The Devil’s Playgr ound
Cordell Singh was smart and bored. With two parents working, he had hours of
unsupervised time to kill after school every day. Is it su
c rowd of older boys? To gai
deliveries at a P.O. box. When he discovered he was relaying subversive material, they told
him that he would go to prison as an accessory if he told anyone. He chose to trust them.

Three years later he del
was putting it in a trash can, killing him and wounding six others. B
brought his younger brother, El
sentence in prison.

If you are a working parent, ask yourself what your child needs more—a few extra dollars,
or a parent at home?

If your friends ask you to become involved in something you think might be illegal, ask
yourself if you are

Ask yourself if innocent people deserve to die because you weren’t brave enoug
an anonymous phone call to the authorities.

The Devil’s Playground
Cordell Singh was smart and bored. With two parents working, he had hours of
unsupervised time to kill after school every day. Is it surprising he found himself drawn to a
c rowd of older boys? To gain their approval, he delivered packages and picked up
deliveries at a P.O. box. When he discovered he was relaying subversive material, they told
him that he would go to prison as an accessory if he told anyone. He chose to trust them.

Three years later he delivered a homemade bomb to the Mall of America. It went off as he
was putting it in a trash can, killing him and wounding six others. By this time he had
brought his younger brother, Elroy Singh, into the group. Elroy, now 15, is serving a life
sentence in prison.

If you are a working parent, ask yourself what your child needs more—a few extra dollars,
or a parent at home?

If your friends ask you to become involved in something you think might be illegal, ask
yourself if you are really willing to die to be one of the ‘in-group.’

Ask yourself if innocent people deserve to die because you weren’t brave enough to make
an anonymous phone call to the authorities.