"My grandson was killed like a dog in the street" - Grandmother of Jaylen Richards speaks to FOX45

Anitra Jones, the grandmother of 12-year-old Jaylen Richards talked exclusively to Fox45 News about a battle that she and her daughter, Jaylen's mother, were fighting. It was a battle to help keep Jaylen safe. But it was a fight they lost.
"My grandson was killed like a dog in the street," said Jones..as she sat face to face with me.
The poignant pain of a grandmother. Jones, reeling over the shooting death of her grandson.
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[@markrunk9171]

This won't end until the adults take responsibility for what they allow and promote.

[@mistermilkman]

Un4tunately, we live n a blame game...no accountability society. Accepting responsibility is a shot 2 the ego.

[@meechietheboss1793]

what are adults doing? crimes are being committed by kids.. tryna be like their peers.. tryna be like rappers and drug lords

[@petep5207]

@@meechietheboss1793 You must be black. Your comment says it all. Parenting is a foreign concept to you people.

[@cortneyeverett6927]

Repent Israelites all praise to the most high YAHAWAH AND HIS SON YAHAWASHI🤴🏽🦁🛸⌛️ The so called Black man, Latino, and Native Americans are the Israelites. Yahawah chosen people Deuteronomy 7:6 “For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.” 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Ecclesiasticus 5:7 “Make no tarrying to turn to the Lord, and put not off from day to day: for suddenly shall the wrath of the Lord come forth, and in thy security thou shalt be destroyed, and perish in the day of vengeance.” Luke 13:5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. REPENT ISRAEL!! the kingdom of heaven is at hand⌛️.

[@CashCowz962]

These new demon kids will kill their parent bro...don't get it twisted

[@pixpusha]

Many folks don't want others telling them how to raise their kids. But sometimes, parents need to listen!

[@Avocadocolorado]

Did the grandmother vote to stop the gun control issue?

[@sorry11303]

Real quick to say something right put the blame the parents right well guess what you broke up the black family home what do you expect to happen everybody don't realize something there's a big difference on how people in society is develop big difference in generations same old same blame the parents go to the root of the problem but I seriously doubt y'all really know what the root of the problem is don't want to talk about that right you're on the outside looking in but real quick to make comments right 🤔 how about you look at the full picture oh that's why you can't look at it cuz it's pretty ugly now easier to blame the parents 👍✅

[@dillon2829]

Because are the root cause, that’s it that’s all. Their mothers love thugs, don’t want fathers in home, good men are cornballs, raise children to be bad and think it’s cute, baby dies, then it’s everyone else’s fault, same ole sad song.

[@moniquelove1158]

@@sorry11303 Exactly. They’re pointing & blaming ppl but fail to realize it’s a Domino effect. You can’t fix one problem without fixing the other. They have to start at the root of the problem which is our political leaders & how their laws affect our economy and the people.

[@heyabusa1]

@@sorry11303 Yeah, because its the parents fault. What was a 12yr old doing running the streets at 9.00 at night? And yes, the dirty was dont to black families. I get it. What I dont get is why they keep on voting for those that did it to them - democrats.

[@TheLaquane]

To all of the parents that have lost a loved one to the streets my condolences to you all

[@InsiderBoy]

Why? F'em. They can't hurt innocent people anymore so good riddance. I have zero sympathy for them.

[@Mom_Of_Five336]

Rip to this child, but I need this grandma to take accountability for her grandson actions. You can’t live a life causing destruction and expect the worst not to happen. Especially in Baltimore. I pray Jalen is at peace !

[@stayblessed4288]

Sounds like she’s blaming all parties. INCLUDING HER GRANDCHILD

[@Kainaij99]

She did you watched the same video

[@antwanastrong664]

She did what are you saying we watching the same video or maybe you should go back and rewatch the video SMFH

[@Mom_Of_Five336]

@@antwanastrong664 she took very little accountability for his actions and put blame on the people he surrounded himself with. Yes, I absolutely watched this video. Feel sorry for the family, but the parents should be held more accountability. This is a child period.

[@mzladykat]

I think you're wrong and you don't know her story.

[@pureonyx5090]

My two stepdaughters hated me through out there teen years . I walked into a home with disrespectful kids. So I did what needed to be done to instill respect and guidance into them . One is a police officer and the other one is in school for nursing . They thank me everyday for being extra hard on them when they were young . Parents have to start taking accountability for raising their kids . It’s not the teacher, police officers, or court systems job .

[@26MECH]

Good job brother that's wassup. They prob didn't understand it back then it's great they look back and thank u immensely.

[@justice8253]

​@@26MECH can I live with you man?

[@22lyric]

Aww. Your letter makes me happy. God bless you and your family!

[@carmeneckmann8841]

If not guns it will be another weapon. It's a heart issue. Anything goes these days. Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.

[@carmeneckmann8841]

Awesome job Mama!!! Praise God for you and your family.

[@galndixie]

He's 12 years old. Don't let him out of the house if he's running with the wrong crowd and you know about it. Turn him in to police if you know he's involved in crimes. Did anybody in this family call CPS or the police for help? He's dead because he wasn't parented and disciplined. If you want people 'held accountable', it starts at home. When we were growing up, you had to be in the house by the time the street lights came on, and we didn't live in a crime-ridden area. Your parents required that they met every friend you hung around with, and usually knew who their parents were.

[@carpenter5575]

Your plan sounds wonderful but it's not as easy in real life as it is typing it on your keyboard...

[@galndixie]

@@carpenter5575 Yes, it is. Start raising your children from the minute they're born, don't wait until they've run wild and then try to reign them in.

[@Carolyn-oy3dt]

Amen. Well Said!

[@goldenstarr8469]

​@@galndixie So true your right

[@zindela]

​@@galndixie you are 100% right

[@dottiscamprunamuck2830]

I'm glad this lady is speaking out and being honest about the situation. More parents need to get control of their kids.

[@timothymercer849]

Sad thing is when folks speak to people about their wayward children they become hostile and ask "how dare you tell me about my child" yet when that child grows to commit crimes or a victim of the life then societal conditions are blamed. However, things are just way different than when we 40 and over people were kids. We could have fights without getting killed after, we were disciplined by any adult and we never talked back, and we were held accountable and given tasks. I feel sorry for these kids that have no structure, no sense of community, and no respect taught for elders. Not saying all, but we are seeing too much violence and such with our babies. And it is not a color thing for those that will try it.

[@flyyygirl87]

The fact that these lackluster parents REFUSE to take accountability for their children is the PROBLEM.

[@lesaowens7416]

That part!

[@kendrajai]

Not one time did she hold her grandson accountable for him leaving out of the house, helping to commit some of those crimes…. Smh! Hate that he had to lose his life, but he should’ve chosen better friends for himself.

