I found this article thanks to my Google Reader, which is a handy tool to be up-to-date on just about anything. If you have a better system, feel free to chime in and tell me what it is.
As for the story, I find it heartbreaking. Someone arrested for an illegal left turn ends up hanging himself. This person was someone was actually trying to improve his life and learn English. A young person with a good future which has been cut short because of a lack documentation. Also, paying 3,500 dollars for being smuggled to the States is not enough to get legalized. I mean, if it was that fucking easy, all of us would do it. But it is NOT that easy. Why can’t people understand that. Acting as if it was a choice to live like this, we would get legalized if we could. No one likes living like we do.
What I find most disturbing though, and the story is already very disturbing, are the comments. I could only stomach to read the first 50. In my best Darth Vader voice, I find the their lack of empathy disturbing. Here is a link to the article, from the Chronicle.
PS. The original Darth Vader line is, “I find your lack of faith disturbing.” Those words were first said in episode 4, with Vader showing the power of the Force. Sorry, I’m a dork.
I agree it is a heartbreaking story. The world has been diminished by his loss. I use Google Reader too.
Yeah, it is a terrible story and I hope things like this don’t happen again.