Once Featured in CNN Documentary on Black Violence in Chicago, Black “Honor Roll” Student (Gang Member) Gunned Down

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May 14, 2016

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No words.

Just the sweet, reassuring drink of Darwinian truth. [Former prom king and honor roll student featured in ‘Chicagoland’ documentary about the city’s violence is shot dead, Daily Mail, May 13, 2016]:

A young man who was featured in a 2014 CNN documentary about violence in Chicago was shot and killed on the city’s South Side overnight.

In CNN’s Chicagoland, Lee McCullum Jr. was a hopeful resident who changed his life from being in a gang to becoming a student leader with a chance to attend college and being voted prom king.

Now, roughly two years later, the 22-year-old was found dead early Thursday morning on West 126th Street.

Chicago police said he was shot in the back of the head and there is no information as of yet as to what happened to him or who murdered him.

Many people on social media have expressed their condolences about his death, as it appeared he was trying to leave behind the dangerous street culture in the city.

‘He was a great kid,’ Liz Dozier, who knew McCullum when she served as his principal at Fenger High School, told WGN.

‘I think people (watching the documentary) got to see what a great person he was and the complexity of what he faced and how he handled it with grace. …

‘He wanted to go to college and play basketball. He was a great person and I just can’t believe he’s dead.

‘It’s just unreal when you think about it. The streets have got yet another young male.’

According to CNN, the series documented how McCullum moved out of the city after high school for a brief period because he feared for his life.

However, he returned later and had a job, WGN reported.

McCullum had dreams of attending college, but kept having issues with gangs.

He was wounded in a drive-by shooting in 2014, and tragically, last month his girlfriend, Tiara Parks, was fatally shot while getting out of a car in the city, WGN reported.

Her father is a Cook County sheriff’s deputy.

The executive producer of the CNN documentary, Marc Levin, said that he was ‘heartbroken’ to hear about McCullum’s tragic death.

‘It’s sad how many young men in the hood have opted the culture of the NRA — the only way to deal with a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun,’ Levin said.

It’s unclear if McCullum was still involved in gangs, but Chicago police noted that he was a documented gang member, CNN reported.

According to DNAinfo Chicago, McCullum was the son of a ‘former South Side gang member who lost a leg to gunfire and took a bullet in the head.’

“… culture of the NRA?”

What?

The culture of the NRA is finding a law-abiding black person and making them a figurehead/speaker at the next convention!

In all seriousness, the black dude was four years removed from high school: who in the world actually cares he was once an “honor roll” student? Besides, just showing up for class in a majority black public school guarantees an “A.”