The fucking Wire addressed this shit over a decade ago. I grew up in poverty and was myself a party to some violence that to this day haunts me, and those saying we need support systems are right. I've done time in juvenile and that shit didn't fix a thing. No doubt, there needs to be consequences for their actions but it's never as simple as "this teenager is an animal".
Post my first stint in juvi I was sent to an adult prison to spend time in a single cell with a first degree murderer. This man knew right out the gate where I was coming from, he didn't try to scare me straight (which was the intent of the program) he was just like fuck these dudes. The thing that finally removed me from the violent street life was empathy, education, and patience.
Videos Ike this only serve one purpose And that's to demonize minorities and the poor. If you think these kids need to do hard time you have no understanding of the macro level issues at play here in America with minorities and the poor
Post my first stint in juvi I was sent to an adult prison to spend time in a single cell with a first degree murderer. This man knew right out the gate where I was coming from, he didn't try to scare me straight (which was the intent of the program) he was just like fuck these dudes. The thing that finally removed me from the violent street life was empathy, education, and patience.
Videos Ike this only serve one purpose And that's to demonize minorities and the poor. If you think these kids need to do hard time you have no understanding of the macro level issues at play here in America with minorities and the poor