How a crime scene investigator keeps her sons safe | Forensic Files

you have a lot of fights at school they talk about the game they talk about the wars they live in and they go back and
forth and back and forth and it's it's really just senseless things you have a um identity on the
victim oh thank you mate some of scenes we go on a lot of the times is you know kids my son's
age I very cautious about what I let him do where I let them go and I I give him
that speech all the time give him the same speech you know you you don't have to fit in you you be your own individual
and you shouldn't worry about what people say because you know you know um Trouble
Comes so easily it's just so hard to get out of but now you you really don't have
that many parents in a household you don't have that many parents that's that's raising kids or that many parents in the
village 490 to 450 I think it's a lot because kids are basically raising themselves some kids is is the ban is
all that they have you take the ban away from them what they have if they not in
the band then they folks out to the streets

Officer Shelita Haynes with the New Orleans P.D. Crime Scene Unit responds to shootings nearly every night. Many of the victims are around the same age as her teenage sons, Jerome and Jamal. But Officer Haynes finds comfort knowing her sons are in the L.E. Rabouin High School Marching Band. Within the walls of the band room there is safety from the streets. For more, watch "48 Hours Presents: the Whole Gritty City" Saturday, Feb.15 at 9/8c on CBS.

Brief Summary

Youth violence, parental roles, and individuality in children are discussed.

Key points

The Struggles of Identity. Navigating peer pressure and the importance of individuality for kids today.
The Role of Parents. A discussion on the lack of parental guidance in children's lives.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

You don't have to fit in; be your own individual.

Advice on individuality and peer pressure.

0:58WatchFeb 7, 2014

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