then there is the fact that the 13 year old was violating the Curfew Law enacted by the City of Chicago for being on the streets at 2:30 in the Morning...
@Redwood Rebelgirl - The 2nd Amendment does NOT protect anyone that is carrying a firearm ILLEGALLY. The 2nd Amendment was written to allow the LEGAL ownership of firearms. Not for ILLEGALLY owning/carrying a firearm. It has nothing to do with being a Conservative or a Democrat.
In a split second the boy drew a gun and threw it away. Starts to turn around and raises his arms past his head. Imagine if the gun was still in the hand. Pretty sure the cop would have been shoot. Stupid boy should have stayed home at 3 am. Also should have just layed down and instead of reaching for a gun. Thought he would get away with ditching a gun. Nope now he is going in a ditch. If you can't raise your child properly don't have any. Now the cop has to live with killing a child. Tragic yes but it was brought on by him and his parents.
the scary part is how people are becoming numb to death 560,000 from a virus, hundreds from gun violence , hundreds more from aggressive policing , just another day . that is what saddens me the most
i feel like people forget they can't choose where they're born or what circumstances they're born into. its so disheartening to hear people try and make excuses like that.
@@tombrown8800 👋🏼 Hi Tom! 😄 I was waiting too. There’s so much going on, and now I’m hungry. 😄 I was just going to cook when Beau came on. What’s on your mind the most?
@@Andrea.1tree I haven't given up but there is so much injustice slamming into our faces at 500 mph right now. It's hard to keep up. It's unimaginable that this system, politics, the powers that be, can fix this perversion of a society. Tear it all down, start fresh, although that would be so painful & damaging to most folks it isn't much of a viable prospect either. We need s pause to catch our collective breath.
@@tombrown8800 You took the words right out of my mouth. I’m struggling to stay positive today. I think the media is making it worse by focusing on it, but in this case it should be out there for everyone to see. The average person doesn’t realize how often this happens all across the U.S.A. I’m ashamed to admit I’m American anymore.
The research shows that children who are even 14 years of age do NOT have an Adult Brain. They are NOT biologically capable of understanding Consequence AND are INCAPABLE of Self & Emotional Control as an Adult. Even at 16 it's not uncommon for kids to STILL be unable to think like an adult. Hell there's even a Pro-Republican Death Penalty lady who preaches about this.
*"These are kids who ALL of us ought to protect."* Sure. Next time I'm wandering around the rough end of Chicago at zero-dark-thirty in the friggin' morning, and I see what appears to be an adolescent boy with a loaded handgun stuffed in his pants, accompanied by a grown man with his own gun who likes to bust off shots at passing cars, apparently appropos of nothing, I'll be sure to approach him and.....uhhhh....hmmmm....uhhhhh...do **WHAT,** exactly? I mean, assuming I could even get within 15-20 feet of him without his pal yanking out his gun and drilling me six or seven times.
None of us would have to protect them if their worthless, absentee parents actually tried to raise and discipline them, or at the very least do something to prevent them from roaming the streets all night while carrying a gun. I mean, Adam Toledo's mother is sure coming off like a real go-getter, what with leading protests, giving statements to the media, piously demanding that the Chicago PD revamp their SOP for patrol officers, demanding "justice," shaming the mayor... It's a real crying-ass shame she didn't seem to have such enthusiasm for the rights, health, and well-being of her son when it would have actually mattered. That being any point in time prior to allowing him to run loose in the street in the wee hours of the morning in the company of armed thugs, getting chased by the cops. Stuff like that. If nothing else, her passion and grief and maternal instincts would seem a little more genuine than they do now.
@@TheAyanamiRei Well, based on a lot of the musings, comments, and lofty pronouncements I've being seeing about this and some other recent goings-on that are front-and-center in terms of public interest, reaching biological adulthood does not in any way amount to an assurance that one's brain works properly.
@@gregrock7451 The parents i know are not at home because "they" are working two jobs to cloth, feed and rent in a good neighborhood. You made a huge assumption that the parents are absent or don't care. Perhaps try finding out what it is like on the other side of the neighborhood.
Beau, once again you nailed it and you explained it. As a retired social worker I know that most people, even those whose intellect is above average, misunderstands and blames the victim when something like this happens. Most people see this as a family dysfunction and it stops there. I used to be one of those people until I was turned completely around through education. I do not know your education background, but most people do not come to such conclusions on their own. I find it refreshing when I come across someone who see beyond the superficial elements and understands cause and effect. People like you give me hope and I am so glad that you are there. Keep up the work, please.
Thank you for this video. Even though I had been a 13 yr old running the streets at all hours with people much older in a city that was "a bad area" now as a mom of a 16 yr old daughter I was doing the "where was his mom?!" Changing the pronoun really did change the perspective. I NEVER want to be the type of adult I encountered in my youth and you made me realize I had been in this thinking. Truly thank you 🙏
"A cop shot someone who isn't white? Quick! Dig into the victim's past, find something, ANYTHING! Throw up a smokescreen ASAP! Make the victim responsible! It was the VICTIM'S fault the cop shot them, the cop had no choice!"
"Systemic failure on every front." That's what people of color's life usually boils down to. Especially when the police have their way. As you said, "they don't see us as human." The funny thing is that that is exactly what I've taught my children. That before we're a race, WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS FIRST AND FOREMOST. Why others don't see us that way is beyond my understanding.
That's what I said when they shot Duante. If that cop didn't automatically see that Black man as a threat, she would have never been so hyped up to 'accidentally' shoot him.
@@gerryward6931: Eventually, I think it will get at least some of the overhaul it needs but that may be long after we are dead and gone. Unfortunately, too, many of the paths to that overhaul will be slick with the blood of the innocent and the powerless.
I just found you and started with this video the first few seconds I was like "oh hell no" but I'ma listen to see how this ends...then I'll cuss him out I will say you spoke the truth and whole truth thank you!!! Lets all change the narrative TOGETHER🖤🖤
I am so impressed by how insightful you are and how you always offer something outside the box to consider - and in such a non-arrogant way. As someone from the Northeast, I’m not used to associating brilliance with good-old-boy looks and accent, but I have to recant and admit how much I admire your ideas and your attitude. Thanks for everything!
Thank you Beau and friends for reminding me that there are many of you who are intelligent & compassionate. I want to think that we are a force to be reckoned with. 🍀
I was born in 2nd ward, Houston Texas. I remember my mother telling me to watch out for strangers don't accept a ride from no one. The usual warnings a mother gives her children. I also remember her telling me if l see a police officer at a distance to turn and walk the other way. If confronted by one, to keep my mouth shut and answer questions. People who live the life of the brady bunch don't live in reality. A child is not put in his social surroundings by choice, but does have to blend into it the best he can. Some of the people of today do not understand to a majority of white people, they see the police as Saviours, brown and black people see them as executioners. And to close my comment. I am 60 yrs old. Just to tell you how long this has been going on.
@Wreckz Alottovdatime That's because it is totally different. It's a false and stupid analogy. What has shooting guns at 3am and running from police got to do with being a sexual assault victim? Nothing.
💛thank you for consistently standing up for the voiceless 📢📣 I see a thirteen year old child being murdered by the deadliest, most bloodthirsty gang in America. They just represent using a badge instead of tattoos or bandanas.
@Todd Wood Query: Why would you defend the Police when Police are under ZERO obligation to Protect OR Serve you Under The Law? If the Police are so Virtuous why did they NOT protest the Supreme Court's Decision that their job is to ONLY catch criminals? If the Police as so Virtuous, why do they kill more PoC than they do their own race, unlike Normal American Citizens? If Police as so Virtuous, how come they're only ever turned in, AFTER caught by the public? If Police as so virtuous, WHY do they consistent find themselves of having done no wrongdoing, evne when caught on tape do be doing wrong? If Police as so virtuous, WHY do they NOT testify against their fellow officers most of the time? Furthermore: IF Police are so Virtuous, why are they trained in a Cult like manner? Why are they trained in a Cops vs Citizens? Why are they trained to treat EVERY traffic stop as a Life or Death situation? If Police are so Virtuous, why are they held to a LOWER standard than Soldiers in a Red Zone, where every citizen REALLY IS a potential threat due to the danger? Also why are the police held to a LOWER standard than the Military in general? Why is it that it was an "ACCIDENT" that a Cop reached for her gun, instead of her taser, DESPITE her Training AND the fact that it was on the OPPOSITE SIDE??? Why are Cops NOT lambasting her?
The "village" failed in every conceivable way. But we can get high, have a drink, change the channel, post and meme our outrage or excuses, anything and everything to shift responsibility because it's not "our" problem... until it is. Humanity continues to drown itself in thoughts prayers and excuses. Litter doesn't throw itself on the ground and won't pick itself up, there's a conscious and unconscious hand involved.
I was a high school teacher in north Philly and was doing a lesson on the comparisons/contrasts between American classes and Indian castes. I was moved to tears in the middle of my classroom as it dawned on me mid-lesson that my students could differentiate nothing meaningful. I had to throw out my lesson then and there and explore this with them from their perspective.
I SOOOOOOOOOOO admire you for continuing to learn as you teach. You are a gift to your students and I am grateful for your curious and open intellect. Thank you for being who you are. You are the change we need.
That's one of the reasons I'm in education, to advocate, to help be force a for change, whatever my small impact may be. When I was growing up, the classroom was a safe space for me. At various times, I had teachers who looked out for me. They had no small influence on me being the person I am today. It breaks my heart when I hear about children who literally have no one looking out for them.
Great commentary on the cause/effect of poverty. You can't compare this child's environment with your own! We need to forcefully take on poverty. Help our children now.
"where were his parents" is a valid question. The others, not so much...Doesn't make what happened JUSTIFIED, but it does beg the question of how his mom/dad were raising him. There is some level of personal responsibility that needs to be discussed here and whatever the result of this case, the parents absolutely failed their child. a 13 year old child doesn't have the capacity to make good decisions without some strong guidance. The media need to focus on shaming the parents as much as shaming the murderous police for their actions.
Beau ,you are truly great American! Thank so much for your insight. It’s so refreshing to hear such voice of reason in time of absolute chaos and insanity.
Beau once again you provide excellent commentary !!! It has become a daily habit for me to watch your commentary. I always find what you have to say thoughtful and often thought provoking. Please continue to put your thoughts out there into the ether. I have to believe it is doing some good for this world.
Beau you should pin the tale of two neighborhoods video to this comments section
That's one of my favorite videos. Will do.
here's the video. It's a couple of years old so I use terminology I wouldn't use to day and I think the thought rambles, but it's still one of my favorites: ruclips.net/video/1BMl6phxWpU/видео.html
@@BeauoftheFifthColumn out of curiosity which terminology wouldn't you use today
@@davidwilburn9809 "guys" "gangbangers" "idiot" I'd probably also point out that some problems can't be solved by individual action.
Great idea, I still think about that one.
When he stopped and raised his hands, He expected to get arrested! NOT KILLED!!!!
Does any sane person believe the police would ever do the same to a a white kid? Or would they let him raise his hands up and then arrest him?
Video shows that he tossed an object behind the fence as he turned toward the officer, sure he was unarmed at the second he was shot but he was armed a second before he was shot. If you were in pursuit of a suspect & saw a weapon in the suspects hand (obvious by the officer saying drop your weapon) would you take the chance that he didn't drop the gun and instead turned to fire at the officer? It is tragic that such a young life has been lost, but we cannot remove personal responsibility from all parties involved. It is no secret the worse thing you can do is run from a police officer... for many reasons... It has been a sickening past few years with several unnecessary killings by police and I believe something needs to be done... but there are a few cases that circumstances, justify the officer defending him/herself. Would the community be this outraged if the suspect was a 30 year old? I do not think in this case race or age had a direct influence on the officer's response. I think the fact that the person had a gun in hand and ran from police is what directly resulted in this death.
@@ms.reonalove9408 So his parents failed him and now he can be shot? Isn't there anyone who feels some responsibility for a neglected child?
@sheparddog117 it is there sadly
@@WYCDfoxxxyDragon Excuse it all you want, the cop should not have murdered the kid. Your bullshit about personal responsibility "from all parties" is... well pathetic. The kid dropped the gun, stopped, and put his hands up. EXACTLY what the cop shouted for him to do. And he was gunned down for it. "the worst thing you can do is run from a police officer", yet if you stop you get murdered. I like how you claim the circumstances justify the officer "defending himself" - but tell me this: from what? Why are the streets less safe for cops now? Is it because people know of incidents like this, and do not trust - or outright hate - cops?
The cops and their incompetence / malice are the reason why cops feel the community is more hostile now... and they react with even more incompetence and malice. If you are tired of the sickening events STOP FUCKIGN DEFENDING THEM YOU UTTER PIECE OF SHIT.
They denigrate a 13 y/o after his death because it worked for Treyvon Martin and Emmett Till and many others. We talk about being a Christian nation but every time this crap happens, they just clam TF up. Thanks for the videos, Beau.
Thank you for speaking the honest truth. It's something American Christians lose when the pigment isn't Caucasian
Imagine when you were a kid playing in a park and the police just drive up, jump out and shoot you. Tamir Rice didn't have to imagine it.
@@why-even-try-brotendo
Tamir was 12, right?
Adam was a year older.
Damn.
As if the officer who murdered the child had any inkling of what his nickname was at the time he pulled a gun on a compliant person. Defund Police and do it now!
@@grmpEqweer Yeah, he was 12 and they did exactly zero investigating before deciding to execute him as well. The system isn't just broke, it's actively hunting for victims.
Let’s not forget the system and people treat underage kids of color as adults and white kids as, well, kids. Look at how hannity described 17 year old Kyle as a “young boy” and how he described Adam as a “13 year old man”.
👏👏👍🌼👏👏
Hannity and Carlson are masters of Neuro-linguistic programming.
Hannity’s going to a hell of his own making.
Ain't that the TRUTH
Yes, and the more of us who point that out and holler about it, the better. But that's only noise until we can defund the police. I am 100% in favor of tearing it to the ground and building again something that serves all of us, and doing it under the supervision of citizen committees of BIPOC.
" What did he expect to happen?" He's 13, he didn't expect to get killed. The problem is systemic, it is not only his mom, the neighborhood, or what he posts on social media. This is deeply rooted in our system and we need to change that system.
And sometimes the cop would take the 13 year old white kid home to his family.
@@carolynhorne9863 Really?!?!.... When and where did they do that... In 1950's suburbia???
@Sabrina Starks
about 6 years ago image my surprise to open my front door and see two police officers with my daughter and two of her friends in tow. I was mortified to learn that they were smoking a joint ON SCHOOL PROPERTY! The officers wanted to leave the punishment up to me and the other parents, provided the parents of the other 2 girls called the station to let them know they were aware of what happened. Then they politely thanked me and left. The end of the police departments involvement. Yep, the girls in question are white as am I and we live in a "nice" neighborhood. This type of "hey, I know your parents, so I'll take you home" still happens all the time in small towns provided you're the right color. There wasn't any fine, ticket, nothing. My daughter is a senior in college so I'm thinking she was 16ish.
Thank you for breaking it all down this way. Too many can't see this side, and it is the most important part of this child's story. We failed him.
How Beau delivers these without tears and swearing is beyond me.
I almost lost it in the one talking about the strobe. The misapplication of violence is something that gets to me.
I so admire his skills at emotional regulation. It is easy to see he is passionate, but he never falls over that edge of vitriol. His self-mastery is truly a thing to behold, and what he uses all of the energy to create is a service to the world.
I think our friend Beau is very tired these days.
@@ExkupidsMom YES!!
Just watched Beau’s video and read your comment. Got tears in my eyes.
Thank you Beau. These are heartbreaking times. Anyone of us who has had kids is aware that Sean Hannity is wrong to call a 13 year old child 'a man'. He knows it too, but he gets off on being provocative, even if he looks stupid.
And he doesn't have to be provocative TO DO DAT!
And he gets paid A TON of money to do it too.
I don't even give time or eyes to the bigot on Faux Entertainment. They just infuriate me further.
And Matt Gaetz called a 17 year old girl a woman !
