Trevon Coats, 17 [Updated]

Tre'von was a loving and careing person.He loved life and all loving things most of all Tre'von loved his pets (dogs) Jordan,Jack,Princess and Tina. I'm Tre'von mother and I'm asking everyone to keep us in your prayers. No more violence Please!!!!!

Trevon touched our lives in a very positive manner with his loving and caring personality. To know him was to love him and we all did just that. His vivid personality brought a smile on the dreariest of days. Trey always seemed happy and was a compassionate person who and was full of life and love. He truly enjoyed having conversations with family. He was very adventurious and enjoyed nature and pets. Yep, Ida (my little sister) you were the best mom and Trey knew just that. Walk by Faith and Smile.

Ida, my thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family at this very tragic time. My children's grandfather is your brother, Frank Thompson.

Hi my name is Sandy and i'm so sorry for your loss.I truely am. I am/was a friend of his and it hurts to know that this happened.i had last talked to him on Friday and it sucks to know that he's gone now. I REALLY hope we find the person who did this,you and your family are in our prayers.
We have also volunteered to make t shirts for him in loving memory at our school.Trevon was the sweetest, happiest person that I've known.When I talked to him I always smiled and was never sad. He was also a good friend,and I will never forget him, he will always be in my heart.So if you need anything please let us know at school.We would be glad to help.Please take care and be safe.

Trevon was a sweet, cute guy. He was a really happy person always had me laughing. I will never forget him. I was a student at his High School. Ida, My prayers go out for you and your son.

Mrs. Thompson-Cooks
I am truly sorry for your loss and my prayers and deepest sympathies go to you and your family. Tre'von was a great person and many people loved the kind of person he was. I attend John R. Wooden and I saw your son time to time. We didn't talk much but every time I passed him walking to class or p.e I would smile at him and he always smiled back with the biggest smile you could imagine. Losing someone is tragic I know I lost my 1 year old niece to violence, but from what I heard you are a strong woman keep that strength. He will always be in your heart as well as all those who loved him. R.I.P Tre'von we miss you dearly.

My wonderful friend, I only knew you for a short period time, but it felt like forever. Why did they have to take a wonderful man -not a boy. You were the only one that didn't worry about anything you just lived life like a KING!! Always with that big beautiful smile and always Happy- never letting anything or anyone bring you down. But prematurely, you're gone; with out even knowing why it happened to you :[ You will always be in everyone's heart. Never will I let your spirit die. You were always there when I needed you. Trey, you always understood me when I was down. You always made me smile and laugh when we spent time together. I thank you very much Trey you are a good person and your mother did a good job raising you. You were a good person to be around and I enjoyed every moment with you. You will never be forgotten Tre' von . R.I.P. WONDERFUL FRIEND!!

LOVE ALWAY'S MADIE

Ida Lee, Tre is my nephew and you are my sister, God knows I love both of you. But God truly loves you more. During times like this it is hard to understand why things happen, but God always has a plan. I won't pretend this is easy but with prayer and faith, we all will pull through this. My heart truly hurts for you. I remember when you were a little girl and I use to fix your hair for school. You will always be my "baby" sister. I LOVE YOU, your "baby" brother.

Dear Ida Thompson-Cooks,
My name is Leticia and I am/ was a friend of your son... Your son was one of the most I sweet, caring and also loving young man I have ever known. The presence of Tre'von was wonderful, my prayers go out to you and your family at this tragic time. Please send our school updates of Tre'von funeral services, so we can say our last goodbyes...
Thank you
Sincerely,
Leticia Millan "JRWHS"

Cold Starry Night
BANG!!!
Your clock has stopped,
But wait lets rewind.
Your Eyes filled with laughter
with a smile on your face,
Why did they have to take you away...
You were filled with kindness
But I hope you are in a better place.
I want you to know something,
"Your soul is not Dead because you gave it to a new life."
R.I.P
my new but not forgotten friend.

