[McBuff]

I’d like to know, of the % who commit violent crime, come from broken homes or homes with no father/father figure.

In fact, a 1997 Hudson Institute Study, “Fathers, Marriage and Welfare Reform” found that:

70% of long term prison inmates
60% of rapists
75% of adolescents charged with murder
Grew up without a father in the home!
Fatherless Children are 3 times more likely:
To fail in school
Suffer psychiatric disorders
Experience adolescent suicide
40 times more likely to be victims of child abuse

Presently, 72% of all African-American births take place without a father in the home. . .do the math. . it's not a pretty picture.

[ExTxMarine]

You are both RACIST for even mentioning their family lifestyles or race!

This was a good boy! He wasn't WITH the gang, he was there trying to sell magazines to pay for his college! Just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Now, forget all that other nonsense and be angry at our militant police for killing this young, innocent child!

Is the /sarc tag really necessary?

[Theodore R.]

The American people still believe that higher minimum wages and greater welfare benefits will overcome these obstacles. Wasn’t NE one of the first conservative states to increase the minimum wage? With huge voter approval