What does "running the streets" mean? If his cousin lives in an apartment complex, the parking lot is the kid's front yard.
I disagree, that 10pm is not to late for a child to be out running around.
Friday night in the summer, 12 yrs old, and you think 10 p.m. is too late to be outside?
I do wonder about your children and their behavior as well as their safety.
My children are very well behaved and plenty safe, so don't worry.
As a side note, I would not view ass as a personal attach just a statement of fact.
Fine, then you're an ass.
Now we are getting somewhere.
i live in muskogee, oklahoma, but i was raised in west memphis. i do have two children in that age group, and they are allowed to stay on our street until 9 pm. i dont think i was allowed to stay out after dark until i was about 15 or so. first off, if the cops were staking out the apt complex for drugs, why would you even let your kids stay out there after dark, hoping they get in on the cut? i do agree that children should have a little freedom when they turn 10 or 11, but a little at a time. give them too much, you pay for it later on. when you live in a suspect place, you have to act accordingly. i do not agree that the kid should have been shot, i hate it, makes my heart break for him and his parents, what a lesson to be learned that way, but what was the cop supposed to do... get close enough to see that it wasn’t a real gun and get shot? its just a sad situation all around, but making it out to a race thing is not going to bring that boy back. we have to get a point that we make some changes on how we raise our children... white and black! thanks for readin!