Dear Ida Thompson,
I am Adrianna Nevarez. I am/was a friend of Tre'von's, I would to tell you that he was a wonderful person to know and I am glad to have gotten the chance to form a friendship with him. I will keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely,
Adrianna Nevarez
P.S.
I wrote that poem with Tre'von in thoughts.

tre'von I love u with all my heart deep inside i love u and u'll always be in my heart you were like a brother to me so sweet and nice and hell of funny and i know ur with god now looking down on me and im going to make sure that everyone knows who was the wise funny faithful tre'von was at sylmar high school i love u sweety have sweet dreams

To the family of Trevon, I didn't have the pleasure of meeting him, I just came across this article, and my heart goes out to his family, it's always heart breaking when a life is taken away at such a young age,I also lost a nephew last year his name was also Trevon and we called him Trey he was also 17 at the time of his death, I pray every day that this violence will stop, i'm sure the people who committed this crime has lost a love one and know the impact it had on them and their family, so why would they want to cause such pain on someone else, both of the Trevons are now with the heavenly father and the one's who committed these acts of violence will have to answer to the heavenly father, may GOD comfort your family in your time of mourning....RIP Trevon!!!

Can anyone explain to me what a 17 year old was doing out at 2:00am? I think theres more to the story than we are being told.

Trevon, Didnt take any calls on yesterday.......couldnt forget the one I got early Saturday morning my heart scorned........Loosing my breath thinking that this just wasnt real how could the world be so cruel? ohhh my little cousin.........who shared the same birthday as mine.You had such a warm heart,huge smile and had the best phone conversations I thought about all the long conversations you had with him my son....then I thoght of my little Aunt emmmmm........So sorry Auntee I wish Heaven had a phone so I could hear your voice again.I thought of you today, but that is nothing new, I thought about you yesterday.I think of you in silence, I often speak your name. All I have are memories and a picture in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake, from which i'll nev...er pa......rt. God has you in his arms, I have you in my heart....
We love you TREVON

Dear Aunt Ida
We said a prayer for you today
We asked that he be near you at
the start of each new day,
To grant you health and blessings and friends to comfort you
We asked for happiness for you although
the days may seem so gleem
Happiness in all things great and small;
But it was for his loving care we prayed for most of all! Tre' would have wanted you to smile and know that you
were the best of all moms.......
Trevon your in our hearts forever !!!!!!!!!!

Trevon, you were not only my nephew but the son I never had ....What a smile I had during this tough time thinking about how much you loved the outdoors, your turtle Franklin the time you fed him cornbread I'll never forget you you'll always be on my mind..... I LOVED you dearly you brought so much joy to my life.........no hurt,harm or danger now. Tre' your at rest....Ida Lee its okay now our son is at rest....Its alright now !!!!!!

Your favorite Aunt,

Hey Tre'von I'm sorry you had to go...I just wanted to let you know that people at John R. Wooden will never let you go...Sorry for your lost Mrs. Coats...My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family....

@Syscom3 you always look for the negative in every story. It was a saturday night and he is an older teenager. He could have been out partying with friends or coming from a family gathering who knows what happended besides the people who were there. You are so quick to judge. You always preaching about GOD but he is the only one who can judge not you. I would really like to know what your profession is besides being an insensitive jerk.

To the Family my prayers goes out to you.

Concerned, read the story .. "the party Trevon attended was advertised through fliers, Twitter and a telephone party line."

This was not a family gathering.

Again, the question is why he was away from home at 2:00 in the morning? Nothing good happens to teenagers at that hour.

Syscom3,
If you had a life when you were 17 than you would have been out with your friends too at 2am. Or as you would put it, "Try taking get a life 101 at your local junior college".

SYSCOM3 Tre'von was my brother and what matters is that my brother was slain. Violence is never the answer and only God can judge someone not men. Tre'von was truly a smart and positive person whose life was tragically taken. I really don't care for those who would choose to comment on the time he was murdered as I would much rather find out who did it. Thanks everyone for your prayers and kind words. May God Bless you all and Tre I love you. RIP.

-Connie

dear miss coats i am so sorry about your son. You raised a good person. I miss him so much,he was fun to be around and he was a caring person.God bless his soul.

TREY man what could i say at these hurting moment as for us his friends and for his family...u were the WORLDZ coolest person to be around with... always had that big bright smile of urz and them big green eyez of ur that would stand out from a miles away it hurts IT REALLY HURTZ TO LOSE U TO A COWARD THAT PULLED THAT TRIGGER...to lose a friend like u TREY IS TOO MUCH 4 ME...MISS COATS IM TRULY SORRY FOR UR LOST..GONE BUT NEVER EVER FORGOTEN..REST IN PAIRADISE..TREVOR.COATS...UR WITH GOD NOW HOMIE..SEE U SOON...

trevon was a good person he will always be in my heart i dont know why someone would do that to him he is a great preson. Miss coats trevon is with you and your family and he knows how much you loved him and your family trevon is in gods hands now and miss coats god is with you to. love corina

619, the fact my friends and myself were required to be at home by midnight when we were 17 meant that all of us stayed out of trouble and indeed "had a life".

