On Monday, 17-year-old by a package explosion at his home on Oldfort Hill Road. It was the second in a string of three attacks in the past two weeks that the Austin Police Department says are related.
By all accounts, Draylen was a remarkable kid, and there have been in the past couple days that testify to that.
One remembrance from former Austin City Council Member 颅颅an essay Draylen wrote as a 13-year-old in 2013 as proof that he was both 鈥渋nsightful and mature鈥� for his age 鈥� even back then. The contest for eighth-graders, hosted by the Hispanic Bar Association of Austin, asked a simple question: What鈥檚 the most important legal issue facing your community?
Draylen won the contest. He had written about racial profiling in policing 鈥� an issue the Austin Police Department . He was given the opportunity to read the essay to the bar association and met U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar afterward.
You can read his , entitled Racial Profiling, below:
