Nelson Hopkins

Tonight Teen Talk sat in near silence listening as Nelson Hopkins told the story of his son's brutal murder on Dec. 1, 2009. Just days before his 18th birthday, Nelson Hopkins Jr.'s life was taken too soon.

"I never want someone else to feel the pain I felt when my son was murdered," says Hopkins while discussing what it means to be a snitch and what it means to be a witness to a crime.

These words will resonate with me for the rest of my life, and I hope that the teens of Teen Talk will also consider these words for the rest of theirs when they refuse to snitch or be a witness to a crime.

Also, another point that Nelson brought up several times was the addiction to the streets. Nelson said, "There are all these people sitting around thinking of how they're going to take all the money in the world, and they're doing it while we fight over the crumbs and control the streets."
Are the streets worth giving up your success to someone else?

He also said, "We've got white people running the world while we're playing games."

YOU GUYS DESERVE BETTER. You just have to work for it. I don't have faith in much, but I have faith in all of you. Be the change. Don't let this statement be true anymore, "They own the world, we own the streets. You're giving your money away to them like you're a slave."

Now that several of you have found this blog, I am going to leave the rest of the discussion up to you. Please comment anonymously or as yourself, whatever you feel more comfortable doing. Respect each other though, please.
(I have put a link with this blog to the story of Nelson Hopkins' son and his cousin (who was also murdered early this year), and Nelson Hopkins' program Operation Promise Land.