Why are all these people coming on this site and writing about what a wonderful guy he was...when WE all know that he was NOT at this party by himself and yet NOT even the people that were there with him that night have spoken to the police? I wonder how many of his "friends" have come on to this site to say what a great guy and yet the police at the time of the writing of this story didn't even know if he was with anyone? So where is the writing from the person or persons who were with him that night? A fine bunch of friends you all turned out to be...leaving him to die on the street by himself, couldn't even stick around to hold his hands has he took his last breath. I'm sure he's in heaven looking down on all his so called friends and wondering where you all were that night!! Too bad he trusted you that much. Oh well I guess that says so much about all of you.

To his mother,

I certainly hope that you are not letting this bunch of friends get that close to you...as of right now you don't even know if this death was caused by one of them.

I kno the pacoima piru goin at it tuff with the eses, alot of death in pacoima not no car accidents either im talkin bout gettin shot in the street boy.

Syscom..that's the problem..this blog isn't about you or your friends; it's a blog about a young man who was murdered. Your comments are beyond insensitive; they are downright heartless. My condolences to this young man's mother, family and friends.

damn bro i was just wit u..u asked me 2 shuffle but i said hold up..i should of did it..i was 5 feet from u when u got shot r.i.p bro

Syscom,

I understand what you're trying to get answers on, but you're going about it the wrong way. I did not know this young man and I will not judge him. Everyone is not in a gang. As far as you and your friends getting in by midnight doesn't mean a thing at this sensitive time. If this young man was shot at 11:59 you still will have something negative to say. I pray to God nothing happens to one of your loved ones and an idiot like you blogs about him/her being a gang member without knowing the situation. Have a little sympathy in that idiotic, black, cold heart of yours. If you need answers, go to the local police dept. and find out.I too am a Father of three young men and they are very educate non gang members, but I do worry about their well being and I refuse to let a person like you judge them.Raise who you have and educate them because KARMA is real.

Mrs. Coats I am very sorry for your lost.

Terrell,

If you haven't done so please go to the Police with any info you may have so they can solve this case. Do the right thing young man because you would want someone to come forward if the shoe was on the other foot

"I care", do you not agree that a 17 year old should be at home at 2:00am?
Nothing good happens to teenagers at that hour.

This blog has lots of names of teenagers who became a statistic when they were out on the streets late at night. And usually they were doing something that brought them into harms way.

And my questions and comments are to get to the point with no sugar coating; to get to the truth of the matter. So what if its insensitive. This is not the obituaries.

The biggest phrase I read about that raises a red flag is when someone says "only god can judge". Yup, right there is the truth about someone. Something in their charachter or conduct that only god can judge.

SYSCOM3 I knew Trevon and he was not the type to dwell in illegal matters. He was a very bright and friendly person. How dare you say this is not the obituaries! You are insensitive and from what I am reading you are also a moron. Not once have you given your condolences to the family. Instead of coming on here arguing everday why don't you find something else to do. I can tell you don't believe in God because this young man was murdered and here you are suspecting there is something in his conduct that only God can judge eventhough you haven't met him. You are being insensitive and just know God is watching everything you are doing and recording everything you say.

Also you are not the police so how can you get to the truth of the matter. This is just an article about Trevon. Information into the investigation will not be posted here for reasons of common sense alone so that the killer is brought to justice.
Lastly, Trevon was murdered which is the point of this article! We are not here to emphasize what time he was murdered or scold someone who is already dead. We are here to give our condolences to this young man who was murdered. Please do not come back on here provoking everyone for all the wrong reasons.

Do you not have a heart?

Dear Sarah Ardalani:

Could you please stop posting SYSCOM3 comments because I know for a fact the family hurts a little even more when they read those comments. The family reads your article everyday to see if there is any new information on it. If you could do this I know they would really appreciate it.

I wanted to address the request that we block comments posted to this page by syscom3. Our practice on the Homicide Report, in keeping with the overall comments policy for latimes.com, is to block comments that contain profanity, offensive speech, harassment, or are objectionable for other reasons. We often use our discretion to block comments that do nothing to further discussion about the impact and causes of violence in communities. That said, because this is a public forum on a very difficult subject, we try to allow leeway for observations that could spark response and discussion or otherwise inform people about the event leading to the person's killing.

My sympathy goes out to his family and friends.

Tre you were the brother I never had. You always made me proud to be in your company. Your smile, as a youngster, kept me smiling when all things seemed hopeless. You were a special person who provided so much joy and love to the people that had the pleasure of crossing your path. You will be greatly missed!

Aunt Ida, I am here to be whatever you need me to be!! You are truly special and a wonderful individual.

Loving you forever,

KKT

people should just ignore that guy he is nothing but a troll...........baiting people into arguments about how he lived his life .......he knows nothing about the streets, the young men he spits this nonsense about......ignore the troll he will go away soon enough.......my condolences to the family.....

Cali, Ive been a contributor to this blog for a couple of years. I am not a troll, nor am I going away soon.

My arguments and points of contention are germane to this blog and contrast starkly with what other people say. As I frequently point out; my life is boring and normal where violence is rare. The people who seem to end up in this blog are from abnormal situations and neighborhoods where violence is the norm.

In this day and age, any teenager who is out after midnight is either looking for trouble; or trouble will find them. Its a fact. Try refuting it.

SYSCOM3 no one is refuting anything about violence being rampant but violence is prone to happen anywhere not just where you believe it will be. Either way you still haven't given your sympathies to the family. You aren't contributing anything to this particular article you are just provoking people and trying to basically say Trevon deserved what happened to him when you know that is not even the truth. No one deserves to have their life taken from them. Even if he was out at that time that still doesn't make it right for someone to take this young man's life. You aren't bored SYSCOM3 you are just an instigator and a mere bully. The fact that you are picking on a deceased individual alone makes you a troll. By the way your comments are unnecessary and this is not a debate. People are coming here to give their condolences with the family and Trevon not spark a debate or to focus on morals. The point is a life was taken and its time you acknowledge that and at least give your regards to the family. Besides God will come for you one day and you will have nothing to show for why you were nit picking with a slain 17 year old male and Cali you are right.

Dear Megan Garvey:

"That said, because this is a public forum on a very difficult subject, we try to allow leeway for observations that could spark response and discussion or otherwise inform people about the event leading to the person's killing."
_______________________________________

So are you forwarding Terrell Lewis' statement to the police because he could SPARK some insight in to the event leading to Trevon Coats' murder?

How is SYSCOM3 actually helping to discuss the impact and causes of violence in communities? He is basically saying Trevon deserved what happened to him. He also is gloating about his morals as he is not providing any statistics or facts of why the community faces tragic deaths like this. How could you allow someone to overly disgrace this 17 year old by saying his character was questionable and that he was looking for trouble and now he's dead. Are those things not objectionable? In fact I know you may not read or post this comment but as of right now a numerous amount of my colleagues have lost respect for this blog and they knew Trevon's family. They all have read this article because they thought you guys cared but to see people leaving sarcastic comments about a minor who was murdered flabberglasted them as well as me also. Say what you will but please review SYSCOM3 comments and please explain to me how he is impacting anyone as his/her comments are rude and belittling.

WHY TRE'VON WHY HIM!!!
U were one of the nicest guys that i ever meet!!u were such a sweet heart!! my heart goes out to ur mom and family!! u will be missed but never forgotten!!! when i heard about this i was shocked because knowing u.. u were such a sweet guy i didn't think this would ever happen im going to miss u very much!! every time i would see u i would always tell u how much i loved ur eyes and now ur gone but ur always going to be in are hearts everyone at JRWHS misses u and will never forget u were one of the most nicest guys i knew ='[..

Mrs. Coats i'm sorry for ur lose! Tre'von was one of the most sweetest guys that i knew..My heart and my condolences go out to you and your family!!

R.I.P TRE'VON COATS YOU WILL BE MISSED BY THE JRWHS FAMILY BUT U WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!!

