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Trump hugs parents of Bronx boy killed by stray bullet
US President Donald Trump left the stage during a speech in Garden City, New York, on Friday to embrace the grieving parents of 12-year-old Jacob Freytes. The Bronx boy was killed in…
The Story in Brief
US President Donald Trump left the stage during a speech in Garden City, New York, on Friday to embrace the grieving parents of 12-year-old Jacob Freytes. The Bronx boy was killed in late July by a stray bullet while riding his bicycle outside a bodega. Trump said the shot was fired during a gun battle involving a repeat offender.
Police arrested 45-year-old William Ferrer, who faces multiple charges including second-degree murder and has pleaded not guilty, according to Fox News. The New York Post reported that Ferrer has an arrest record spanning more than 25 years. Republican lawmakers in New York have proposed Jacob’s Law, which would increase penalties when reckless criminal conduct kills a child.
The Indian Opinion
The video invites two easy narratives: that a presidential embrace solves a family’s grief, or that the case alone proves every tough-on-crime claim. Neither is enough. Jacob’s death deserves accountability, but Ferrer remains entitled to due process, and an arrest record does not establish guilt in this case. The useful test is whether prosecutors prove the charges and whether any new law prevents similar shootings without weakening fair trials.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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