I don't gibe fox the privilege of my time. It is pure evil.
My Mom & I were JUST talking about this on the phone. I told her it was victim blaming, just like rape survivors. Thank you for this video, Beau. ❣️
the officer was wrong to shoot/kill him, but the 13 year old SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ON THE STREETS AT 230am. PERIOD.
@@jenh9426 That is very true.
But the "why" of that can be, as Beau said, not down to simple answers like "the parents."
Has ya mom seen THIS?
@@jenh9426 Thanks for proving my point. You just gave a prime example of VICTIM SHAMING AND VICTIM BLAMING.
@@jenh9426 you know nothing.
Get an education.
Victim blaming has been elevated to an art form in our USA. We deny better education and living conditions, find a plethora of ways to denigrate anyone who looks different than we do. Then blame them for a system we have created. The system will never change until our attitudes change.
This hits home... Well said, and also very sad...
Yes
@@Snowshowslow same
Those darn 13 year-olds need to stay out of "those" neighborhoods and go into the gated communities. Oh, wait. Then people call the cops on them.
Howdy Beau, all the way from Mozambique Africa.....
Greetings- have been to your beautiful country...stayed in Tofo Island for a while as well as in Maputo. 👍
How's your country going after the big floods now? That was sad. Bless u all.
This American compared to the stereotype what's the difference?
Howdy partner
@@MsAlien911 palma
I grew up in the neighborhood. Worked on 26th St. Wonderful people live there.
You can go look at the place yourself on Google Maps. It's nice.
Amen to that. Wonderful hardworking people who cook some great food.
So did I. And this is why Beau goes off base here when he says "high crime, high poverty" as a stereotype. When I was growing up there in the '60s, the gangs arrived. That was bad. I remember guys showing off their guns, I remember being in a car with some guys and one asshole pulls out a pistol and starts shooting at street signs. The gangs recruit minors because these kids think joining a gang will make them feel big, and the older gangsters know anything the kids do will be expunged when they turn 18. Now, 50 years later, Little Village (La Villita) is a jarring dichotomy because it's both thriving economically but still plagued by gang violence. In 2019, on Halloween, a dummy from the local gang saw a guy from a rival gang, confronted him, chased after him and then shot at him. He missed and hit a 9-year-old girl. The shooter was 15. This is the environment in which cops find themselves having to make split-second decisions. At the risk of being canceled as a "victim blamer," let me set the stage. Someone reported 4 gunshots fired near their home at 2:30 in the morning. The cops respond -- of course, they could have said screw it, these people want to kill each other, let them and we'll say we couldn't find anyone, but they didn't. They went to the scene and saw two guys take off down the alley. One guy stopped (the 21-year-old) but the other one keeps running. The cop yells "Stop and show me your hands." the guy stops, but at that moment, the cop sees a pistol in his right hand. By the way, this is all on video. So the guy turns and apparently drops the gun behind him, but out of sight of the cop. And the cop, presumably thinking the guy is turning to possibly shoot, shoots him. This all happens in 0.8 seconds. The narrative is all about the kid's age, but there is no way the cop knows that, and it's irrelevant considering he was armed and it's not uncommon for guys even that age to be out to "earn their stripes" for the gang. And the narrative is about the screen shot that shows the kid with his hands up, but out of context of the 0.8 seconds between "see-gun" and "person with gun turns." Put the situation in context. Neighborhood where gang members routinely shoot at each other, often hitting innocent abuelos or niñas. Two-thirty in the morning, shots fired at . . . who knows what or whom? You're the cop who gets the call. For all you know, some dead body is lying in some back yard, or there are guys in that block from two rival gangs, shooting at each other, and that's the shitstorm you have to walk into. That's the scenario.
So still not knowing what the full story is, this guy with gun turns abruptly, and you don't see the gun drop, you think it's still in his hand.
This is why it's just too easy to adopt the self-righteous attitude of many on this thread who never lived in a place where gangs plague the streets. This was a terrible tragedy, but it's perfectly reasonable to ask the question of what was this 13-year-old doing in the middle of the night shooting up an alley with some 21-year-old gangbanger, because of the context from the point of view of the cops . . . and the people who LIVE in that neighborhood. Or are we forgetting about them?
@@rickknight1810 That was eloquent and heartfelt and not insane, I hope you don't get flamed too bad. That's the kind of dialogue we need. And I'm not surprised to encounter it on Beau's channel.
@@rickknight1810 On the surface most people will not understand because they don't live in lil Italy. Beau makes an excellent. Why is this happening? What is the root cause? Is it poverty? Immigration? Education? Opportunity?
I don't have the stomach for the victim blaming today. I'm so glad that beyond RUclips, social media isn't apart of my universe. Thank you for your input and defense of Adam Toledo though. You are far more patient and influential with these folks, than I could hope to be.
Hello Cheri Ann yt is my only social media too. Disgusting the way people defend injustice. By now there is no excuse, what with unjustified police killings every day. If they claim not to see it they are exposing their true nature.
Preach! Social Media is toxic. RUclips is as close to it as I need because I have more control of what I see.
@Kicapu : I think we can all agree that youtube alone is more than toxic enough all by itself. lols
@Willie Redd i find that social media has some benefits. I also find that while some of its effects are widespread (such as internet addiction, the shortening of attention spans and difficulties thinking deeply), some effects are specific. I do not hold it against others who enjoy social media, and I don't presume that it impacts EVERYONE, the same. I personally just don't have the temperament or psychological profile to enjoy it, or find it productive.
Social media has been huge in helping expose these crimes, that other wise would of been swept under the rug
I would answer every single one of those questions with a question of my own. "Would any answer to any of those questions mean he deserved to die?" Does being dressed as that child was mean you should die? Does being out past your bedtime mean you deserve to die? This just makes me so mad.
No man has ever stood so tall as when he stoops to help a child. I think if we all live by that rule the world would be a better place
I don't know what has happened in your life that makes you so understanding and so compassionate, but God bless you. I wish there were a zillion more like you.
He's seen and also been through some chit.
Good Parenting.
If there were more people like Beau we probably wouldn't be having these issues.
You could also just look at Facts & Research too. Even looking at things in a Logical Object Manner, you would see it;s total BS.
It;'s weird that the ONLY time a 13 year old is an Adult is NOT things like Owning A Gun, Having Sex, Military, and MORE.
Yet when they stand on Trial they MAGICALLY transform into an adult and/or magically gain an adult brain and/or somehow had an adult brain all along?
Like if you can be tried as an adult, then why TF do we treat youth as CHILDREN? Why not let them take Adult Responsibilites as soon as their old enough to stand trial for murder/killing?
@@TheAyanamiRei
Did you maybe unintentionally post on the wrong threadline?
OP here was appreciating Beau's efforts, as were the rest of us. I mean, sure, you can post wherever you so please, including here, and I agree with most of what you just said. But in a way, you walked up a mostly quiet group praising his work and burst out ;)
Thanks Beau. I'm a Chicagoan of some 35 years. I've lived all over this city, and am of moderate means. I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Amen to that.
Are you eating healthy and sleeping ok?
I am from Moline, I hear ya!
Most of us survive our 13 yo immature mistakes, making a less than perfect choice at 13 doesn’t warrant the death penalty 😡
Exactly. I was absolutely no angel at that age. I was given the chance to grow up. I think I turned out to be a decent person.
Exactly. And even if the child did something wrong, he is entitled to a fair trial. It's never acceptable for police to execute unarmed people.
@@xbjrrtc To borrow a sentiment from Thought Slime, the police are not judges, juries, and executioners. They are couriers, whose job is only to make sure transportation to and from a court goes smoothly. As they stand now, they are Amazon delivery drivers who deliberately break the packages they're meant to deliver; except instead of breaking my toaster they're committing genocide against brown people, so naturally they face fewer consequences than even the clumsiest person driving an Amazon truck.
@@jimballard1186 Exactly so. We need more social workers and psychologists and other professionals to help people in crisis, not more executioners. We need to eradicate poverty.