Hi,

This is a public blog. You may not like what Syscom is printing but the LA Times should not have the right to block him! What Syscom has writting isn't filled with bad words with the exception of the words you don't like. This is Syscom's constitutional right to write what he thinks barring screaming in a movie theater fire...as the old saying goes. None of us like to read "mean hearted" things about our loved ones. But the opportunity to educate should be more strong then your right to block someone from writing. The constitutional right to say and write just about anything is a right that many died for. Questioning the where abouts and the whys and asking hard questions is always someones right. Just like it is your right not to have to answer those questions. An educated society is always better then an uneducated one. And like it or not part of that educated society is always questioning the actions of others. As I sat at my own desk...I too questioned why a 17 year old was out at that time of night. Good kid or not why was he out that late? I too was never allowed to be out at that time of night as a 17 year old...oh and before I forget I was raised in a ghetto city in the heart of L.A. I might not have asked the question here but when I first read the post of this death my first thought was what the hell was a 17 year old doing out at a flyer party at that time of the night and WHY WHY did his friends let him die all by himself? Seems to me that the anger you and your colleagues are feeling should be directed to the so called friends that let him die rather then the faceless nameless person who questions how he died. I may not agree with everything Syscom writes but I stand by him 100 percent for his right to write it.

I Care and Hi-

Just an FYI, Terrell has spoken with the proper authorities regarding the tragic and senseless death of Tre'von, prior to posting his comment.

Dear Amendment 1 fan:

There is nothing educated about what SYSCOM3 is saying but I do understand that asking questions leads to answers. However,please explain to me how basically writing in so many words that Tre'von deserved this is at any way educational. The point is that SYSCOM3 isn't asking questions as he is only asking why Tre'von was out that late. Other than that he is being blatantly disrespectful about this murder by mocking Trevon for being out so late and then saying he deserves it. Also just because someone doesn't use profanity or anything vulgar in there comments does not mean it isn't objectionable or shouldn't be banned. Like I said he has come on here time and time again patronizing Trevon and his family without even saying he's sorry for their lost. That in itself is shocking and down right digusting behavior. No SYSCOM3 comments don't make me uncomfortable in a way where I believe his constitutional rights should be impeded but SYSCOM3 is not questioning how Tre'von died like I said he keeps mocking him. Please read his posts and tell me where he is questioning anything besides one question like I mentioned before.

How clear do things have to be for you? In order for a conversation to be educated you have to first review both sides of the argument and like I said you need to read SYSCOM3 posts before you write me saying otherwise.

In regards to Trevon's friends everyone can agree that they weren't really friends at all if they let him die alone but thats not the point. The point is that SYSCOM3 is posting comments on here that are mocking this young man and I don't have to know Trevon or be a relative of his to see that that alone is not moral or decent.

Some people just don't have a conscious.

yo syscom do you have a website?i'd like to browse some ultra conservative news for a change,see who died of old age and what flavors the new nutella is coming in...also discuss brussel sprout recipes and laugh at the great country of france...

I dare anyone to find the exact quote(s) where I said the deceased deserved to die.

It is a fact that the deceased was a minor. he was out very late for someone his age. He was going to a "flyer party" in which all sorts of people of unknown character show up. No doubt booze and drugs were readily available. His so called friends left him to die.

Anyone have the capacity to debate the facts?

Dear SYSCOM3:

I said you had said it in so many words. I did not quote you on anything so please read my posts. Second I hope you are doing something in your community to help youth being that you are so passionate about this story. However, the point remains he was murdered. Are you ready to give your condolences now or is your heart still hardened? Or could it be sheer arrogance that's preventing you from doing that?

Syscom3, You might have never said "they deserved to die", but you address the situation in such and insensitive and callous fashion that your implying as much. What you say is inconceivable to a lot of us readers. You dehumanize these people who are deceased. You have no respect. Actions speak louder than words. What have you done to make a difference?

619; provide the quote or sentence where I said the deceased deserved to die.

What do you contribute???? Besides pain and anguish to families already going through terrible emotional pain......now they want to leave a peaceful condolence.....and they have to read your hateful comments......It's drives me nuts....i'm starting to think your in cahoots with the editor or something...cause out of a thousand times i try to post something it never works...everyday you post hate and they throw it up within minutes.....and if you don' t think you're a troll look up the definition....since you have all the answers why don't you go to Compton,South Central and tell everybody about your Grand Syscom Plan.....Sickening..

Hi CALI,

We're equal-opportunity comment approvers here. Doing a search in our database for blocked messages from your user name pulls up no blocked comments and a few approved ones.

You're both equally entitled to your opinion, as long as you follow our policy on comments (which is, to wit, 'keep it clean').

