Bato Loco

He was a true "Bato Loco" therefore he didn't live very long. Sometimes they call him an O G. Sure, he may look the part, dress the part, and even talk the part; but image is not that important to him. He is a world apart. He is not afraid of the police. He is crazy. He is angry. He is bitter. Since self-preservation is not necessarily a high priority, he is at times considered a man of courage. He is armed. He is dangerous. He has killed men before. He is willing to do it again. He is an ex-convict. He quit school when he was in junior high. He has never set foot on a college campus. To him it would represent a betrayal to his "commitment." Commitment to what? To embrace something that has nearly killed him, but that he feels comfortable with. Yes, it is a life of confusion. It is a life of solitude. But it is the life he has chosen. He could not even be in a gang, in or out of prison, "I do my own time," he said. "He is weird, but don't mess with him," some convicts would say. He does not like authority, and that includes gang authority. As a convict He had spent months in the "hole." Life in society did not agree with him. He had been released from prison for about two weeks, when one night he robbed a 7-11, he shot and killed a clerk. The police saw him in the parking lot. He hid behind a car and started shooting at them. He had two pistols but he soon ran out of ammo. The police told him to surrender. He actually threw his guns at them. All the shots fired at him had missed him. He selected one police officer and charged him with a knife. There were 3 squad cars and 6 officers at the scene. This is odd. Although he was shot multiple times, He managed to throw his knife at one of the officers. It penetrated the officer's bullet proof vest, but it did not harm the officer. The bato loco obviously died at the scene. A great teacher once said: "He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword."