Reply #9: My son, then about 8 or 9,

[SoCalDem]

said "Mom, why is it when they interview the Mom, she always says the dead kid was on the honor roll?"..The strange part is that the kids photo shown usually included gang tattoos on his neck or family photos with all the kids flashing gang signs..

another odd one is the "they were just getting their lives back on track"...(why did they go on that last gang foray....was it one for the road, and then off to the seminary?)

I know it's not nice to talk ill of the dead, but especially when kids die, it's IMPORTANT to tell the truth...even if it hurts..