Ken Schwencke
Los Angeles Times

Ans what's even more sickening is The Newspapers stance on this guy.....it says in the box...Share a Memory......nowhere does it say Di sect his life,become a detective, or even give your opinion on what you think....It says Share a Memory...So if you don't know these people why are you falling over yourself EVERY SINGLE DAY....posting your hateful messages.......Then you try to belittle people with big words on why you do it...NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU OR YOUR LIFE....Why does the paper keep posting his hate...when they put on the boxes itself Share A Memory......Think about that......

Probably because i changed my name a thousand times......every single time i try to leave a comment ....blocked....Can you tell me why this Section is called Share a Memory...when this guy is not doing that....if he wants to do that why dont you start some other forum.........THIS SAYS SHARE A MEMORY...PERIOD...What memory is he sharing????

I told you guys...blocked again...i know why ...i think Syscum must be Meagan's boyfriend or something......Nowhere do i see it say Political Forum......it says Share A Memory....

Hi CALI,

Without knowing which comments you are referring to, all I can tell you is that if your comments were blocked, then one of our moderators found it to be against our commenting policy. I did find one from your IP address imploring somebody to kill Syscom3, which was blocked for obvious reasons.

As to the prompt asking "share a memory," you are correct -- the prompt is wrong. It's been wrong since the new blog launched, and though we've talked about changing it to be more encompassing, we've yet to do it until today. Megan Garvey will write a post later explaining as much, and the prompt will improve.

It was never our intention for this blog only to be a memorial. We want people to feel free to share memories of their loved ones and to grieve openly, but we don't want to discourage people from asking questions about the circumstances surrounding someone's death.

As a note, we also don't have a staff dedicated to approving these comments. We do it whenever we get the time. Sometimes this introduces delays.

Thanks,

Dear Ken Schwencke:

If you don't have the time or the man power to review people's comments on a share a memory article then you shouldn't be posting on anyone at all including Trevon Coats. As said before SYSCOM3 is not asking questions surrounding Trevon's death as he is only critizing him and basically saying he deserves what happened to him. Please read SYSCOM3 comments and tell me if you don't think so. Furthermore it is disheartening to see these sick comments from SYSCOM3 posted over and over again without even being banned or CONFRONTED! I am beginning to think you and the associates of Los Angeles Times do not have respect for the dead as you are only interested in blog hits and what not. Please say what you will but you are ignoring the facts by not reading SYSCOM3's comments.

What a horror to witness this.

Amid the argument on this page about what is or is not appropriate to leave on this blog, the vast majority of comments have been specifically about who Trevon Coats was as a person and/or express sympathy for his family.

Out of respect for them, let's move this debate about free speech and the Homicide Report's comment policy over to a post coming Tuesday. The post will be part of a weekly conversation with readers that will explore some of the topics that get raised on personal pages but ultimately would be better discussed more broadly. I will address some of Hi's complaints and explain more fully how we approve comments. Over the coming weeks, the Homicide Report will take additional questions from readers, as well as highlight interesting conversations going on among the more than 2,800 posts to this blog since January 2007.

I agree, lets move these folks to a new forum, because they are boring the hell out of this one. Unless you knew the victum, you better be sputing out something creative, otherwise its not a good look for you, whether your message is positive, or racist. Sad thing is its the same boring and dull people on every crime blog. I feel somewhat bad for poor Megan who gets no fun in moderating comments. I go to sleep now.

RIP Debo
im gonna miss u my nigga. ill never forget u. u were an important character in my life... ur best friend

-Fat Boy

thanks! :)

lets write them until the admit it, or stop doing it! i am writing them now!

:)

First, I would like to send my deepest reqret to the friends and family of Trevon Coats.

I would like to take a moment to give my opinion about all the uproar of the poster "syscom3", some of the questions he asked are valid in some of his post.

I remember a couple of years ago a murder took place, and the moment the name hit the blog, the community was outraged and glad that this man was dead, they said he was a meance to the neighborhood, one mother came on and accused the dead man of killing her son years before.

I think "syscom3" is here to get us angry again about our comunity, and he is right. Some of the local black politicans only come out when a cop kills a guy, where are they when our young men and women are being killed in the streets like animals.

There is no right answer to our problem and sometimes "syscom3" gets it wrong, but a lot of times he is right, disrespectful as it may be, but what other forum do we have, at least its dialog.

