It has been over a year since Myron Richardson was shot to death, and his mother Carmela Richardson wonders if she will ever see justice.
Myron Richardson often bought his mother roses, so his friends and family stood on Doty Avenue on the Far South Side recently holding bunches of red and white balloons on what would’ve been his 21st birthday.
She has the support of well-known community activist Andrew Holmes. "We’re looking for some improvement over there in his name," he said. "Someone can come up and carjack, rob you or even take your life."She has so far gotten no commitment from Ald. Anthony Beale , whose office has told her it is allotted two honorary signs a year and there is a 10-year backlog.
to follow up on the case and were unable to reach him, they say. Another time, a supervisor hung up on them, according to the family. Richardson says detectives "didn’t put their best foot forward because they thought Myron was another Black kid slain in the streets of Chicago." After Dawson was questioned by police, Carmela Richardson says a detective told her the end of last year he knew Dawson was involved in the murder.
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