[@flyyygirl87]

@@kendrajai exactly! I’m so damn sick of these people.

[@kendrajai]

@@flyyygirl87 Me too. I once heard that when you choose your friends, you choose your enemies… though that issue, bullet, or fight wasn’t for you, but because you’re with whomever it was meant for, you get caught in the crossfire and then it ends up being you, instead of them. 🤷🏽‍♀️ You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes…

[@YourAverageChick]

Yuup indeed 💯🎯

[@honeybee2193]

Jaylen didn’t just start running around with the wrong the crowd the day was killed!! I’m sure there were red flags everywhere with this boy and his behavior! Sorry for her loss!!

[@dillon2829]

He had an ankle monitor on when he got smoked. Out here carjacking, he should’ve gotten laid down

[@timdavis4629]

Right parents have to take accountability where was you when he was out here carjacking

[@ML77619]

When your out committing felonies you’ve way passed just running with the wrong crowd. You’ve moved from running with the wrong crowd to running with a gang.

[@moniquelove1158]

@@dillon2829 Ppl have a lot of harsh words until it’s their love ones then it becomes a case of mental illnesses

[@ambrr_lily]

Agreed. But she's a grieving grandmother. She has to tell herself something to sleep at night. It IS insightful to hear what they say to themselves when their most precious thing gets killed because they let them.

[@milomoore9450]

Sorry for your loss, grandmother--and the rest of the family, friends and associates. Thank you to the news station, reporters and all associated personnel--for your fine reporting on this important, urgent subject. Ms. M. Moore 🇺🇸

[@NosyRosieunderthebed]

I am so brokenhearted for his families loss. It is so hard to keep the streets safe. We will have to keep working hard to make the community aware there is danger in the friends telling anyone to commit crime. We ❤ you, Jaylen.

[@tiffanybrown368]

So he’s was 12 and on house arrest, yet she blames everyone. Obviously nobody in his house had any control of him. Smh

[@yurei8]

12 year old is the age the Jews give thier children instruction which leads to a Bar or Bat Mitzvah ceremony and party. In the cities that is the same age that gangs recruit youth,

[@mrsockmonkey1969]

they made him do. everyone elses fault always.

[@petep5207]

@@mrsockmonkey1969 - Blks and females have the same playbook. Anything good was all my doing. Anything bad...I was forced or manipulated into it.

[@womanofwisdon34]

​​@@petep5207 I'm a proud educated black woman. I take offense to what you typed. All females and blacks? not all people think alike so im assuming that the black females you have encountered made you feel that we all fall into one category. Shame on you for stating something that is clearly your opinion. Like you we aren't alike. Like you we come from different aspects of life. Like you we are all different. So please don't speak on a matter that you clearly can't relate to.

[@annbest1766]

That's what they do when they didn't take care of their own kids!! Parents needs to STOP!! THIS BLAME GAMES!! YOU'RE THE PARENTS.. HIS A KID

[@EmbracingLife49]

PARENTS NEED TO TAKE A MORE AGGRESSIVE CONTROL OVER THEIR CHILDREN!!! It’s BETTER to be safe than sorry!!!😢😢😢🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@missy_0127]

I sure do and my son is 19.

[@tisha954]

Facts

[@nottelling4205]

Parents are at least 50% of the problem by not knowing where their kids are bunch less what they are doing. Mother walks into Walmart and tells her kids "Go play. I'll find you when I'm ready to go.". My parts told me, "Put your hands in your packets and every time I look down I better see you or your ass will pay when we get home.". Guess which child didn't tear up things are Walmart? Guess which kind was home once the street lights came in, if not before. Guess which kid has never car jacked a vehicle.

[@puppylove3781]

🐵"MothaThuggun Bix nood! I dinduu NUFFINS yo! Dem TEENS bee raciest an sheeit!" 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@nottelling4205]

@@puppylove3781 lol

[@kimberlydmartin3533]

Thanks for sharing this story.

[@brandonharper3221]

As a parent, take accountability and raise your children right.

[@SpideySensei72]

"These older kids got my grandson killed", no his mother and father that allowed him to be outside at that time of night got him killed. Start making these garbage ass parents accountable for the actions of the kids they brought into this world. Until this happens, nothing in Baltimore will ever change.

[@eve9287]

Perfect word garbage parents

[@carpenter5575]

Great comment! You hurt a lot of dead beat parents feeling with that comment

[@MysteryLady81]

You absolutely said that right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ShannonsBibleStudy]

I think she's right. I've suspected for a long time that young people are being coerced into crime and taken advantage of.

[@Motherof3Kingz]

And he was on the box. He should have been his butt in the house. Sad😢

[@DontDooTooMuch]

My condolences to his loved ones. I have teenagers too and I talk to them almost everyday about staying out of trouble. I have a location tracking app with them. I am paying attention to what they're doing as much as possible. All you can do is try to keep them safe. I hope the family gets justice.

[@sincerelyyours5593]

What app do you use? I would like to get that for my son

[@keepup1981]

My people have no accountability whatsoever

[@CODY-fe8nb]

June 2, 2023 Thank you Fox 45 news. I'm a 56 year old black male and I applaud you for exposing important issues in this city that other news network won't expose issues in this city and hold these elected officials accountable. Thank you again in keep doing what you are doing.

[@mamispeaks1407]

She's not lying. I recently 👀 story here on YT about a parent who went to his mother bc Jalen had threatened her 17yr old son with a 🔫. The lady moved her son out of Baltimore bc she said she tried to reach out, but the other parents just didn't care about what their kids were doing. Home training begins at home!

[@reginacameron3011]

yes this that the same story I just saw this on here

[@MysteryLady81]

Most definitely!!!!!!!!

[@eviljesus1482]

And her kid had the uzi. She just took him to a nice place to do it all again, and it spreads....

[@JasmineVideos23]

Yesss bitchhh I seen the same thing

[@THETRAVELGOD410]

Right! That was good parenting from the mother who warned of the problem and took the gun from her son Etc!

[@patriciarichardson5570]

My mother single handedly raised 4 girls and 2 boys. She instilled fear in us at an early age. We had to play near our home, she monitors our friends and if we didn't abide by her rules she was on us like white on rice. During down time and summer vacation she kept us busy. She enrolled my brother in a boys choir that traveled to other cities. She forced us to get summer youth jobs. And every Saturday we had to get up early for Saturday clean up. My dad was not available due to psychiatric issues. I always said my mom should have written a book called "Mom Rules." My sister raised her 3 sons and my nephew using the son principles and they are all outstanding young men. So proud. We don't play with these kids. Now I have grands and we stay on top of them.

