This focus on Toya Graham is a little out of place.
In a single moment, she saved one of her son’s from being a part of the problem. But there is more to it than that. What of her life and how is it that she has six kids (potentially from as any fathers) and yet she had reasonably nice clothes, tattoos, her nails done, her hair done, and it doesn’t appear that she’s missed to many meals.
It begets the questions that need to be answered.
What becomes of Ms. Graham after her litter of children leave home?
What becomes of those fatherless children after they leave home.
What sort of families with her son(s) sire if they live long enough?
And finally, how is it possible for this woman to procreate in this manner. Each of her offspring are grist for the mill of violence and criminality that passes for culture in the black areas of the cities.
While a single instance of normal parenting has gained her five minutes of fame as it were, one has to ask why did her son believe that participation in a domestic terrorism event, was the proper action.
The first one that occurred to me, concerned as that mother genuinely appears to be, she didn't think to wonder why her son owned and wore the classic black thug uniform? It never occurred to her?
Juvenile fashions come and go, but this one has been a "red flag" for parents for decades now. A rational fashion affectation appropriate only during winters.
Or the year-round season of mischief. Or worse.