A 14-year-old boy from Buffalo was killed in a crash at Elmwood Avenue and Amherst Street over the weekend .
Police said he was driving a stolen vehicle at a high rate of speed went through a red light and crashed into two other vehicles.
The story has generated a larger discussion on social media, with many voices sounding off on who they think should be held responsible. Some who sounded off pointed the finger at the parents.
One Buffalo mother is pushing back against that viewpoint, offering a perspective you may not have heard before.
Raymonda Reynolds said she has experience trying to keep her own child out of trouble with law enforcement and shared her story with me.
“They were saying, ‘Where are the parents?’ I saw that so many times,” said Reynolds. “‘The parents ought to go to jail’, ‘The parents are letting these children run wild’ and it angered me.”
Reynolds said she is angry and terrified. She fears what happened to that 14-year-old could happen to her 15-year-old son. She said along with his father they are doing everything they can to get him to turn his life around.