@@xbjrrtc
Hence, that IS the meaning of Defund the police. The names it wrong. But you HAVE defined the purpose.
i have Lived in "that part of town" for 62 years, watched the white flight from my front porch, the erosion of goods, services, health care, schools & 50 years of intentional neglect to create conditions demonized by those designed the outcome 🤬
One of the best things about Beau's videos is that, even when obviously angry, he does not engage in histrionics; he doesn't scream or about or flail about. He makes his point and he does so without engaging in character assassination or blanket insults. He says what he needs to say in clear language and then moves on. Beau is the next-door neighbour that you wish you had.
Beau being praised for his ability to regulate his emotions really makes me annoyed. I like his calmness even when he's angry too, but "engaging in histrionics" is one hell of a loaded phrase. Loaded with ABLEISM.
Some of us have a much harder time, or find it impossible to do so. It's one thing to like Beau, and it's quite another to favor this style SO MUCH that you loop into bigotry
I just saw the video today. First thanks for defending the boy...no child needs to be killed that fast. He never got his hands all the way up. It broke my heart
killed at all*
Plus people are dismissing the FACT that the gun was at least 10 feet away from the kid when that degenerate decided to pull that trigger . That was a split second decision that absolutely should not have been made . I saw the same thing on that video that the cop saw and I did not see a gun .
@John Smith The COP had the boy highlighted by light. The hands were visible empty. Your whole statement is the usual, Whatabout!.
So whatabout your reflexive racism caused you to look for any excuse to blame the child!
Yes, they showed a picture of the gun on the ground by the fence, so he did drop the gun and was turning around with his hands up and the officer shot him.
@John Smith Does the 2nd amendment mean anything in this context?
Let's talk about hearing my stomach growl.... I"m hungry, sorry.
Lol
#NeedinAFeedin
Take care of yourself! :)
Demon got your stomach.
OK. That was funny. RE: your video on "taking guns". How do you feel about insurance for gun owners? Mandatory safes. That kind of control.
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I don’t get why people care. He was a child and didn’t need to be killed that simple
Also, both of his hands were up when he took a cop's bullet.
I used to think it's because people couldn't handle the truth, so they come up with excuses.
Maybe that's true, but it just sounds like this has happened a lot with police killings for decades. People need to stop being surprised.
Sometimes simple things are hard to do/believe, this is not one of those times.
@@justjess6636 That and some a holes out there are being monstrous and need to get some help...
I do. I’ve lived in this country long enough to know why.
The neglect of "That part of town" must be addressed.
You are absolutely correct. I'm an old white guy in the Mid-West and I can't understand how OUR country keeps ignoring what's happening to our children. He was a 13 year old child. I pray for his family and and all of the other children and young people out there.
Thank you Beau, for calling out the victim-blaming. I am sick of it. People only do it to reassure themselves that it could NEVER happen to them. Or their loved ones.
Instead of addressing the harder systemic issues. 😭
RIGHT! It's like the new age folks who insist that everyone attracts everything to themselves, and I'm like... okay, how do you explain infants who starve to death. How did they "attract" that? Please explain....It's just victim-blaming in different raiment. We need to have no room in our culture for anything that puts the responsibility on the victims.
Yes! Victim blaming, whether of sexual assault survivors or police brutality victims, is rooted in the coping mechanism of denial.
@@hks2377 Bang on!
"People only do it to reassure themselves that it could NEVER happen to them. Or their loved ones."
That's the weird part. Police brutality, corruption, and incompetence are a problem affecting every American. It's just unbelievable how someone can dig their heels in and refuse to acknowledge and try to work to fix this. As you point it, next time it could be one of their loved ones who needs help from the police and doesn't receive it, or is wrongfully thrown in jail, or beaten or killed by police officers.
It appears "triggering the libs" is more important to them than their loved ones and their country.
@Sugar Shane how about start teaching cops about de-escalation? why do you insist on creating a wild west society where everyone just point guns at each other waiting for a reason to shoot first? the police should be peace keepers in the city, not soldiers in war zone.
I've lived in that part of town before, and am again. It's where the best deal on a house I could afford was.
They always victim blame when it goes south, rather than fix the real problem.
Pretty convenient
Same here. I live in a "progressive" city that still completely shits on "that part of town," except now the rich wypipo are moving in and gentrifying it, chasing the diversity to other places and bringing in their bougie high-priced organic grocery stores, fancy apartments where houses used to be, and bitching about all of the things those of us who have lived here for decades love.
@@ExkupidsMom what! A pisser!!!
Fixing the problems means acknowledging and changing the practices, laws, and customs that created them.
@@ExkupidsMom - Regrettably, 'that part of town' has gotten the short end ever since we've had communities large enough for it to exist. Doesn't matter what the politics are. And all too often, wrecking it has been the preferred solution rather than anything truly constructive.
Remember those PSAs
" It's ten pm do you know where your children are?"
I used to see those all the time when my parents were at the bar.
Yeah my white parents.
Hey! I think my dad used drive home drunk from that bar. He is white and it was the 70's so no worries for him.
"It's 10 pm. Did you know that I know where your children are?"
I snuck out of the house starting at age 14. I hung out with older teenagers and people in their 20s. I smoked weed and thought I was FREE! My mom was as strict as they come, but she worked and was raising seven kids (four of them were step-kids). When she went to bed, she was down for the count. Anything could have happened to me. I didn't think so back then, but I know now how reckless I was.
It's not always about good or bad parents. I had a very good mom....and a very exhausted mom. I was just bored and rebellious.
I feel the same as when people say “those people”, just like “that part of town”. I usually ask what do they mean. It’s alway a blanket answer.
"Poverty is the worst form of violence." (Gandhi)
We love George, however Gandhi isn't or wasn't the guy you think he is.
"Be the change you want to see in the world" Ghandi
The 3%ers use that motto. Wtf
"Poverty is the worst form of Government" O'Brien
@@noamfinnegan8663: Some anti-vaxxers are using the slogan, "My body, my choice." You can't stop bad people taking over good slogans.
Gandhi did a LOT of questionable things, as did Winston Churchill, as did a lot of other people. Gandhi also did some very good things. Unfortunately the internet and social media seem to have led to a lot more black-and-white, all-or-nothing thinking about people and issues.
You know what's _really_ Sad?
I didn't know which victim you were talking about until about half way through. There are too many to keep track of; pitiful.
That's part of the reason I rarely name them.
This is why I didn't go to the police when I was 15 and raped by a stranger, a grown man I'd never seen before or since. I was too naïve to know I was in danger, but afterwards I knew what I would be up against, these same stupid questions.
"Why were you at that apartment complex?"
"You drank alcohol, so what did you expect?"
"Why were you dressed that way (jeans and t-shirt)?"
"Did your parents know where you were?"
It was years before I told anyone. That happened 45 years ago, and I still can't walk through an apartment complex without fearing a door will fly open and I'll be dragged inside. I'm glad that's mostly all I remember about it now, because I'm shaking right now just thinking about how he smelled (the main thing that has stuck with me).
I wish there was a “hugs” button instead of a thumbs up button to acknowledge your comment.
So sorry to read about this trauma you’ve carried with you all these years.
But if it’s any comfort, it seems to me your speaking out right here perfectly illustrates how this victim blaming mentality can be so damaging.
I'm so sorry that happened to you.
Smell is a very vivid trigger of trauma. So sorry you went thru that.
"It was years before I told anyone."
Ouch. That sentence was the most painful. Thank you for sharing. I can only hope that you are able to tell your story now; and to tell it to those you love; and that they listen.
I am so sorry for your experience. No one deserves it . love and light to you!
I was born and raised in Chicago. I remember being 13 there. My parents were divorced and I was on my own a lot. My father was a good person, but his time as a Drill Instructor during Vietnam, training kids not much younger than he was and then pulling their body bags off the returning transports left him very broken. My mother actually became a Chicago cop, and the way that changed her completely killed our relationship. So I had two parents, respected professions, that the system twisted into less than good parents. I was out a lot at 2 am. And there was at least a time or two when I was out that I had a gun on me (before I wised up to how stupid that was).
The only real crime I was committing was being 13, alone, and bored. But I could have so easily ended up the same way. It’s so incredibly easy to go down that road at that age, the people pointing fingers really need to think about what they are saying, because I can almost guarantee that someone they know has done the very same thing. Their perfect little angel has a little soot on their wings. Not because they’re bad, but because they are young and alone and restless and bored.
