Vancouver Island man’s brother and cousin die amid protests in Chicago
Having just bought ice cream with his wife Elizabeth and three sons Noe, 13, Jeremy, 12 and Kian, 7, Jelks was marvelling at the day’s beauty, the paragliders’ ballet in the skies, when he received two calls from his sister followed by one from his mother.
Jelks, 42, has one brother in jail. His other brother, Darius Jelks, 31, was with cousin Maurice Jelks, 39, as the two drove through protests and looting on the south side of Chicago. Jelks recalls the day in Chicago he was walking to a friend’s house, his university registration papers under his arm, when police swarmed. They descended from alleyways and cars.
Educators and parents need to teach their children to treat one another with respect — to treat others as you wish to be treated, he said.He lives in Langford and commutes to his job at Ladysmith Intermediate. He coaches the Victoria Spartans football team, and before that Victoria minor football. “We have to reach the kids; when people are adults they’re set in their ways,” said Jelks. “My protest is in a different way. My protest is being with the youth and showing them a different way.”
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