Mural highlights Bronx teen’s death from gang violence
05/18/19 | 1m 54s | Rating: NR
It will be one year next month since 15-year-old Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz, a Bronx, N.Y. teenager was killed, a victim of gang violence. After his death, the Instagram hashtag #JusticeForJunior began prompted artist George Fernandez to create a mural honoring the teenager’s life.Newshour’s Student Reporting Labs program with help from students at Bronx Arena High School report
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Mural highlights Bronx teen’s death from gang violence
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THIS JUNE MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE THE DEATH OF A BRONX TEEN WHO FELL VICTIM TO GANG VIOLENCE. NEWSHOUR'S STUDENT REPORTING LABS, ALONG WITH BRONX ARENA HIGH SCHOOL, PRODUCED THIS STORY WITH INSTAGRAM TO HIGHLIGHT YOUTH-DRIVEN COMMUNITY STORIES ABOUT PUBLIC ART. >> THIS MURAL WAS THE HARDEST ONE I'VE EVER DONE BECAUSE JUST EXPERIENCING EVERYTHING, JUST EVERYONE'S EMOTIONS, THE... THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WATCHING ME DO IT. >>
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THE 15-YEAR-OLD N.Y.P.D. EXPLORER WITH PLANS TO ONE DAY BECOME A DETECTIVE, BRUTALLY MURDERED BACK IN JUNE BY ALLEGED MEMBERS OF THE TRINITARIOS GANG. >> SO, I LEARNED ABOUT JUNIOR'S DEATH ON INSTAGRAM, AND I JUST STARTED FOLLOWING THE HASHTAG. I JUST HAD A THOUGHT, LIKE I NEED TO GO THERE AND... AND PAINT A MURAL FOR HIM. YOU KNOW, WHEN I SHOWED UP HERE, I WANTED TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY; TO, LIKE, FIND JUNIOR'S MOM, GET HER PERMISSION FIRST, AND, THEN, FROM THAT POINT, I GOT PERMISSION FROM THE BUILDING OWNER. AND EVERYBODY KIND OF, LIKE, CHIPPED IN. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD COME UP SO I COULD SEE YOU. >> SO, WHEN... WHEN I WAS A KID, THERE WAS SOMEBODY THAT... THAT DIED ON MY BLOCK. SOMEBODY PAINTED A MURAL OF THE... OF THE PERSON THAT PASSED AWAY, AND THE MURAL IS STILL THERE. AND.. AND THE... AND THE GUY THAT PASSED AWAY WAS, LIKE, THE OLDER BROTHER OF THE... OF THE BLOCK, AND HE USED TO WATCH OVER ALL THE LITTLE KIDS WHEN WE PLAYED OUTSIDE AND WHATNOT. SO... IT WAS JUST COOL TO SEE THAT.
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