tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11589310.post6399742205733769938..comments2023-07-01T05:22:38.290-05:00Comments on Crime in Memphis, TN: Babes WITH ArmsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11589310.post-33965555936618379942008-02-05T00:13:00.000-06:002008-02-05T00:13:00.000-06:00and then there is yet another on campus shooting y...and then there is yet another on campus shooting yesterday (2/4/08).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11589310.post-68039423599473849802008-02-04T16:01:00.000-06:002008-02-04T16:01:00.000-06:00I can count on one hand in 10 years the times I've...I can count on one hand in 10 years the times I've had a JC case where both parents even showed up. Usually, it's just the mother, since the dad is (1) in jail, or (2) nowhere to be found.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11589310.post-67475880254254350272008-02-04T13:16:00.000-06:002008-02-04T13:16:00.000-06:00I'm not surprised. Yesterday, we had 4 juveniles (...I'm not surprised. <BR/><BR/>Yesterday, we had 4 juveniles (known gang members according to police)arrested for breaking into a neighbor's house. Another neighbor saw them coming out from the back of the house carrying what turned out to be an XBox and games. The police rounded them up almost immediately, caught red-handed. They ranged in age from 14 to 16 years old, and we all suspect they'd hit another house on the same street earlier in the week given the way each burglary occurred. (They've been using a drainage ditch to ferry between Berclair and the Binghampton/Highland Heights area, robbing homes and making their escape in the ditch which is about half underground.)<BR/><BR/>We all wondered, as the cops hauled them to Juvy, where's Mom and/or Dad and why there is no outcry over these kids unless they end up getting killed over their thuggish behavior. We also remarked that, unlike their home turf, we aren't afraid to call the police and that maybe it'll make them think twice about coming to our neighborhood to be criminals!<BR/><BR/>This also makes me wonder about Juvenile Justice in the County. Is it also a catch and release? These kids were busted for B and E, will they sign them over to parents at JC? Should tougher sentencing laws also apply to juveniles who commit felonies?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com