Tragedy of Newark executions hits home

When will we take action to stop the cycle of violence in America?


People hold posters showing friends DaShon Harvey, 20, Terrance Aeriel, 18, and Iofemi Hightower, 20, at the funeral for Hightower at the Grace Temple Baptist Church in Newark Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007. The three were lined up and fatally shot in a schoolyard last Saturday night.
10:30 p.m. ET, 8/11/07

COMMENTARY
By Steve Adubato
Media Analyst

MSNBC
Updated: 6:46 a.m. MT Aug 17, 2007


When I first saw the news accounts of the three Newark kids killed execution style, I knew that one of them, Terrance Aeriel, an 18-year-old graduate of West Side High School who was going back to Delaware State University in the fall, sounded familiar. Then, when I saw his face, it all came rushing back. I did know this kid.

Terrance was one of the star participants in a leadership and communication program called “Stand & Deliver: Communication Tools for Tomorrow’s Leaders,â€