Amen well said sir I’m a female the oldest of 4 girls to a Mexican mom and Black dad, I remember my parents splitting up constantly due to their backgrounds so when they finally divorced that left me and my sisters to get into major ish, early pregnancies A LOT and I remember at 14 and 15 sneaking out doin ALL TYPES OF STUFF I had no business doing I wasn’t raised in Chicago but at those ages when I lived there, I was raped, jumped on by a girl gang, ran away from home, got a boyfriend who convinced me to sneak drugs into PRISON and more then once, I continuously hitched rides from men all the time and if u can believe it the most that ever happened to me doin that one time this guy was procrastinating in taking me home and when we picked up this man and woman he knew I told them he wouldn’t take me home they gave him crap about it and he finally took me close enuff to the projects so I could get home to my aunts house I THANK GOD I AM IN THIS WORLD TO EVEN SAY/TEXT THIS TODAY 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 truth is in these times parents are either still killing themselves to make ends meet in a single parent household, or they are young as hell and ain’t worried about their children the parent is too busy kickin it too🙁
#STAYEDPRAYED🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
@@tishjohnson7309 Wow. That is a pretty tough way to start a life, and I'm glad you (and hopefully all of your sisters) made it. I was very fortunate in that, despite putting myself into some dumb situations, nothing bad ever happened to me, and I never did anything bad to anyone else. There are definitely situation where, if I had been a girl, I don't think I would have gotten off so easy.
Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you both for sharing these stories. I learn so much from comment section under Beau’s insightful posts.
I agree with you 100%.
@@tishjohnson7309 It's very easy for those of us who didn't experience what you or Adam did to ask "Where were the parents?" and not understand that some children's parents were killing themselves to make sure that they were well fed, clothed, and in school.
I have to admit that in the past there have been times when such questions have crossed my mind. It took me years to understand that I was asking the wrong questions. Thanks Beau, as always, for the check-up from the neck up.
It takes real nuts to be able to admit that. Sincerely, Hats off to you brother.
"I have been in trailer parks far more dangerous than any hood." -fun story. I'm a chauffeur, i drove a guy from the hood in east oakland to a trailer park in Clearlake California. We got there and the dude was like: "nope. This is way too ghetto, take me back to oakland." TRUE STORY.
This would not surprise me. When I was little, I lived semi-close to Oakland, transplanting to/from three towns. I felt safest in "the hood".
😂😂 I believe you and thanks for the light hearted story! We live in tragic times. Stay safe🎩🎩
Lmmfao
Why was someone taking a chauffeur driven car to a trailer park in Clearlake? That’s just weird.
@@markmcclellan8421 to show off for a girl. People are weird but 85% of the time if someone hires me they are showing off for a girl. 15% of the time they want a wine tour guide.
I remember at 16 I was sneaking out of my mom's house to go drink with my friend down the street because her parents were divorced and her mom worked 3ed shift. At 16 that was the greatest idea ever. Now I'm 47 and realize that really wasn't the best idea I ever had. Kids do stupid stuff that's why they are not considered adults until they are 18. I can honestly say even after 18 I made some bad decisions but thank goodness I lived long enough to know they was bad.
Our brains don't fully develop until around 25. I think we're supposed to make stupid decisions when we're young and resiliant. I snuck out all the time as a teen, but never once thought about being killed by cops. Blissful ignorance of a suburban white childhood. Now, I know better.
Amen.
Not all kids do stupid stuff. At 16, I was studying 4-6 hours a night.
@@jaelynn7575: You may be one of the tiny minority that never did stupid stuff as a kid but I would say there's a fair chance you did something stupid during the holidays or after you turned 18/left your parents' house.
@@jaelynn7575 I bet if you look back on your childhood you did something. It might not have been as stupid as what I did, but you did something. We all did. Maybe it was before you hit high school maybe it was in middle school or grad school but I bet if you think hard enough there was something.
But good for you doing all that studying at 16. It took me until my 20's to appreciate an education.
Wow!!! Those questions turned around from 'he' to 'she' really shows how quick we are as a society to judge others and point out their 'shortcomings' (from our perspective) without ever considering their circumstances or our own biases.
Thank you for speaking the truth
I'm surprised your page hasn't been shutdown. You speak the truth with intelligence and compassion. That is hated by most in this country. Especially the by system.
Thank you for speaking up for Adam, for this 13 year old child, for children and teens who are treated different because of their skin color and/or their neighborhood. 💔
I do Not see this ‘Little Darling’ being treated any differently than any Punk of any race anywhere else. He was out at 2:30 am running around with another Gangster shooting at Police. He also had a gun which he ditched at the last minute. He was innocent for sure!
@@robertneal6878 to me your comment agains means “are you listening?” This is not a problem just about Adam and vilifying the victim. It is a whole systematic problem that occurs every time no one listens to cause and effect in our troubled biased society. We are talking about all children and how as a whole depending on our biases we treat them differently.
@Mary Lake Throw the old ‘blame it on Society’ cop out at me. Most of these problems stem from, as Beau’s write dealt with, a ‘lack of proper parenting’. Or as it appears in this case, a ‘lack of parenting’. Back in the ‘Good Ol’ Days’ there were truant officers who held students, and mostly the parents, responsible for school attendance. There were even curfews that were Enforced. And yet there were those who would Not comply. If you consider that just a societal problem, I think you miss the ‘Big Picture’ - Irresponsible Parents! BTW, just out of curiosity, was this particular child? even in or attending school?
I lived in Newark NJ, in the 70s and 80s. My rights were always being violated by cops, because I lived in that part of town. Puerto Ricans were considered those people.
It's been going on as long as there have been police. We (wypipo) are only now understanding it because of the prevalence of video cameras making it so we can't pretend it doesn't exist. I am sorry you lived through that. I hope with my whole being that we can end it here and now.
Sounds like a tough upbringing.
This is a bit off topic, but as a child, my sister's best friend was a Puerto Rican girl whose family was close to mine (we're Black). One day I asked why my sister's friend was allowed to use the N word, with the same ease as my cousins. My aunt told me explicitiy that "Puerto Ricans and Cubans were basically Spanish speaking N words." That's how they're treated in the US, so WE treat them like ours." She then promptly told me that if I ever used the N word, she just might 'end me.' Point is.......I can imagine what sort of treatment you received, in NJ, during those decades.
It's about economics.
The OP's profile pic looks like pro white supremacy.
Yes. Because 13 year olds are famous for their forethought and critical-thinking skills.
I've listened to what you said in the past on a number of subjects and always find your responses very even and thought out. I don't know how you became the man you are but thank goodness for people like you.
I have a 13 year old brother who is tall for his age and very hyper because he has ADHD. When he is out and about, he usually has his headphones on and is laughing rather loudly. I can't imagine him having his headphones on, not hearing what a police officer said to him, and being shot for not complying, but that's where we are headed. It doesn't matter what this kid's nickname was, his reputation, or anything else. He was a 13 year old. He was somebody's baby.
@Todd Wood Right, if he is white, this is unlikely to happen. But with ADHD, there is the potential for impulsive behavior which goes along with the hyperactivity. He might fidget with something in his pocket out of nervousness & we know what can happen when a cop thinks you've got something in your pocket. Don't let him be a minority & have this happen. I remember reading a news story several years back where a deaf, Hispanic man was shot & killed by cops because he didn't hear them when they told him to stop. Unfortunately, this is has happened a number of times. You can't depend on cops to be understanding and give the benefit of the doubt.
Plus he complied and within a moment was shot!
I think that is well said. Dave Chapelle did a skit "How old is 15 really?" It is an amazing analogy of how some people see some as children while placing an overwhelming amount of responsibilities on others.
For pro-life people who would ask those questions, now that he is born why doesn't his life matter?
Thank u for this...much needed to hear these words. I'm in Indianapolis still reeling from te Fed Ex murders. On a different scale perhaps but the 19 year old shooter was in need of mental health care for years, as reported by his parents to the FBI. Our children are not being protected and it's the shame of a great nation
Find the problem, Process the problem and Listen.. Then care enough to Help🙏🙏🙏 and Realize where All God's Children,he doesn't make mistakes. Prayers to All.