[@wrongwaydianne]

Your Mom is a treasure and it sounds as if you’re one too. I raised my daughter alone and that was tough, more than one child and you could and should write a book. I’d do it again in a heartbeat. I was warned by so many folks how because I was solo, my child would be a criminal, turn out horrible, etc. Kids thrive on discipline and may resent you at the time but they always know they’re loved and you and your family are proof of that. God Bless

[@reginaeiland3604]

@@wrongwaydianne Is anything too hard for God?! When I was six years old, my mom was six months pregnant with what would be her ninth and last child, when she was preparing lunch for my dad to take to work. Yes, my parents were married; yes, we all had the same mom and dad. A loud crash from the bedroom🥹🥹my mom rushed in: Massive heart attack🥹🥹My mom, by the Grace and Mercy of God, raised four boys and five girls! No stepfather, no boyfriend (not over my daughters😂😂) God is good: Among us, though people tried to “burn bread”, saying none of us would ever amount to anything, are various degrees, from Associates to Masters’ several certifications, and we all obtained some of the most awesome employment!! By the time I was fourteen (the age I was when my mom died) I could cook any meal for the whole family if my mother was sick. My daughter, and her daughter in turn. are excellent cooks!! Our mother used to walk us to Sunday School and church services. We had bible study regularly. When our mother passed we were kinda tossed to & fro but the love, respect, and all the other teaching’s from our mom, and I’m sure her many prayers, kept us pretty much in line! Now, EVERY Saturday morning, without fail, is bible study via conference call spanning three time zones. Prayer & praise are a part of this weekly “gathering”. It bothers me sometimes when I hear people say women can’t raise her kids alone! OR kids MUST have a father to turn out right!! What of us whose dads passed away?! My divorced daughter still says “yes, ma’am” & no ma’am to me…. I don’t know WHAT these mothers are doing these days!!!!

[@RoyalTea70]

❤❤❤Salute to you All job well Done

[@RoyalTea70]

Beautiful,!!! It can be done thanks for Sharing. I grew up in the 60s in D.C. so I know. My parents did not play with us either. So I raised my kids with the same structure, rules, and Morals they all turned out wonderful. The problem I see now the law maker and all others Took away parents rights to discipline. So it's time to get it back!!!. This is I believe why many ate out of Control. DCPS, is a Joke!! Justice system system a Joke 😢, Foster Programs are a joke! The Judges who sit on these benches are a joke!!! They need to be ashamed of them selves. Some body needs to take responsibility. School systems have deteriorated loosing teachers. Teachers were once the epitome!! Of Class next to our parents!! 😢 Look at our Overall System here in America its ducks and our of Control. Sad state and it's a shame!!! Only God can heal this Contry. As it continues to crumble and Fall. 😢😢😢😢

[@daniellebutler6533]

I thank God for your mother instilling great things in y’all! God bless her heart 🙏🏽❤️

[@DortonFarb]

Why didn't the media interview the deceased 12 year old armed carjacker's FATHER?

[@ANDREA.363]

We have to pray earnestly for each other & help the broken homes.Peace

[@calvinbealer7264]

Parents are Accountable for Their Kids Actions. PERIOD

[@wandasanders4924]

I disagree, I have 3, that I raised, I did the best I could. I taught them right, from wrong. If one of my son's went out ,and robbed a bank, at the age of 20, that's not on me.

[@calvinbealer7264]

@@wandasanders4924 Like Hell it is. You are one of Namby Pamby Mother without a Husband who thinks it all good for your Son and Daughter to act a Damn Fool. If your Son or Daughter gets Killed by the Police or a Thug. Well lady you got yourself to Blame. END OF STORYLINE.

[@kountrygunz2032]

@@wandasanders4924 this kid is 12

[@moniquelove1158]

@@wandasanders4924 🎯🎯

[@GoHardOrGoHome85]

Wrong you can raise a kid the right way and they fall in with the wrong crowd.I would know because it happened to me thank god im still alive and im from baltimore i know this bs all to well

[@lenacastel5971]

She didn’t go on there and paint her grandson this perfect type of kid 6:00 she told truth and all of that goes on around the world.

[@Selah_Saint_1865]

I can't believe the grandmother is blaming the city. That's wild smh

[@HAD97]

I appreciate my Mom and Dad more everyday!

[@hollyaltitonante8028]

Good for the mother that moved her kid 70 miles away she very much probably saved his life❤❤God bless

[@Ariesnetwork]

CAuse she cared about her Son.

[@missmorena1049]

He will start trouble there, it’s in the dna. Watch, AK nation news

[@missmorena1049]

Mah thun, mah thun 😂

[@Jeremyho439]

Then one night in desperation The young man breaks away He buys a gun, steals a car Tries to run, but he don't get far And his mama cries As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man Face down on the street with a gun in his hand In the ghetto And as her young man dies kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIDbYoelp8pspNk

[@dpalmer1557]

​@@Jeremyho439in the ghetto, Elvis Presley

[@OWXMUSIC]

Grooming young people to do crimes from adults should be an extra charge on the level of child molestation. I don’t even understand how 20 30 40 year olds can even hangout with 12-17 year olds like they’re peers.

[@k.d.140]

As a father and grandfather I can say that a lot of times you don't know what your kids do when you're not around The accountability is not always on the parents. In other words I did things when my mom wasn't always around if I knew I could get away with it. It's the same thing now, so stop always putting the fault on the parent because the parents may not always be around. Kids will try to do something right under your nose so we know that they will try something when your back is turned.

[@bmore4377]

Right

[@jayjay1443]

Ifyou know there's stuff like this outside your home, keep your kids tf from outside. TF!? This could have been prevented, bruh. This is so sad...

[@keepup1981]

It's the parenting in Baltimore City to many parents and grandparents trying to be young and that's facts

[@user-ou2dx9ev7x]

This Young generation know the things they are doing behind your back is wrong everybody want to be a little gangster

[@arobinson68]

Ok, where is the mother & father? Exactly. The fact that the grandmother has to do all the talking tells you everything. No discipline, no situational awareness like the lady that was interviewed and got her child out of the area. You will be recruited in those areas for a gang period. You have to have a plan. Unfortunately, many of these parents lived the same life and it's all good until one of their children are killed.

[@itsintheword230]

Your right....just add the rap culture doctrinal music and you see the whole picture.

[@mistermilkman]

Part of the problem is people having children with ABSOLUTELY NO PLAN as u mentioned. It's easier 2 blame other children when u know ur child is a follower than 2 find programs 2 put these boys n2 that will take up their time from being outside n the streets. Grandma talks tough, but has no control. My heart still goes out 2 her bc of her loss. Blaming the mayor is senseless considering guns have been a problem b4 Brandon was mayor & b4 he was born. Lack of accountability & waiting on the system 2 do something will continue 2 b the downfall of some families n neighborhoods like these. I wonder where the father is.

[@bonnydaise8112]

@@mistermilkman in jail

[@reginacameron3011]

@@mistermilkman You just spoke a whole mouth full of right.

