I read Ms. Yvette Carnell's article with interest as it pointed to an all too familiar pattern we have witnessed since the birth of Hip Hop,…. Bad Boy Rappers! Our young people are following a script that very often leads to death and prison, in an attempt to acquire a reputation for being a “Gangster or Bad Boy.” They erroneously believe this is needed to launch a successful career as a “Rapper.” Yes, there have been a few who have succeeded from this scenario. However most of those were “pretend and want to be, gangsters.” I feel sad that this young man allowed his environment to shape him into a criminal in the first place. I feel even sadder for the victim’s family and the victim, whose life he took in his effort to “Get Mine.” Ms. Carnell appears to speak from her background as a former campaign staffer on Capitol Hill; where the concepts of “a conscience, morality and God,” do not seem to exist, from the record of politicians. She has expressed the politician’s view of, “as long as you can show you did some “good” things; you are redeemed from your criminal, immoral, despicable and corrupt conduct, while in office.”
Ms. Carnell overlooks the fact that a man’s life was taken and Rapper G. Dep is responsible for it, by his own admission! Regardless of his reason for confessing to this two decades old crime, at least the victim’s family now has closure! The murder of their loved one is no longer a cold case, with no one being held accountable. I feel Ms. Carnell’s sympathy was badly misplaced when she said “ What’s even sadder, though, is that he’s now abandoning his kids out of some misplaced sense of redemption, or, as he says, as a way of “making it right”. And then followed up this asinine statement with one equally as tactless, “Going to prison, and wading through the psychological impact of what happens there, and what he will see and be forced to do there, won’t help his wife or his twin sons. Not having any income, and forcing his wife to bear the burden of rearing and providing for two boys alone, doesn’t help society or G. Dep one bit.
Where is the concern for the man who was murdered? He may have been on his way home to his wife and six children, when this punk chose to mug him and take his life, for what moneys he had! This crime occurring two decades ago does not negate G. Dep’s responsibility! There is no statute of limitations on murder! Have you not heard of “The long arm of the Law?” It means, “The Law will catch you no matter how long it takes or how far you travel.” You must also consider the possibility that the “victim’s wife” had the burden of rearing and providing for her children alone; and that she and her children had to endure the pain of, as you say, G. Dep’s “vile and knee-jerk reaction to a toxic system.”; and grow up without the love, support, companionship and guidance of a husband and father!
She ended her article by stating her regret, “It was up to G. Dep to show compassion on himself, to forgive himself, and not turn his life over to the courts in the first place. I wish he’d made that decision instead of the one he made.” I wish he had made the decision to live a law abiding life and not rob and kill! Most laws require a penalty or punishment to be exacted for anyone’s violation of them. Total exoneration for an offense is rare. Doing “the right thing”, very often requires a price to be paid also! I believe G. Dep made the correct decision in confessing and accepting the just punishment for his crime! It was the right decision for himself, his family and most importantly for the family of his victim. After all, G. Dep enjoyed two decades of freedom; a successful career; popularity, wealth and the love and companionship of a wife. He was able to watch his children growing up and participate in all the activities and celebrations that families customarily do. His victim was not afforded these blessings and liberties! G.Dep will leave prison after serving his time and resume his life with family and very possibly have an even more successful career, as a result of this experience! His victim is dead and will not resume his life! He will not have a second chance to be with his wife and children. He will not enjoy the fruits of his labor and the rewards family life.
It is my hope and trusts that G. Dep’s confession to this crime and accepting its punishment is the result of his personal confession of sin and acceptance of Jesus Christ! For it is only in Christ that he will truly find compassion, not given by the courts; redemption, not given by punishment; forgiveness, not given by humans and rebirth as a new man, not of himself!
Your brother, In His Service
Min. Douglas Daniels
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