But that’s the thing. It cannot be called a great nation. Not any longer. Shouldn’t we be judged on how we take care of the most vulnerable? A state that glorifies billionaires like Bezos while blaming children for their own murders and poverty? One with citizens (not to mention law enforcement) quaking with true cowardice while living in fear of/from brown, unaccompanied CHILDREN “invading” the borders...doesn’t seem to fit the spirit of the term great nation does it? Stay Safe 🖖
@@hiall5630 ...which god? The one that doesn’t make mistakes? Thank you. (Honestly don’t belong to a religion or “faith”)
@@truetnt I agree with u but I find it hard to say once great nation
I have been so disappointed by people who just want to victim blame rather than hold the officer responsible.
One side being a child (in this case) and the other being an allegedly-trained adult makes it clear who ought to bear the responsibility for handling the interaction in a mature way. You know, if people were actually making such arguments in good faith.
@@Ash__Adler THIS. SO MUCH THIS.
There's a mass without roofs
There's a prison to fill
There's a country's soul that reads post no bills
There's a strike and a line of cops outside of tha mill
There's a right to obey
And there's a right to kill
"Calm like a Bomb" - Zach De La Rocha
@@phillippuxlucas8686 "This is how the world ends. / Not with a bang, but a whimper." -- The Hollow Men, T.S. Eliot
There are many people who want to believe that society is fair, and that justice will prevail. Any evidence to the contrary is met with a knee-jerk reaction.
I seldom cry when listening to your videos. This is one that made me sob. I grew up on that side of the tracks. I tell people all the time it isn't a crime to be poor.
I am blown away. To hear these words and empathy from someone that GETS it and acknowledges it. Heartwarming. And yes, moreso because his skin tone is different from mine. Very few acknowledge what's really going on in these situations. All the questions ppl are asking shouldn't matter. How the system failed this young boy and many many others of color should be the question.
I'm so very tired of explaining to my grandson why does this keep happening. He then talks about how he's going to beat them running so he won't get shot, bc he's going to be fastest in the WHOLE world. He's 7yo, how do I tell him that will end his life faster? I'm so very tired...praying for strength, and blessing and prayers to another fallen brother🖤🖤🖤
Maybe you could read Oliver Twist to him. Let him understand Nancy was not Fagan's girlfriend.
From the movie "Boyz In The Hood:"
Furious Styles:
"Why is it that there is a gun shop on almost every corner in this community?"
The Old Man:
"Why?"
Furious Styles:
"I'll tell you why. For the same reason that there is a liquor store on almost every corner in the black community. Why? They want us to kill ourselves."
True
There's a podcast called 99% Invisible, where they did an episode on the way the POC neighborhoods are structured vs white neighborhoods.. The way the lightbulb went off in my head. I lived in a city most of my life that's literally segregated by a major highway. I've lived on both sides of said highway & they're different worlds.
@@troublebunnie Where can I find the podcast I would love to listen.
@@FlyHy89 it's Episode 51: The Art of Exclusion
@@FlyHy89 pretty much whenever you get your podcasts
Thank you for this video. The system does this for all things. When Katrina devastated New Orleans, I heard many people blaming the victims of the 9th Ward because they "chose" to live in "that part of the city". Takes work and empathy to change things. Finger pointing and victim blaming is much easier.
We're seeing this even with Covid. If someone gets Covid, they "must" have been careless otherwise they wouldn't have gotten it. Or "Look at that person. No wonder they died from Covid. They're FAT." Never mind that the person was a grandmother, a teacher, an active member of the community, you know, a "real" person.
People are so numb to everything. It's sad. All that is left is apathy & blame. It's ironic because lots of people have no empathy for others but expect others to have it for them when they deal with a tragedy.
I live in Texas & when we had that bad freeze a couple of months ago, people didn't care. To them, it was our fault. We willingly "chose" this grid system (which was implemented in the 60s long before many of us were even born) and we (not our power providers) should have been prepared the coldest temperatures on record. Yet the people who blamed us for this issue would want the govt to step in if their state suffered an emergency situation. It's hypocrisy..
I have no idea how to turn this around. The more killings there are, the number people get. I guess we have to hit rock bottom as a country before there is change & I'm guessing there is still a long way til we get to rock bottom. Even with Covid the rising death toll means nothing to lots of people. They're just numbers on a screen. Now the goal is to survive a pandemic & mass shootings & we have the nerve to look down on Central Americans escaping violence? Is that what we're going to have to do? Is it going to get to the point where people will literally feel compelled to Immigrate to safer places that have real laws in place that actually protect people?
My daughter and niece snuck out the window at that age during the night and we didn't know until later. Thankfully they were okay. I was a stay at home Mom and very attentive. Kids are going to explore and should not be judged or be killed for bad decisions. Those "questions" are sickening! The fact this child was murdered is unacceptable! We can and should expect and be better than this!
My husband is Federal law enforcement. He had interviewed individuals in Little Village as well as Engelwood and other “crime ridden” neighborhood on the west side of Chicago. He’s interviewed murders. Some of the nicest he said he’s met. So many are victims of a society we set up.
My husband is also Filipino. Where we live, he’s “Mexican.” He was pulled over in his unmarked g-car. Before the police officer can get to his car, he has his window down and his hands glued to his steering wheel. The officer immediately starts talking Spanish to him. My husband informs the officer that he’s a federal agent and does not speak Spanish. Once or twice, my husband had been more afraid of the cop than the murderer he interviewed.
There are so MANY low income “white” trailer parks that they will send in 3 agents: 2 to do the interview and one for outside cover. Walking up to some rural house and know there is a math lab by the smell outside and had to call DEA and ATF.
It’s really messed up by blaming the neighborhood.
"A systemic failure on all fronts." An all too common occurrence in what is supposed to be the greatest country in the world. I love what you do, Beau. You so often clearly say what so many of us want to scream in the faces of those who ask such disingenuous, petty questions in an attempt to make themselves potential victims.
This "system has been designed that way " those in power don't want to address that.
Always easier to ask "what could he or she have done differently?" Than acknowledge the responsibility of asking "What can I do to bring change now?"
Exactly. We have trigger happy cops who will kill first and ask later! This execution shouldn't have happened - period
Someone ,in conversation, once asked me "where were his parents" . I responded: "Were are your kids?"
That was the end of that association.
Oh well what a shame never mind.
I just realised after reading the title of this video - despite having read about people having this question before - that at age 14, I stayed behind with two classmates after a school event that had lasted until late in the evening. I left my two classmates when I finally wanted to go home at about three in the morning. I either walked home or rode my bike home (it was less than a kilometre or about half a mile). A lot of the people from school had stayed behind late, and almost none of them was older than 16 at the time. My classmates were at worst from "maybe not very comfortable" middle-class families at worst, with a quarter of them having a medical doctor as a parent. The biggest troublemakers were the ones who smoked pot - in a country of pot smokers ... - and occasionally shoplifted. This was in a country where and at a time when twelve-year-olds were way freer to roam the semi-urban village than many 15-year-olds seem to be in today's US.
Everything that could have been done to any one of us that night would not have been viewed by anybody as "our fault" and nobody was too surprised to see us/find out about us being outside that late at night. In fact, a teacher drove past me on my way home and addressed me about the next day(?) at school but he was probably used to students going home extremely late after that (kind of) even at our school.
Many were upset with me because I said, " maybe he sneaked out of the house!" When these things happen, every one automatically assumes kids who commits crimes etc, the parents are bad parents. It's heartbreaking...so heartbreaking.
Where were the parents you ask? This is the exact neighborhood I grew up in. "Little Village" west side of Chicago. My time mostly white, soon mostly Hispanic. The parents, probably both working. Maybe mainly immigrants, and we all know what kind of jobs they can only get, lowest of wages. The need to work 2 or 3 jobs. Although somewhat affordable neighborhood at that time, I grew up with only necessities no extras. Hispanic culture is one of the most hardest working, doing what they can to feed their families. My time, mainly stay at home Moms. Now, not the case. Yes, maybe they should have taken a little more concern of what their son was doing, but the stress of basic living with a crime ridden neighborhood (gangs) had taken its toll. My heart truly aches on how my Chicago has changed so drastically.