[@wandashatten5394]

First of all I am not going to bear false witness on no one far as what his parents was doing or not doing cause I wasn’t there and I personally don’t know him nor they lifestyle when it came down to raising him, but what I can speak on far as his parents not coming forward to speak on this situation, when losing a child most parents not going to come forward to speak with people let alone news people most don’t want to speak with no one they be to devastated and broken some can’t even cope at the moment and I am speaking from experience I lost a child I was devastated damn near loss my mind completely place in a mental institution twice, took me a long time to get myself together I thank the creator for pulling me back together, but I can just imagine what the parents are going through that’s a difficult pill to swallow

[@malachiisrael669]

I appreciate the Grandmother for being so candid and forthcoming. This is indeed disturbing and not new. Accountability is truly lacking across this nation.

[@Brian--0311]

Keep voting for Leftys! I have ZERO SYMPATHY

[@gabeeskridge8291]

The leaders obviously DON'T CARE , IT'S NUBIANS. You do know these forces want this behavior to ESCALATE.

[@Logan-mq8om]

@@Brian--0311vote for the radical right and the parents would get slave wages and the kid would’ve been shot by police with no investigation.

[@redrustyhill2]

Crackhead Gramma successfully avoided all accountability for being a shitty parent

[@chaplainsoffice6907]

@@Brian--0311 We have the same problems here in the red state where I live, just less people in some areas.

[@landonbrown9943]

Where were you at grandma? Accountability is like kryptonite to people

[@rogeliovillalon9188]

I blame his parents

[@1911Earthling]

WHO?

[@CameronBrooks-ng2cf]

So you blame social media

[@ShannonsBibleStudy]

There's a lot of talk about adults grooming children these days. This is a form of grooming and coercion.

[@beewalk34]

​@@ShannonsBibleStudy Also an example of poor parenting

[@slanteyez70jones11]

Me too… At 12 you don’t really have no say so on the company you keep and doing criminal things…. As a parent you need to be on him and his behavior. And if that doesn’t help find someone more professional to see what is the real issues at play.

[@soniamyers1229]

My son was killed too like an animal shacking my head sick of all the killing 😢😢😢😢😢

[@BigJon410]

“The war is not meant to be won. It is meant to be continuous." - George Orwell

[@Michael-hb4wc]

That hit hard. I need to read 1984 again.

[@coldblooded568]

!!!!

[@coldblooded568]

​@@Michael-hb4wc what's that about

[@Michael-hb4wc]

@@coldblooded568 Read 1984 by George Orwell

[@davidvonkettering204]

@@coldblooded568 1984 is a book about a society in which government uses propaganda and heavy-handed surveillance to keep the population in line. It is also a love story, but very twisted. People refer to it more nowadays because we view the Biden Administration as a the embodiment of this kind of situation.

[@FishFreddy]

"His grandmother confirming he was wearing an ankle bracelet on house arrest". He wasn't just hanging around the wrong crowd, he was the wrong crowd. Everybody blames their child for hanging around the wrong crowd while denying they are the wrong crowd. He shouldn't have died but he certainly wasn't raised right.

[@dillon2829]

Exactly, and don’t forget, the mamas love thugs and is the wrong crowd as well.

[@iffybader7904]

Children as I know,can be raised properly,with guidence,etc..and still believe that they have NO BOUNDARIES!

[@gordoneischeid546]

Absolutely sing it right and straight.

[@BrittneySharde15]

💯💯💔

[@oliviadavis7679]

My condolences to you and family. May your grandbaby rest in peace and justice be done.

[@bryannewatts875]

Prayers for you 🙏🏼 My oldest son was murdered in Montezuma County Jail in Cortez, Colorado denied medical attention. Now I'm fighting a wrongful death lawsuit against them , this jail has taken away many lives and been getting away with it. What justice is this ??? He was a good boy . He did not have to lose his young life this way .

[@fancypee547]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🥰

[@helengazley1123]

🙏💞🫂

[@Nan-59]

This child was on an ankle bracelet, on house arrest. I really honestly wish the child would’ve stayed home. I’m sorry the child did not choose a different path in life. And I’m really sorry this kid is dead. 😢😔 We’re losing all these young, young kids, and for what …

[@petep5207]

I'm guessing they won't bury him with his ankle monitor... since he will be easy to locate from now on.

[@aceboogisback9946]

Lol, at 12 years old it's difficult to assign blame solely on his poor decision-making. This is the fault of the parents (if they were even in his life), his guardians, grandmother, and the community, just a complete failure that continues to repeatedly occur. We can't expect outsiders to come to the aid of black Americans when there's a clear lack of discipline and apathy toward education, responsible parenting, hard work, and respect for the law. The only easily attainable solution that could work is to disperse historically black neighborhoods into more diverse places to prevent the low income from living in concentrated pockets of hopelessness.

[@petep5207]

@@ingridleacock2070 I have to agree totally with you, Ingrid. Hard truths you spoke. I tend to lean more against abortion, but you bring up excellent points. Sometimes, it is the better option.

[@lovemrs9569]

Sad truth is he was already lost going down wrong road plus the parents didn't want to get out the hood I would have pack my shit and got my kids moved

[@alonalove3118]

​@@lovemrs9569 totally agreed..i would've MOVED ASAP

[@eve9287]

Grandma knows he wasn't a Saint she wasn't capping saying he was innocent 😢😢when will the violence end

[@SlickRick135]

Grandma kept it 💯

[@wsol80]

The violence will end when the community stops tolerating it. The community should be demanding harsher penalties for the criminals that are terrorizing them. The community should be ratting out the crimes happening in their neighborhoods and cleaning up their own streets.

[@eve9287]

@@wsol80 agreed

[@Jerseyan]

When parents start doing their jobs!

[@angelaefferson8620]

It won't , this is a lawless time , and thing will get worse, killings might slow down when they send the national guard door-to-door to collect people's guns and we bring back the death penalty , then things will change

[@patricialambert1827]

My condolences to his grandmother and family! Keep up the fight for our young boys!

[@jackiehumphery2445]

This is so sad and very Heartbreaking my Deepest Condolences to his poor mother and Grandmother 😢

[@moskitchenandhome]

I think about my 13yr old and everyone says I’m too overprotective but I want him to grow up and be productive. I just don’t understand letting kids do whatever they want then surprised when things happen. It’s sad because he was only 12 but every adult in his life holds some accountability as well!

