Letter to Susan Ward, SF Chronicle reporter

Susan,

Your coverage was extensive and thorough.

However, our Bayview community is very distraught by the general tone of your piece.

While it is always crucial as a reporter to cover both sides of law enforcement encounters, you clearly emphasized PD position, and chose to conclude your article with statements from Tyrelle's job Corps mentor, which alluded to recidivism, therefore prejudicing the general public into viewing Tyrelle's atrocious shooting as a righteous retribution.

We deeply deplore your article's grave lack of perspective on environmental racism and the tragic scarcity of resources for our Bayview Youth, who often out of despair goes back to illicit activities as a mean of survival.

Therefore, sadly, your article, faithful to the corporate media's agenda, reinforces the legitimization of the criminalization of Poor Youth of Color

Maybe if the corporate media finally challenged the San Francisco City Government to create realistic, immediate avenues for our Youth, we could get our babies out of the Death Loop.

Regretfully.
mesha Monge-Irizarry
Idriss Stelley Foundation