Let me repeat: A lot has changed over the years since our juvenile laws were originally enacted. Children were deemed delinquents in need of supervision who were mischievous by shooting out windows or street lights with bb-guns, who were petty thieves and shoplifters, who hung around on the streets all hours of the night and who were truants or run-aways.
Many of today’s juveniles are vicious malicious gun-toting thugs who murder, rape, burglarize and commit armed robberies without regard to their victims. These juveniles are out-and-out dangerous criminals, not the immature delinquent youths our juvenile laws were designed for.
And here is how Rick responded to those comments:
Yep! Far too many in the justice community - indeed, even the juvenile justice community - turn a blind eye to the evolution of delinquency that you mention, choosing instead to rationalize this increasingly violent behavior as "acting out," among other excuses.
Even Ray Lewis, a star player for the NFL Baltimore Ravens, said Monday in an interview that there will be an increase in crime in the streets if the upcoming NFL season is cancelled because of the labor strike. When asked why he thought that, Lewis said, ".. because there's nothing else for them to do."
Not a lot of hope for the delinquents at point to take responsibility for their actions when one of their role models spoon feeds them the 'victim' excuse - echoes from Sharpton and Jackson.
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