[@Imagreatguy]

Whats so bad is fact blacks seem to have no problem killing their brothers and sisters. All for money

[@simplymynz2683]

YES... SAME WITH ME. I HAVE FAMILIY MEMBERS SIDE-EYEING (THEY THINK I DON'T NOTICE BUT I DO) BECAUSE I DON'T ALLOW CERTAIN THINGS AND THIS IS WHY. NO HUMANBEING CAN OR WILL REPLACE MY CHILD. JUST AS I RECENTLY TOLD MY CHILD WHO SAID TO ME I AM OVER REACTING😲. AND I SAID 'IT'S BEST TO OVER RE-ACT THAN UNDER RE-ACT, ESPESCIALLY IN THIS WORLD". 🙏REST IN HEAVENLY PEACE JAYLEN. NOW YOU ARE FREE FROM THE EVIL IN THIS WORLD. THEY THINK THEY'VE WON BUT YOU ARE THE TRUE WINNER🙌

[@catcooper9461]

My daughter is 14 and I don’t let her go to any friend’s home or anywhere else without me or her dad or my older son. I also have a tracker but I never have issues with her thank God. I don’t put up with any back talk or disrespect from any of my older 3 which are adults. It starts when they’re small and it won’t get out of hand later. Oh and yes I have always been a single mom. So it is possible to raise a respectful child alone.

[@deannadaniel2952]

Our young ones don't seem to have a chance out here. I agree with many on here, education, respect, empathy etc all starts at home. You can't be a best friend and a parent to your child these days. They act like there're scared to parent, so what if they get mad, and not talk to you. A least they're alive to see anotherday. These young males also need their dad in their life, a mom can only do her best when it comes to that. So sad! My sincere condolences to the young man's family. Psalm 127:3 Son's are an inheritance

[@shalondawalker2669]

Facts!! I have a 5 year old son and listen am on him like white on rice. We Have TOO!!

[@King_Arthur_]

It's a tragic loss. However, this young man was running in the streets. What do people expect?

[@skip031890]

Black excellence!

[@rude_gyal]

Exactly!!! Blaming everyone but themselves

[@missmorena1049]

Mah thun, mah thun 😩

[@jimmyyounger618]

Grandma is blaming it on guns. Them guns did it! When are *they* gonna do sumthin 'bout them guns?! 12 years old and already under house arrest and wearing an ankle bracelet, but out and about. Such a good boy, but them guns! I don't imagine those guns would have come for him if anyone in his family made sure he abided by the house arrest order.

[@bonnydaise8112]

@@rude_gyal He probably has been living this life all of his life its more than likely the fourth generation.

[@corywill7833]

Take responsibility for your grandson. While is your grandson on house arrest outside at 9pm . Grandma shut up and be accountable

[@coldblooded568]

Jalen had a friend who's mom actually just came on the news saying that she moved her son out-of the city to save his life. She said her son had an uzi gun.

[@sarcasticallyrearranged]

Yeah, it's the 2nd woman interviewed in the video.

[@ariamason9324]

But that lady stepped up with her son because she said he was gonna shoot up the school.

[@dawnpratt846]

Baltimore has always been a problem city , if you go back and watch the show the wire and that was how many years ago Baltimore really needs a cleansing ‼️

[@user-qc6wi3dw5x]

If he’s on an ankle bracelet why is he still out jackin cars?

[@GeraldBoykin-dw9xe]

He pushed the envelope and got the room temp challenge!

[@ShannonsBibleStudy]

People that he looks up to that want to use him coerced him to be a part of an auto theft ring.

[@beewalk34]

I'm sure he wasn't jacking cars without getting paid and had guns

[@user-qc6wi3dw5x]

@@ShannonsBibleStudy yea its almost like nobody taught him right from wrong or something…like nobody else was there for him to look up to…to punish him when he did wrong. Geez whose responsible for stuff like that?🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@davidvonkettering204]

Just the fact that he was on an ankle monitor speaks to the failure of the system. Social Justice Warriors are more concerned with not punishing young people than they are about common sense. The Criminal Justice system is a joke.

[@Cgoodnite]

Condolences" so important to have a father in the home.

[@brendascales5573]

So sorry to hear this.

[@robertkirkwood6613]

i'm sorry for your loss. but at 12yrs old and on a ankle monitor something tells me he knew what he was doing, you can't always blame other people for the actions of a loved one, no one got him killed but himself.

[@mile1920]

12 yr old felon

[@yahya4370]

Or that the family didn’t have the ability to escape the adult gangsters using him for their dirty deeds.

[@robertkirkwood6613]

@@yahya4370 possible.

[@petep5207]

I'm guessing they won't bury him with his ankle monitor... since he will be easy to locate from now on.

[@wilhelmeniaferren7339]

These Kids are so rebellious today. I think you can talk to them til your blue in the face. The kids will do what they want to do to fit in. Just can't make them do what you want them too. It's a different generation.

[@returnofthemac2951]

Come on. I feel bad that a kid was killed, yet parents need to be stronger and smarter than their children, keeping them in line.

[@Bi6HusodaO6]

True but bruh 😎 this body more murder land we talm bout u ain’t seen the wire or the corner or just been there got relative from there or anything?

[@missmorena1049]

Good riddance

[@patriciarichardson5570]

So true...good parenting starts when you bring them into the world.

[@returnofthemac2951]

@@Bi6HusodaO6 No, but it's like anyplace bad. Some people keep their kids away from it while others just don't seem to care about it so much.

[@redrustyhill2]

I am glad a carjacking gangbanger recieved his just reward.

[@rosajones77]

I have 4 children, all who are grown now. All who could have gone down this same road. My youngest is 20 and will tell you my mother didn’t play with us and all my kids recently have told me “Mommy I’m glad you were as strict as you were on us” 😔I teach 11 & 12 year olds everyday in Baltimore City schools and I used this unfortunate case as a situation to hopefully wake these young people up !

[@lydiarosalieanndamiano7206]

RIP- prayers for him - his family!🙏🇺🇸

[@geraldcolbert8312]

No grandma, your bad parenting and your children's lack of parenting GOT HIM KILLED. YOU ARE TO BLAME

[@mistermilkman]

People aint trying 2 hear that. Blaming is easier.

[@jackmeoff1148]

Woof woof

[@bigvalley4987]

mistermilkman, Grandma tried to step in for the bad parenting from her children parenting. They did not step up to firmly being a parent. This is the worst generation curse, for her sacrifices to her own children. It is hard to raise a child. You have to be strong , and it is hard. Heaven Help Us All🙏🏾🙌🏾💯

[@xcarnage3936]

It was never her responsibility to raise him to begin with

[@12thman3]

@@xcarnage3936 that part

[@carpenter5575]

Lady it starts at home, if the parents don't do their jobs don't blame everyone else when something happens

[@ShannonsBibleStudy]

I agree. Women need to take a stand in their household if they are single parents. Stop letting social media tell you that any random man is a better role model than they are just because he is male. If that's your son raise him.