And its not just the inner city, killings are branching out, when are we going to say enough is enough, everytime a raid or search warrent is served, my school goes on lock down, I talk to elementray kids about murders, I heard a 2nd grader refer to the police as "Po-Po".

They refer to "Bounty Hunters", Grape Street Crips", East Side Crips", as if they were the norm, for them it is. For them its the brothers, fathers, grandfathers, they see murders, they see raids, some of our school kids see it all.

When is enough, enough, and to you "syscom3", there is so much corruption in our public service as well as our law enforement, we will need a army to fix this. When a California Correction Inmate can use facebook from prison, you don't think that a phone walks in the door from a visitor do you, well it doesn't all the, it comes when the correction officer comes to work...so intead of being part of the problem, lets be part of the solution, I am told I must take 5 days off to shorten the school year and my school will not be having summer school, so get ready for a long hot summer...

just me, are you referring to Timothy Johnson? He garnered 137 comments from a variety of people, including the investigating officer. I even used his death and comments about it as my class project for a criminal justice class I was taking at college.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/homicidereport/2007/11/watts-murder.html#comments

I also agree with your comment about corruption. Dysfunction, corruption and incompetence is not healthy for a democracy (or republic).

Yes syscome3, that is the one, with the brother "Big Evil"..this is what my community is living in. I watch kids in elementray school come back as high school students to pick up younger siblings at my school, and it breaks my heart, programs are leaving the area, parents and grandparents are getting younger. There is not enough of us to lead. A child under 18 has NO buisness being out at the early a.m, some of my students make it out with no guidence from parents, some students who have a two parent household will turn to gangs. I wish the A&E network would do a "First 48".

man just can't believe it still.. My boy ... What can I say
he was my boy ..Green eyes da only little black kid growing up n our block.. Man I'm gonna miss u dog... Ur were my strenght also win I lost my son .. U'll always b n my heart .. I loved u like a brother u were part of my family... My deepest condelences to ur pops an moms I know da pain their going through.. Till we meet again n paradise.. R.I.P..

Ill miss u my niga ....TONIE....

Man trevon aka "Debo" u were a close freind to me you were like family. man its hard to belive that your gone now hope your in a better place now.the guy that this to you is a coward.man Debo me and you had some good times you knew wassup homie.my prayers go out to ur family especially your mom..your in a better place now homie R.I.P.:Debo:. 1.23.93-4.18.10

its been a while since u been gone tre...damn the day of ur funeral is a day i would never forget....seeing my best friend since the age of 7 in a casket...just broke my heart...but i know ur in a better place know my nigga..R.I.Paradise Trevon Coats 4/17/10...a date to never forget..=/

To this day I'm still shocked that I lost a friend (trevon),it was hard for me to take. everyday I wake up I still can't believe he's gone.he was a.really good friend.I had bought one of his r.I.p trevon shirts and I wear it a lot.trevon I miss you man and I wish you were here.rest in paradise and see you in the next life.

Bottom line, kids who are out that late are risking trouble. There is a curfew. Of all of my 700 in south Los Angeles, the one that was shot was an angry young man who dropped out of school- a very sad situation indeed.

There is no rationalization for a 17 year old to be at a party at 2 am. He should be home doing homework. Self examination and self -reflection are in order but I often find these in short supply in some communities.

This is a horrible loss for his family. Kids, please, there are many activities you could be engaged in that are safer than flyer parties and hanging out at 2 am. Read a book, the LA city pools are often open until 8 or 9 pm. There are church activities and some museums are open late. Then go home and get some sleep.

Of all of my 700 in south Los Angeles, the one that was shot was an angry young man who dropped out of school- a very sad situation indeed. ?????????????? PLEASE CLARIFY!!!

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Tre', baby bro, I miss you so much! Words cant began to pour out to say what I feel inside. Tre'von, a rare flower , very unique personality.

rest in paraise ma boy well meet in another world just kno that the world that yur in is a much better place then this one if i could rewind time i would.i was shoked when i heard wat happened all ma heart was sayin is i lost a close friend i remember when me and da homies were mornin are loss ma bad i could go to yur funeral ma boy i thought i didnt fit well when i get out of the place im in i promise ima go pay ma respect to yur tomb well thats all ma boy hope god is with yu just wanted to show ma respect to this page rest in paradise trevon