“High crime area” is such a dog whistle. We all know what it means. No one ever examines why that area systemically got that way, and stays that way. $15.00 minimum wage for all is a start. Now. This sh*t is NOT inevitable. I’m so sick, so done with this feeling of helplessness and rage. I can’t imagine how POC feel. Blame them?! No more.
The fact that there’s someone out there (that looks like Beau) with a following that ACTUALLY get it... gives me hope for a better future.
Unfortunately, a lot of the people I see asking these questions about Adam ABSOLUTELY also think it's okay to ask them when a woman gets assaulted.
Yeah. Victim blaming is so much more comfortable than realistic assessment of our culture.
@@ExkupidsMom Its called reason, logic, law, evidence etc. You morons are unfamiliar with these concepts. I know its hard to be atleast somewhat smart, but atleast try something.
@@attilamarics4808 One ought not mention logic while committing logical fallicies oneself. Kindly take your petty vitriol elsewhere. No one here is interested.
@@ExkupidsMom I mean you can call, calling out a thug with a gun, as victim blaming, but lets be honest.
@@attilamarics4808 Starting with the above would have been a more compelling argument than name-calling, least of all a group: "You morons" etc. But to the larger point, no kid 13 should be written off as a ___ fill in the blank. I worked in Hoboken, back when it was more "On The Waterfront" than yuppified. Yes he had a gun, that he threw away. Maybe the gun wasn't even his, but whatever, somebody in his circle had it & what you call logic & the law gets foggy when you get "pressed" to do a favor & bring said gun from pt. A to pt. B. "At least" consider that, the kid was "moving" said gun, most likely an illegal one, for a "friend" who may have pressured him AND then there's that he was a minor so penalties would be less if he was caught with it. "At least" try being "somewhat" sympathetic; cut the kid some slack. I can, for the cop ~ who maybe didn't hear the gun being tossed & as he's responding to a call re: a gun, he's running down an alley, adrenaline pumping. At that point the kid would have been better off stopping with his hands up or falling, accidentally or intentionally; turning was enough to trip that target practice image that you don't want to exhibit to anyone else with a gun & extra epinephrine. Lets be "honest" ~ it's a tragedy, for all involved.
He didn’t expect to loose his life. Doesn’t matter if he chucked a gun behind a fence, he was unarmed when he got shot. One kid who could have had the opportunity to change his trajectory in life. That was stolen from him.
And the sad thing, the boy probably is learning to use the gun as self defense in a bad neighborhood as per what many of the rights claim as their 2nd ammendment rights and now the same people Condemn him for it. What happen to Kyle Rittenhouse? He also got an illegal gun which in addition he brought crossing the border that he used to murder people.
There is certainly something not right in America in terms of justice and inequality.
@@renshin5671 - It is ILLEGAL in the United States for any 13 year old to be carrying a Handgun on any street, regardless of the reason he was carrying it. The 2nd Amendment does not apply in this situation. Then there is the fact that the 13 year old was violating the Curfew Law enacted by the City of Chicago for being on the streets at 2:30 in the Morning...
@Redwood Rebelgirl - The 2nd Amendment does NOT protect anyone that is carrying a firearm ILLEGALLY. The 2nd Amendment was written to allow the LEGAL ownership of firearms. Not for ILLEGALLY owning/carrying a firearm. It has nothing to do with being a Conservative or a Democrat.
In a split second the boy drew a gun and threw it away. Starts to turn around and raises his arms past his head. Imagine if the gun was still in the hand. Pretty sure the cop would have been shoot. Stupid boy should have stayed home at 3 am. Also should have just layed down and instead of reaching for a gun. Thought he would get away with ditching a gun. Nope now he is going in a ditch. If you can't raise your child properly don't have any. Now the cop has to live with killing a child. Tragic yes but it was brought on by him and his parents.
@@strumbum946 Good job missing the point
All those questions, serve to discredit the victim and justify the crime.
Yup. It's the beginning of any criminal defense strategy that usually follows such incidents.
Bigger question is how to fix the problem.
USA citizens in 2021 believe Fagan was the hero in Oliver Twist. Oh, USA citizens never read Oliver twist.
the scary part is how people are becoming numb to death 560,000 from a virus, hundreds from gun violence , hundreds more from aggressive policing , just another day . that is what saddens me the most
i feel like people forget they can't choose where they're born or what circumstances they're born into. its so disheartening to hear people try and make excuses like that.
👋🏼🌻 Hello on Saturday! He was only thirteen... The calls for change have an extra ring of mourning. We have to do better.
Hope yours is a good one ! Hi, how are you ? Expected to see Beau earlier today. So much to talk about.
@@tombrown8800 👋🏼 Hi Tom! 😄 I was waiting too. There’s so much going on, and now I’m hungry. 😄 I was just going to cook when Beau came on. What’s on your mind the most?
@@Andrea.1tree I haven't given up but there is so much injustice slamming into our faces at 500 mph right now. It's hard to keep up. It's unimaginable that this system, politics, the powers that be, can fix this perversion of a society. Tear it all down, start fresh, although that would be so painful & damaging to most folks it isn't much of a viable prospect either. We need s pause to catch our collective breath.
@@tombrown8800 You took the words right out of my mouth. I’m struggling to stay positive today. I think the media is making it worse by focusing on it, but in this case it should be out there for everyone to see. The average person doesn’t realize how often this happens all across the U.S.A. I’m ashamed to admit I’m American anymore.
@@Andrea.1tree
☹️ I know. I want the America I thought I was pledging allegiance to as a little kid.💔
I made terrible mistakes in my 13 and 14th year. I listened to 29 yr old thug.
These are kids who ALL of us ought to protect.
The research shows that children who are even 14 years of age do NOT have an Adult Brain. They are NOT biologically capable of understanding Consequence AND are INCAPABLE of Self & Emotional Control as an Adult. Even at 16 it's not uncommon for kids to STILL be unable to think like an adult.
Hell there's even a Pro-Republican Death Penalty lady who preaches about this.
*"These are kids who ALL of us ought to protect."*
Sure. Next time I'm wandering around the rough end of Chicago at zero-dark-thirty in the friggin' morning, and I see what appears to be an adolescent boy with a loaded handgun stuffed in his pants, accompanied by a grown man with his own gun who likes to bust off shots at passing cars, apparently appropos of nothing, I'll be sure to approach him and.....uhhhh....hmmmm....uhhhhh...do **WHAT,** exactly?
I mean, assuming I could even get within 15-20 feet of him without his pal yanking out his gun and drilling me six or seven times.
None of us would have to protect them if their worthless, absentee parents actually tried to raise and discipline them, or at the very least do something to prevent them from roaming the streets all night while carrying a gun.
I mean, Adam Toledo's mother is sure coming off like a real go-getter, what with leading protests, giving statements to the media, piously demanding that the Chicago PD revamp their SOP for patrol officers, demanding "justice," shaming the mayor...
It's a real crying-ass shame she didn't seem to have such enthusiasm for the rights, health, and well-being of her son when it would have actually mattered. That being any point in time prior to allowing him to run loose in the street in the wee hours of the morning in the company of armed thugs, getting chased by the cops. Stuff like that.
If nothing else, her passion and grief and maternal instincts would seem a little more genuine than they do now.
@@TheAyanamiRei Well, based on a lot of the musings, comments, and lofty pronouncements I've being seeing about this and some other recent goings-on that are front-and-center in terms of public interest, reaching biological adulthood does not in any way amount to an assurance that one's brain works properly.
@@gregrock7451 The parents i know are not at home because "they" are working two jobs to cloth, feed and rent in a good neighborhood. You made a huge assumption that the parents are absent or don't care. Perhaps try finding out what it is like on the other side of the neighborhood.
One of the finest videos you've put out here
Beau, once again you nailed it and you explained it. As a retired social worker I know that most people, even those whose intellect is above average, misunderstands and blames the victim when something like this happens. Most people see this as a family dysfunction and it stops there. I used to be one of those people until I was turned completely around through education. I do not know your education background, but most people do not come to such conclusions on their own. I find it refreshing when I come across someone who see beyond the superficial elements and understands cause and effect. People like you give me hope and I am so glad that you are there. Keep up the work, please.
Thank you for this video. Even though I had been a 13 yr old running the streets at all hours with people much older in a city that was "a bad area" now as a mom of a 16 yr old daughter I was doing the "where was his mom?!" Changing the pronoun really did change the perspective. I NEVER want to be the type of adult I encountered in my youth and you made me realize I had been in this thinking. Truly thank you 🙏
They don't see us as humans, all they see is skin color, blame and shame the victim is always the road they want to take out. Sigh.
"A cop shot someone who isn't white? Quick! Dig into the victim's past, find something, ANYTHING! Throw up a smokescreen ASAP! Make the victim responsible! It was the VICTIM'S fault the cop shot them, the cop had no choice!"
"Systemic failure on every front." That's what people of color's life usually boils down to. Especially when the police have their way. As you said, "they don't see us as human." The funny thing is that that is exactly what I've taught my children. That before we're a race, WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS FIRST AND FOREMOST. Why others don't see us that way is beyond my understanding.
@Mrs Fefe apparently those white people which do that call it "protecting their heritage".
@John Smith Shaddap troll, you're irrelevant.
That's what I said when they shot Duante. If that cop didn't automatically see that Black man as a threat, she would have never been so hyped up to 'accidentally' shoot him.
Always truth to power w/ this cat, 100% of the time.
Very powerful , thank you Beau!
Dude, the people asking those questions about him would _absolutely_ ask the exact same questions about her. That's the kind of evil asshats they are.
Wow! Very moving, true and utterly sad, sad for all of us!
I appreciate you.
Our system is so freaking broken! Every freaking aspect of it! 🤮🤮🤮 it needs a complete overhaul!
i think it too late!
@@gerryward6931: Eventually, I think it will get at least some of the overhaul it needs but that may be long after we are dead and gone.
Unfortunately, too, many of the paths to that overhaul will be slick with the blood of the innocent and the powerless.
600,000 by tomorrow and still rising. Congratulations Beau, you are more than deserving.
I just found you and started with this video the first few seconds I was like "oh hell no" but I'ma listen to see how this ends...then I'll cuss him out I will say you spoke the truth and whole truth thank you!!! Lets all change the narrative TOGETHER🖤🖤
I am so impressed by how insightful you are and how you always offer something outside the box to consider - and in such a non-arrogant way. As someone from the Northeast, I’m not used to associating brilliance with good-old-boy looks and accent, but I have to recant and admit how much I admire your ideas and your attitude. Thanks for everything!
Beau you a breath of Fresh Air with your Reality Check View thxing you josefina
Perfect shut down of bs
Thank you Beau and friends for reminding me that there are many of you who are intelligent & compassionate. I want to think that we are a force to be reckoned with. 🍀
Thank you Beau, for giving a voice to the voiceless.
I was born in 2nd ward, Houston Texas. I remember my mother telling me to watch out for strangers don't accept a ride from no one. The usual warnings a mother gives her children. I also remember her telling me if l see a police officer at a distance to turn and walk the other way. If confronted by one, to keep my mouth shut and answer questions. People who live the life of the brady bunch don't live in reality. A child is not put in his social surroundings by choice, but does have to blend into it the best he can. Some of the people of today do not understand to a majority of white people, they see the police as Saviours, brown and black people see them as executioners. And to close my comment. I am 60 yrs old. Just to tell you how long this has been going on.
Thank you, Beau.
Used that same analogy years ago, in another case, and got the: "No, that's totally different" speech.
@Wreckz Alottovdatime That's because it is totally different. It's a false and stupid analogy. What has shooting guns at 3am and running from police got to do with being a sexual assault victim?
Nothing.
Powerful.
💛thank you for consistently standing up for the voiceless 📢📣
I see a thirteen year old child being murdered by the deadliest, most bloodthirsty gang in America. They just represent using a badge instead of tattoos or bandanas.
perfect metaphor in so many ways. It stands up at every level I could think of, never having been a member of any gang, LEO included.
Amen!
This is normal in shithole countries
@Ken Jay then use underhanded tactics to deal with them label them and scapegoat them and divide them
@Todd Wood
Query: Why would you defend the Police when Police are under ZERO obligation to Protect OR Serve you Under The Law?
If the Police are so Virtuous why did they NOT protest the Supreme Court's Decision that their job is to ONLY catch criminals?
If the Police as so Virtuous, why do they kill more PoC than they do their own race, unlike Normal American Citizens?
If Police as so Virtuous, how come they're only ever turned in, AFTER caught by the public?
If Police as so virtuous, WHY do they consistent find themselves of having done no wrongdoing, evne when caught on tape do be doing wrong?
If Police as so virtuous, WHY do they NOT testify against their fellow officers most of the time?
Furthermore: IF Police are so Virtuous, why are they trained in a Cult like manner? Why are they trained in a Cops vs Citizens? Why are they trained to treat EVERY traffic stop as a Life or Death situation?
If Police are so Virtuous, why are they held to a LOWER standard than Soldiers in a Red Zone, where every citizen REALLY IS a potential threat due to the danger? Also why are the police held to a LOWER standard than the Military in general?
Why is it that it was an "ACCIDENT" that a Cop reached for her gun, instead of her taser, DESPITE her Training AND the fact that it was on the OPPOSITE SIDE???
Why are Cops NOT lambasting her?
I have become numb to "systemic failures on every front", but thanks to Beau the feeling is coming back.
Brother, once again, thanks. Thanks for being thoughtful, kind, brave like eFF, and honest. I appreciate you brother.
Be blessed 🙏🏽 and know love ❤
The "village" failed in every conceivable way. But we can get high, have a drink, change the channel, post and meme our outrage or excuses, anything and everything to shift responsibility because it's not "our" problem... until it is. Humanity continues to drown itself in thoughts prayers and excuses. Litter doesn't throw itself on the ground and won't pick itself up, there's a conscious and unconscious hand involved.
Deep but true.....
I was a high school teacher in north Philly and was doing a lesson on the comparisons/contrasts between American classes and Indian castes. I was moved to tears in the middle of my classroom as it dawned on me mid-lesson that my students could differentiate nothing meaningful. I had to throw out my lesson then and there and explore this with them from their perspective.
I SOOOOOOOOOOO admire you for continuing to learn as you teach. You are a gift to your students and I am grateful for your curious and open intellect. Thank you for being who you are. You are the change we need.
That's one of the reasons I'm in education, to advocate, to help be force a for change, whatever my small impact may be.
When I was growing up, the classroom was a safe space for me. At various times, I had teachers who looked out for me. They had no small influence on me being the person I am today. It breaks my heart when I hear about children who literally have no one looking out for them.
6am in NZ. Kia ora to the smart people who regularly watch Beau. It's a great start to the day, hearing his take on the madness in our world.
Hello, NZ from Seattle, USA. I'm glad the world comes here, too. So you know not all US citizens are not insane monsters.
Kia ora from a fellow kiwi in oz!
Good morning to you, too! :)
Great commentary on the cause/effect of poverty. You can't compare this child's environment with your own! We need to forcefully take on poverty. Help our children now.
"where were his parents" is a valid question. The others, not so much...Doesn't make what happened JUSTIFIED, but it does beg the question of how his mom/dad were raising him. There is some level of personal responsibility that needs to be discussed here and whatever the result of this case, the parents absolutely failed their child. a 13 year old child doesn't have the capacity to make good decisions without some strong guidance. The media need to focus on shaming the parents as much as shaming the murderous police for their actions.
Speak the truth Beau!!!!
Beau ,you are truly great American! Thank so much for your insight. It’s so refreshing to hear such voice of reason in time of absolute chaos and insanity.
Beau once again you provide excellent commentary !!! It has become a daily habit for me to watch your commentary. I always find what you have to say thoughtful and often thought provoking. Please continue to put your thoughts out there into the ether. I have to believe it is doing some good for this world.
Thanks for the pin too Beau. I loved it.