[@itsintheword230]

Exactly..... The mayor and any other political official can not keep guns off the streets because criminals will always find a way. The issue is the parents are not training their children up in Jesus Christ but quick to give them over to the rap culture and because they're too busy occupy with their own interest. , how in the world can a twelve-year-old be on home detention and be out in the streets on Saturday night?

[@mistermilkman]

I'm finding n Bmore, every1 is blaming Mayor Brandon 4 everything bad that happens n the city. Things that have been going on b4 that man was even born. Lack of accountability will continue 2 b the death of our children.

[@pamlove421]

But wait, weren't we told years & years ago it takes a village to raise a child? That's not working out so well now is it?

[@coffeebooksandthoughts]

​@Pam Love It does take a village, but it seems like the village in these neighborhoods are compromised. Parents who care need to move their children to neighborhoods without the thug and gang culture.

[@janicecummings4749]

That's horrible. My deepest condolences to the family.

[@SassysFitness]

Speechless

[@wizardofahhhhhhz]

People often claim that their child is running with the wrong crowd, not realizing, their child IS THE WRONG CROWD. I feel bad for this family because I agree with the grandmother, adult were taking advantage of this 12 year old, even if he didn’t realize it. They use them like child soldiers. I’m not sure what was going on with the parents that allowed him to be outside while on house arrest, but this story is sad from every angle.

[@missmorena1049]

🙄who cares

[@cassiepollard4168]

@@missmorena1049 that's the problem because nobody does.

[@kyrarandolph8062]

I agree, folks say kids are easy to manipulate, ok why didn’t you manipulate them, put the fear of god in him, “ If you don’t raise your kids, the streets will”. I moved away from my city years probably decades ago, but my family was still there. Now, my grown children, see all their cousins either dying or going to jail. My 36-year-old son called me one day and said Mom, thank you, and I said Son for what and he said because all three of us Are sitting in our living rooms at home watching TV while our cousins are out looking for the people that shot one of my other cousins. He said, we could be riding in that car. And at that moment, I knew that he realized all his life what I was doing.

[@_Majoras]

@@kyrarandolph8062 teens are easy to manipulate (with social media) look at the recent chicago riots

[@yukiosakura4969]

@@kyrarandolph8062 Fear of God does nothing to these types of people, they could've atleast made the child not go out when its too dark atleast, giving him a schedule he can keep up with. But what did they do? They're not even trying to protect the child.

[@stillonpost4233]

I respect her for telling the truth.

[@luckyluciano8461]

No,that's her guilty conscience being displayed for her not being a real grandmother instilling structure in her grandson life.open your eyes.

[@Motherof3Kingz]

I do to to a certain degree. But he was 12. You can't blame the older people. You take responsibility. Nobody made him do anything. And he was on the box🤔 And I was told by a person that know them that they had family that live in another state that he could have been sent to and his peoples said ain't nobody going run him away from here 😢😢Is it running him away from here or getting him out of Baltimore to at least give him a chance at a better life. It was probably a family member that was strict and he didn't want to go so they let him make the decision. I pray he would have just went instead of being where he is😢

[@luckyluciano8461]

@@pertburton5586 he was living with his grandmother.you see she was the only one in the video.parents don't be caring,the wanna hang out get drunk smoke weed or whatever and not support they kids.and this is the result...a thug came into jaylen life and he looked up to him as a father figure.and instead of showing jaylen the game he threw him to the dogs.

[@luckyluciano8461]

@@pertburton5586 it's truth in that.his Father wasn't around so the neighborhood dope dealer was his father figure see.....he didn't show him the ropes he threw him to the dogs.

[@mistermilkman]

She told part of the truth, but also deflected. It sounds like they r all products of their environment. I came from the projects too, but we had structure. Some things were not an option. Some parents & grandparents talk tough, but have no control over their children. I remember a neighbor telling my mother I cut after school program. I got my behind handed 2 me. The same lady who told on me had pregnant teenaged daughter's & granddaughters, sons n prison & an out of control household. She got me n trouble, but her household was doing the most.

[@nandouglasezebuike8544]

Very sad situation Rest in peace God bless my condolences

[@fredrickfletcher2823]

This is so sad, parents and grandparents need to be more hands-on and the community needs to get more involved.

[@KarenCoy-oi2wo]

I send my prayers and condolences to this Grandmother for being so open and honest. Just from how she spoke I feel that she tried her best to warn her grandson about the possible consequences of his bad decisions. What's also true is that once these kids get caught up in many instances they can't get out just because they want to. Praying for the city and for all the young people that they can be brave enough to not get caught up.

[@howq8729]

HER SPEECH WAS A JOKE..

[@canduscanty8583]

WARN?? He's 12 ??

[@demetriousdickerson3392]

Omg stop blaming every one else...Jaylen knew wat being in the streets would do...at 12yrs old ther nothing to discuss it's the parents fault

[@Desmondbrown73]

Jesus Christ why don’t you invite her over to crochet a quilt😂😂😂 You could both fill each other’s head with pure bullshit

[@seandolan5803]

G-ma can look in the mirror for fault.

[@Destroyer-Grizzly-BIH]

Props to granny for keeping it real!

[@mr.erikchun5863]

Yup I feel bad for the woman who's seen it all

[@dyates6380]

Keeping it real? She blamed the guns. She blamed everyone except the parents who let this kid, obviously, hang out with the wrong crowd. The granny looked and sounded ignorant. No accountability, just pointing fingers at others. It's ALWAYS someone else's fault. Always. Section 8 mindset, of course. Someone else did it, not me ........

[@doll.ov.poetrii4682]

​@@dyates6380 You seem to be the only one who has some damn sense on this comment thread!

[@petep5207]

real dumb

[@arthurabethea6799]

Thank God for that mother that moved her son from that situation. An A+ for one mother that ❤ cares.😘.

[@cekosdanceinstructor]

I don't feel sorry for them. I feel bad for the innocent people that are affected by these people's unruly spawn.

[@alleadmin3294]

Correct.

[@wyatt1153]

Uncivilized.

[@scottmurphy3896]

Right

[@dillon2829]

🎯🎯🎯

[@GuitarsCarsandBikes]

Absolute savages. Scott Adam’s warned us all and was silenced

[@HenryNunez-zv6yp]

My deepest condolences to the family 🙏

[@larrylopez9614]

Sad, I remember being 12 the older guys would chase me home not wanting me to hang with them. I feel for these kids and the temptations they have to deal with. Everything starts at home.

[@societyisboring]

I got beat up by the older kids because I was acting like a bully in elementary school. I deserved it. I stopped being a bully. Only took a couple of punches.

[@djennesirus6052]

I use to hang in the projects till 1-2am when I was 12 till one of the older guys walked up to me and said go home. He said you can chill down here during the day but its too late for my lil ass to be out there. He probably saved my life.

[@willietodd3864]

Where are the parents of this young black deceased Boy?

