All across the country kids are killing kids over shoes. In Houston and this time the victim is Joshua Woods (22 years old). He got one of the few vouchers to buy a pair of Jordans for himself and his 5-year-old son. The last text he sent to his mother read, “Mom I am okay. We are already headed home.” Of course, he never made it home because three young men shot him in an attempted robbery.
He died on December 21st, 2012 – four days before Christmas.
Joshua is one of many who were murdered for their pair of Jordans or sneakers. There was also 14-year-old Paul Sampleton Jr. and 16-year-old Juan Reyna. All across the country kids are killing kids over shoes. For some, this is a new world. Many are asking, “What is going on in today’s world where kids are killing each other over shoes?” Yet for others, particularly myself and others in the Midwest.
Tia is saying that it is sad that now days a pair of Jordans are more valuable than someones life.