John Smith

One of my friends, man, he get into it with a girl at the bus stop after school. We're in the seventh grade. So he's like arguing with a girl. They're going back and forth. And he does some stupid like push her. Her boyfriend standing like 20 feet away comes over there and punches him in the face. And he like bust the whole side of his face. Mind you, we're 12, 11, about 12.

One of my friends, man, he get into it with a girl at the bus stop after school. We're in the seventh grade. So he's like arguing with a girl. They're going back and forth. And he does some stupid like push her. Her boyfriend standing like 20 feet away comes over there and punches him in the face. And he like bust the whole side of his face. Mind you, we're 12, 11, about 12.

One of my friends, man, he get into it with a girl at the bus stop after school. We're in the seventh grade. So he's like arguing with a girl. They're going back and forth. And he does some stupid like push her. Her boyfriend standing like 20 feet away comes over there and punches him in the face. And he like bust the whole side of his face. Mind you, we're 12, 11, about 12.

And then this guy is about 14 or 15. He fires on my friend, punches him in the face in front of everybody. They're laughing and everything. He runs off.

And then this guy is about 14 or 15. He fires on my friend, punches him in the face in front of everybody. They're laughing and everything. He runs off.

And then this guy is about 14 or 15. He fires on my friend, punches him in the face in front of everybody. They're laughing and everything. He runs off.

didn't get on that bus he found another way home so he comes to my house and he's like man that guy did that to me man and i don't appreciate it let me borrow your gun so next day at the next day when i catch him again at the bus stop i'm gonna shoot him i'm like nah you're not gonna shoot him bro i don't i don't want no parts of that bro he's like yeah yeah man come on bro he you see what he did to my face man am i your boy or what i'm like yeah you my boy man i don't know him he's like well let me get your gun let me shoot him i was like all right it's fine here take it

didn't get on that bus he found another way home so he comes to my house and he's like man that guy did that to me man and i don't appreciate it let me borrow your gun so next day at the next day when i catch him again at the bus stop i'm gonna shoot him i'm like nah you're not gonna shoot him bro i don't i don't want no parts of that bro he's like yeah yeah man come on bro he you see what he did to my face man am i your boy or what i'm like yeah you my boy man i don't know him he's like well let me get your gun let me shoot him i was like all right it's fine here take it

didn't get on that bus he found another way home so he comes to my house and he's like man that guy did that to me man and i don't appreciate it let me borrow your gun so next day at the next day when i catch him again at the bus stop i'm gonna shoot him i'm like nah you're not gonna shoot him bro i don't i don't want no parts of that bro he's like yeah yeah man come on bro he you see what he did to my face man am i your boy or what i'm like yeah you my boy man i don't know him he's like well let me get your gun let me shoot him i was like all right it's fine here take it

Now, mind you, this is the inner city where these things should be unheard of. These things should be unheard of. I give him a 38. He brings it to school about three days later. So I don't think nothing of it. This all happened at my house. Did you think it was just talk? It's just...

Now, mind you, this is the inner city where these things should be unheard of. These things should be unheard of. I give him a 38. He brings it to school about three days later. So I don't think nothing of it. This all happened at my house. Did you think it was just talk? It's just...

Now, mind you, this is the inner city where these things should be unheard of. These things should be unheard of. I give him a 38. He brings it to school about three days later. So I don't think nothing of it. This all happened at my house. Did you think it was just talk? It's just...

Well, I thought it was just talk, but my boy, I at least want him to whip it out, pull out your gun, scare him, let him know that you're not a punk, and you will take care of him if he ever puts his hands on you again. Just let him know. That's a huge assumption that he's going to take off.

Well, I thought it was just talk, but my boy, I at least want him to whip it out, pull out your gun, scare him, let him know that you're not a punk, and you will take care of him if he ever puts his hands on you again. Just let him know. That's a huge assumption that he's going to take off.

Well, I thought it was just talk, but my boy, I at least want him to whip it out, pull out your gun, scare him, let him know that you're not a punk, and you will take care of him if he ever puts his hands on you again. Just let him know. That's a huge assumption that he's going to take off.

Yeah, right. My thing was, how bad could it be? People get shot in Oakland every day. Mind you, in Oakland, where I'm at at the time, this is one of the things that desensitized me. You know people that got killed and you know the killer. The person you know is dead, but the killer is still roaming the streets. The cops don't look hard enough for the killers. So here it is.

Yeah, right. My thing was, how bad could it be? People get shot in Oakland every day. Mind you, in Oakland, where I'm at at the time, this is one of the things that desensitized me. You know people that got killed and you know the killer. The person you know is dead, but the killer is still roaming the streets. The cops don't look hard enough for the killers. So here it is.

Yeah, right. My thing was, how bad could it be? People get shot in Oakland every day. Mind you, in Oakland, where I'm at at the time, this is one of the things that desensitized me. You know people that got killed and you know the killer. The person you know is dead, but the killer is still roaming the streets. The cops don't look hard enough for the killers. So here it is.

I'm knowing that these killers are amongst us and they can get any of us at any time, but we can't tell. We can't cooperate. None of the neighbors are willing to cooperate. So I'm like, they forgot about us. We're lost out here. We have like San Leandro, Hayward. They don't have killers roaming the streets in Danville, Blackhawk. None of these other areas have killers like we do.

I'm knowing that these killers are amongst us and they can get any of us at any time, but we can't tell. We can't cooperate. None of the neighbors are willing to cooperate. So I'm like, they forgot about us. We're lost out here. We have like San Leandro, Hayward. They don't have killers roaming the streets in Danville, Blackhawk. None of these other areas have killers like we do.