[@mstwelvedeadlycyns]

"A Different World" from where you coming from!👏🧠🙏🎉✨️❤ 2:12

[@mstwelvedeadlycyns]

​@@djennesirus6052 "A Different World" from where you coming from!❤🧠👏💯✨️👾☠️❤

[@gloriaswaggard4323]

I went through the same thing with my son, at that age he was being manipulated and used by grown men. There was other kid’s were involved, it’s a blessing that my son survived after serving many years locked up. Now he’s free, living a good life, working, married with many children. He’s become a child of God and is a very good person. I’m very proud of him. Thank you Jesus, I’m so sorry for your loss, my condolences to your family. RIP Jaylen 💖🌷💐💕🌸🌺🌹🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@biaccagreen7157]

Oh Ms. Gloria this hits home, I was a troubled youth due to things like domestic violence, sexual abuse. It was rough I didn’t graduate high school later, I did a lot of things to survive. Now my mom was there but because of the dysfunction she had brought into my and my siblings life there was no good communication as I began to get older and could see her issues and mistakes as well as my own. I had my son when I was twenty-five it wasn’t until then that I really started getting myself together, I still made mistakes like in picking his father, but if you really knew my circumstances you’d understand. I ended up being the best mom I could be, raised three boys. My step-son, my nephew and my baby boy. I did my best I promise you, I struggled to be a good mother i had days where I even had to take my son to work and school. I did many things for my son that my mother never was able to do for me, but out of everything I did I couldn’t keep him from the street😢😢😢😢😢😢. His father was never really in the picture, nor his fathers family, I made sure he graduated, had him in college. Unfortunately, the lessons I taught him about street life, he didn’t believe maybe because I’m a woman I don’t know. Shortly after his high school graduation, a couple of years he was put into a back against the wall kind of situation. He is now currently incarcerated, it will be a long time. But in this midst of our tribulations and trail God was still good and blessed him with a daughter. I never knew my father, didn’t meet him until I was 45, my son’s father even with all my son’s trouble still not in his life. Even if it’s behind from behind bars we will break the curse of the fatherless. I wish he had listened to me, he does to. I never wanted this for my son, Ms. Gloria. Sometimes I blame myself, many things I taught him were wrong, but I taught him what was taught to me. I thank God everyday for my granddaughter, and I pray that I can help raise her better than my mother did with me and I with her father. I happy to say she love her dad, and he love her. It’s my goal that she always knows that regardless to his absence, that she knows we as a family love her and will always be there for her. I am where you have been, pray my strength, days like today the weight of my circumstances are weighing me down. God bless you and yours

[@gloriaswaggard4323]

@@biaccagreen7157 Thank you Ms Green for responding, it sounds similar to a lot of families as well as mine. It’s so hard to raise children without any kind of support from the fathers, but his family are not helping when he’s in jail or just absent. It was a long struggle, but I’m so glad that I can dust my shoulders off, I made it through. Now I look back with no regrets, I’m a firm believer that everything happened for a reason. You’ll be fine as long as you’re trying and your doing right by your family. You still have so much to be grateful for. I’m gonna pray for y’all and I’m hoping GOD continues to bless you and your family. We are so strong as women, Hod is not gonna give us to much to handle, so you hang in there. You’re good. 👍🥰🙏🙏🙏🌺💖🌸💐⭐️🌟😇😇I love something you said, you’re giving your children something you didn’t get from your mother growing up. That’s beautiful, I to followed that method, love and lots of hugs and kisses, and encouragement. I don’t blame my mom , she had 13 children so it wasn’t that easy for her , Understanding and forgiveness are very powerful together. So hang in there honey, stay strong !!!!! Patience is beautiful too.

[@heinrichmenzel7163]

Dam, Biacca and Gloria, thank you for sharing your stories. You can really humble people with your experiences

[@biaccagreen7157]

@@heinrichmenzel7163 thank you Heinrich, I have tried all my life to pay it forward. I never want anyone to walk the path I have, I have tried writing a book hopefully one day I can accomplish it. I don’t want my life to have been in vain, know.😢

[@biaccagreen7157]

@@gloriaswaggard4323 so true Ms. Gloria thank you for those kind words, and your right about our moms, my mother did the best that she could and she raised four of us, and I don’t blame her although I used to. I’m passed that as a mother I didn’t a manual and neither did she, I actually live with her and take care of her. God bless you and I pray that I can make it through just like you.

[@shequitagosa2648]

I’m from Memphis and this gun violence is getting ridiculous

[@pashionistatruthbetold8089]

This breaks my heart as a mother of a teenage boy. It’s unfortunate that some of these kids become a product of their environment, May his little soul SIP😢

[@DortonFarb]

Usually in fatherless homes.

[@XyThree]

OMG. I honestly cannot tolerate people like this grandmother. Accountability is the FURTHEST thing from these type of people's mind!!! When thier kinfolk are literally CAUSING TERROR on others, they think it's cute! But as soonnnnnnnnn as that same pressure show up for them, they're the exception to the rule. Please miss me. I personally know ignorant minded adults who think like this and wanted all the sympathy from the highest mountain top when it was their turn. Please get away from me with this hypocrisy!

[@kimalonzo4912]

❤❤❤ TRUTH

[@dillon2829]

You know something

[@angelaefferson8620]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@redrustyhill2]

Crackhead gramma raised a proper 304 daughter. I've never met a woman who takes accountability for her shitty life choices. All i hear is blame everyone and everything other than themselves

[@conniekabasharira7084]

You're very right

[@UnstoppableYaris]

I have absolutely no sympathy for him or his family. Little criminal would have grown up to be a big one. They had warnings of criminal behavior.

[@xmaddmarsx]

Yup 👍

[@qutielove2208]

Damn you heartless. He was 12 and manipulated!

[@UnstoppableYaris]

@@qutielove2208 Quit making everyone a victim. His baby daddy or momma sure didn't care much if he was manipulated.

[@yavettecooper6262]

Praying for the family

[@terrikajohnson4999]

You Speak it Sister Hallelujah , May God continue to strengthen you thu your sorrow. I give my respect to you for speaking up about what's righteous !!!

[@eve9287]

Blame the parents smhhhhh a twelve year old wearing an ankle bracelet that's crazy he was a hazard to society and running wild what did they think wud happen

[@ji5340]

Very common on the hood. You have 12 and 13 yr olds wearing them due to carjacking, assaults and robberies

[@eve9287]

@@ji5340 it's sad and just a disgrace

[@petep5207]

I'm guessing they won't bury him with his ankle monitor... since he will be easy to locate from now on.

[@TriciaRP]

@@petep5207 😳

[@blkwomanhood1134]

All parents are fighting for their kids, not just single parents' grandparents, etc. My heartfelt condolences for his family. 😢

[@bonnydaise8112]

If all were fighting we wouldn't have this problem.

