Records show the 19-year-old had a violent past and the shooting has now put Tennessee’s juvenile justice system under nationwide scrutiny.
The aftermath of the shooting rampage in Memphis, which unfolded on a live stream, has caused mixed emotions when it comes to how to address youth crime.
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Or as I like to say: If they do adult crime, make 'em do adult time.
Dumb shit is never going to change. Lets see.. what should we do with him?
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DeleteThere have been some, too few really, who point out having a 'troubled past' isn't an excuse for heinous acts of violence and crime and I'd like to use my late father's side of the family to illustrate this.
ReplyDeleteMy paternal grandfather and grandmother had a tumultuous relationship I am told, especially after the Great Depression when it seemed my grandfather lost everything and will motivation to try and rise above it all and the family moved in with my grandmother's family.
I was told by my uncle there was a period when they literally did not have 2 nickels to rub together. Now at one point, this uncle had managed to save up some $6 and keep in mind that in the 1930's this was an amount of money that was not to be sneezed at. My grandfather, learning of this, so family history goes, took a tomato basket and beat my uncle until the uncle (a child then BTW) handed over the money he had earned on his own. The oldest child, an aunt, when she was 16, pulled a knife on my grandfather in the course of an argument and then left the house never to return.
"So how did all of this turn out? The uncle who had his own money taken away from him eventually went own to marry his high school sweetheart and stayed married until her very untimely death in the late 70's. And his child got a college degree and she went on to be a respected guidance counsellor in the local school system.
The aunt who pulled a knife on my grandfather? She married first, a long-distance truck driver and of course was alone for long periods of time. Nonetheless, she worked as a legal secretary and raised a son who eventually went to and graduated from Yale on a USMC ROTC scholarship.
As to the other two children, including my late father, another aunt married a farmer an stayed married until his death. My father after being discharged from the Marine Corps, used the G.I. Bill to go to college, the first in the family to do so, with a degree in accounting and went on to work at the Thai Embassy first, and then as a civil service in state service.
And last, these 4 brothers and sisters even going their different ways, stayed close to one another.
So I don't talk to me about a 'troubled past' to lessen the onus of committing a crime.
I bet the MSM is referring to the 19 year old man asshole as "a teenager".
ReplyDeleteThe death penalty eventually works. It's just too bad it takes 20-25 years to get carried out.
ReplyDeleteJuvenile court should only deal with juvenile crimes like truancy, run away kids, and the little bastards who won't listen to the birthing unit because the sperm donor is unknown.
ReplyDeleteIf it is a crime, make them face the music, and none of the soft because they are a kid. I'd execute juvenile murderers and make their entire class watch it on film.
I’m sure that with the proper counseling and encouragement while in prison he can become and really successful repeat offender.
ReplyDeleteFry him.
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