L.A high school start running back killed by 18th st gang member good read lil long
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Two witnesses gave dramatic accounts this morning of how a standout high school football star was gunned down earlier this year near his Los Angeles home, opening a tense courtroom hearing packed with relatives of the victim and the alleged gunman.
Jamiel Shaw II, 17, was talking to his girlfriend on a cellphone when she overheard a voice ask him "Where are you from?" the teenage girl testified. There was no response and then the line went dead, she said.
Another witness testified that she watched a lone, hooded gunman approach Jamiel on the street near his Arlington Heights home and fire a single shot. When Shaw fell, the gunman walked around him and delivered a final close-range shot to his head, she said.
"I saw the sparks from the gun," said a neighbor of Jamiel's who at one point broke down and cried on the witness stand. "I froze and was in total shock."
As the neighbor spoke, a large photo of a smiling Jamiel beamed down from a projector screen in the courtroom. His mother and father, wearing white T-shirts emblazoned with photos of their son, sat in the front row, occasionally dabbing at their eyes.
"It's hard," said his mother, Army Sgt. Anita Shaw, who was stationed in Iraq when she heard news of Jamiel's death. "It's like we're living it again."
The preliminary hearing in Los Angeles marks the first time prosecutors have presented evidence publicly in their murder case against Pedro Espinoza, a 19-year-old Latino gang member who authorities say was in the country illegally when he allegedly gunned down Jamiel.
The March 2 slaying rekindled a fierce debate over the role that race has played in recent violence against blacks and galvanized opposition to a controversial policy that limits when Los Angeles police officers can inquire about someone's citizenship status.
Espinoza's defense attorney attempted several times during the morning hearing to ask Jamiel's 14-year-old girlfriend whether Jamiel associated with gang members. But following objections from prosecutors, L.A. County Superior Court Judge Bob S. Bowers Jr. would not allow the girl to answer.
Jamiel Shaw II, 17, was talking to his girlfriend on a cellphone when she overheard a voice ask him "Where are you from?" the teenage girl testified. There was no response and then the line went dead, she said.
Another witness testified that she watched a lone, hooded gunman approach Jamiel on the street near his Arlington Heights home and fire a single shot. When Shaw fell, the gunman walked around him and delivered a final close-range shot to his head, she said.
"I saw the sparks from the gun," said a neighbor of Jamiel's who at one point broke down and cried on the witness stand. "I froze and was in total shock."
As the neighbor spoke, a large photo of a smiling Jamiel beamed down from a projector screen in the courtroom. His mother and father, wearing white T-shirts emblazoned with photos of their son, sat in the front row, occasionally dabbing at their eyes.
"It's hard," said his mother, Army Sgt. Anita Shaw, who was stationed in Iraq when she heard news of Jamiel's death. "It's like we're living it again."
The preliminary hearing in Los Angeles marks the first time prosecutors have presented evidence publicly in their murder case against Pedro Espinoza, a 19-year-old Latino gang member who authorities say was in the country illegally when he allegedly gunned down Jamiel.
The March 2 slaying rekindled a fierce debate over the role that race has played in recent violence against blacks and galvanized opposition to a controversial policy that limits when Los Angeles police officers can inquire about someone's citizenship status.
Espinoza's defense attorney attempted several times during the morning hearing to ask Jamiel's 14-year-old girlfriend whether Jamiel associated with gang members. But following objections from prosecutors, L.A. County Superior Court Judge Bob S. Bowers Jr. would not allow the girl to answer.
EVEN THO I REALLY DONT KNOW HOW IT ALL JUMPED OFF I JUST REALLY CANT BELIEVE A BLACK PERSON WOULD START SUM RACE DRAMA IM SORRY. IF ANYTHING THE BLACKS AND MEXICANS WHO ARE KILLING EACH OTHER OVER RACE IS STUPID MEXICANS AND BLACKS ARE THE MOST HATED ON IN AMERICA AND TO FIGHT EACH OTHER IS THE DUMBEST THING PERIOD
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Surcaliman...I wanna ask you something, you think the reason alot of this race shit gets blown out of proportion is because there is alot of non-violent racism that blacks and Mexicans throw out to each other plus the general ignorance and lack of respect, so when the loc'd out muthafuckas get into it and kill or hurt someone it gets really blown up? Cuz there is something that makes people feel a certain way...that fools are racist whatever.
that and media sensationalism(sp)..all reports state that in l.a. almost all blacks are killed by blacks and mexicans by mexicans.
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