[@valeo3508]

Not all

[@silentmajority8365]

NONE

[@Sunnidayz321]

Right! But no one was fighting for him. That kid was doomed the moment he was born.

[@latonjiarenteria3772]

Condolences to the family sorry for yah loss.God bless you all.

[@lonamarievidler6371]

You telling him as you speak God bless you and your grandson I am behind you 100%

[@kyshac81]

According to another parent Jaylen Richard’s mother didn’t care about her son being 12 years old being out in the streets, and pulling guns on other kids. So it’s the parents fault why her son died.

[@milesandcoffee]

​@Gemini30 kzbin.info/www/bejne/garQZnduitd_hLM

[@ajayemusic]

Parents need to start parenting their kids from the start and not waiting until they get older. I remember when my son stole some chips out of the store, and I disciplined him really well. Now, he has a degree in business administration and in the Navy instead of in jail. I made it my business to be in his business and his life. Now he thanks me and is appreciative of me being in his business and his life.

[@kaykay3458]

All I heard was they failed this boy. They didn't protect him from the streets. He had no business outside if his neighborhood was gang prone and dangerous. They should hide their faces. My complex was ruff when my kids were young, you think I let them come outside? HELL NO! They'd get they ass broke if I found out they were outside with them bad ass kids

[@aloewishesdavincci3346]

Prayers for the family

[@TheTwinklinglilstar]

Accountability starts at home. Sorry for the loss of this young soul but there are lessons that need to be learned at home. If there is no one to guide at home, the streets will definitely do it for you. We can demonize those in government but it starts in the community. Communities are capable to drive change, they just need to be willing to fight the good fight. One parent who left the city said she tried getting in contact with a few of the parents of these troubled kids but the parents weren't interested.

[@s.llovesome9612]

You said a word ! This crime in the black community is our mess to clean up!

[@lesleyholden6854]

You live in the hood?

[@redrustyhill2]

It wasnt a loss, society gaines everytime a carjacker gangbanger gets his just reward.

[@chitown2222]

Lord. This made me cry. We gotta do better as parents to lead our kids in the right direction. He had no business being in that life. So sad

[@reginacameron3011]

yall got to do better I don't have kids but if I did their ass would be mine. But i would not raise these cripple crickets

[@missmorena1049]

Bump him

[@kimberlydmartin3533]

Praying for this family and friends 🙏🙏🙏❤️🙏🙏❤️🙏🙏❤️🙏🙏❤️❤️🙏🙏

[@foreverunbothered1951]

My heart hurts. God bless her. God bless the world.

[@natural1863]

I salute her to the fullest for speaking the truth! She's a great example for voices that's in denial ‼️ Sorry Queen for your testimony because a lot of folks are in denial 🙏‼️

[@lindasvalesen5237]

She forgot to put some of the blame on the parents tho.

[@jonlenihan4798]

He's too young to steal cars. He don't even know how to drive.

[@reillymoore3257]

Such a damn shame. Another young man lost in a heartbreaking situation. Influence on these young kids needs to start before the older kids have a chance to move in and control their young minds. Rest in Peace Jaylen.

[@serenabilliot9714]

Sending prayers 🙏🙏🙏

[@carolynedwards835]

My Deepest Condolences To The Family Of This Younster. From Carolyn

[@GustGravel]

Smh, these adults are so selfish. She needs to take responsibility, not a stranger on the streets.

[@ShannonsBibleStudy]

She's not completely wrong. I believe inner city children have been taken advantage of for a long time. They've been target for abuse and crime rings.

[@berettaswayy8039]

Facts

[@dillon2829]

You know wassup, Baltimore is the city of projection, deflection, narcissism and abusing and neglecting children then blaming everyone but themselves

[@hivhoax8129]

Not one time did i hear her blame herself or blame the parents for not allowing Jaylen to get involved in criminal activity or blaming the parents for their negligence. SMH. You have to take responsibility for your actions and non-actions of raising these children!

[@muahmuah]

You don't know what that lady has done to try to help her grandson

[@bracyshenna]

​@@muahmuah THANK YOU !! The internet is stupid.. just imagine what there kids are doing at home .. I can't believe what they saying about the grandma.. that's not even her son 😮

[@arieszona]

So you expect a grandma, who is on her last leg to start raising children again after she raised her own. Grandma don't have the strength for all that, she already did her job with her own children. Don't blame grandma

[@tasha3939]

@@anitathompson7023 first of all she’s a grandmother that wasn’t her son…that was her grandson and secondly where are the parents you don’t bother to ask that question…grandmas and grandpas shouldn’t be raising their children’s children unless it’s absolutely necessary….you people have the audacity to blame the grandmother when y’all don’t know anything…the world is getting so much worse now…kids dying left and right….adults dying left and right it’s time to get back right with God because he is the only one who holds our life in his hands and every decision we make have consequences good or bad! Jaylen chose to hang with the wrong crowd and now look what happens I feel sorry for him…

[@pogo9876]

@@muahmuah No. We don't know what she tried to do to prevent this. But, we DO KNOW she obviously didn't do enough. She's blaming everyone but herself. Smh

[@CoCoNaturalSTARR]

Thank God grandma spoke the truth instead of sugar coating and pretending he was a perfect child. I wish Jaylen would have turned his life around.

[@stacyculvert8886]

This is so sad that no one intervene in thus young man's life - thank you mom for intervening in my life

[@deelopez6481]

Sorry for your loss 😢 kids are so lost today in this world .

[@skorpio1119]

THE SAVAGES REPRODUCING ARE LOST. 💀

[@skip031890]

Black excellence!

[@sharonjackson268]

For one, no ONE can say or correct other people kids today! Oh well... a village no longer raises kids 😢😢😢

[@skorpio1119]

@@sharonjackson268 Well then this is why Police /Street Justice always finishes the job. 💯

[@shaywright976]

She wants others to be accountable and not his parents hmmm.

[@ellenrideauxe3407]

Praying for the family 🙏🏿❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@InsiderBoy]

Meh. Better now than him committing more crimes later.

[@scottmurphy3896]

Accountability has been completely lost in our society. Just another sign it's over for us. This lady is the one directly responsible for this kids death!

[@mistermilkman]

Her daughter & the father is. It sounds like she stepped n 2 help, but it wasn't enough. Some people don't understand that it takes more than housing & food 2 raise a child. This child has 2 parents out here somewhere.

[@skip031890]

Black excellence!

[@POOKATKC]

​@@skip031890 Oh you see excellence in this situation that led to a young man's demise?

[@Bi6HusodaO6]

What about choosing our own paths at the end of the day

[@Bi6HusodaO6]

@@skip031890 naw just ding 🛎️ aling for brain 🧠 sir