The two men were accused of holding the boy down, and giving him a bulldog tattoo against his will. They were on trial for aggravated mayhem, and had they been found guilty, they would have been given a life sentence.
The testimony of the little boy was that he did not want the tattoo.
The two men said that the boy wanted the tattoo, and the father said the boy begged him for the tattoo, and he said he loved his son and would never deliberately hurt him.
The Bulldogs are located in different areas. I can't remember all the gang names, but there are the Park side Bulldogs, East side Bulldogs, and others. They engage in the usual: murder, robbery, drugs, vehicle thefts, residential burglaries, and occasional rapes.
Even if the kid ‘begged’ for the tattoo, 7 isn’t old enough to make that kind of decision.
What in the world are the particulars for “aggravated mayhem”?
“and the father said the boy begged him for the tattoo”
Kids need parents, not “cool big friends”.
we need to take back this land...and the dirt and filth of society needs to be unceremoniously dumped.
As if life isn’t hard enough, without branding “Loser” on a kid before he has a fair shot at life.
Putting Daddy behind bars for life would possibly be the best thing that could possibly happen to this kid. As-is; he doesn’t have a chance, I wonder how many innocents this predator is going to beat, maim and rob, before he winds up behind bars .... just like Dear Old Dad.
gang members on the jury I bet
And Fresno has 26 murders this year to date (last year, at the same time there were 13 murders). Gangs are out of control.
“Not guilty” sends the wrong message entirely.
These thugs should have been punished severely. Informal authority must not fly here; we need the rule of law to speake more loudly than ever.
These men should have been convicted and punished severely.
The testimony is clear as a bell.
That is a huge gang in Fresno. It may be dangerous to convict possible gang members over something like this.
It’s all a square peg and round hole.
It’s like the case of the kid with a rosary “gang symbol” or calling Jewish circumcision “mayhem”.
You take down gangs for crimes, not symbols, free speech, parental discretion etc.