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Parents Fight Over Which Gang Toddler Should Join
the Denver Channel ^
| April 10, 2008
Posted on 04/11/2008 7:52:00 AM PDT by proud_yank
Police: Mother A Crip, Father A Westside Baller
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. -- A couple fighting about which gang their 4-year-old toddler should join caused a public disturbance that resulted in the father's arrest, Commerce City police said Thursday.
On Saturday, Joseph Manzanares stormed into the Hollywood Video store where his girlfriend worked, threatened to kill her and knocked over several video displays and even a computer, Commerce City police Sgt. Joe Sandoval said.
After he ran out of the store, police were called and the 19-year-old was arrested at his home.
His girlfriend told police that they had been arguing about the upbringing of their son and which gang he should belong to. The teen mother, who is black, is a member of the Crips. Manzanares is Hispanic and belongs to the Westside Ballers gang, the woman said.
"They have different ideas on how the baby should be raised. Basically, she said they cannot agree on which gang the baby would 'claim,'" Sandoval said.
Manzanares was charged with disorderly conduct, harassment, and domestic violence. He was transported to the Adams County Detention Facility.
On Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was sentenced to a year of probation. The misdemeanor harassment charge was dropped.
TOPICS: Local News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: co; crime; crips; diversity; gang; manzanares; youths
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Daddy.
To: proud_yank
Is this the result of intergang dating?
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posted on
04/11/2008 7:54:34 AM PDT
by
Former Proud Canadian
(How do I change my screen name after Harper's election?)
To: proud_yank
To: proud_yank
and we were afraid of the mafia, these guys target other races, the mafia targeted their enemies.
To: proud_yank
Is there a “there’s no hope for this poor kid” gang?
5
posted on
04/11/2008 7:55:56 AM PDT
by
cjshapi
(Proudly posting without a tagline since 2001)
To: Former Proud Canadian
Sadly, not a shred of hope in this kid’s life.
6
posted on
04/11/2008 7:57:41 AM PDT
by
ZX12R
To: proud_yank
This is sick.
Both parents should be thrown in stupid jail for life.
7
posted on
04/11/2008 8:06:23 AM PDT
by
svcw
(I reject your reality and substitute my own.)
To: proud_yank
Remember when parents used to argue over which college their child should attend? I wonder if any still do?
8
posted on
04/11/2008 8:08:46 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: proud_yank
Young couples used to argue about which church or day care they’d put their kids in. My, times have changed.....
9
posted on
04/11/2008 8:08:50 AM PDT
by
AuntB
('If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
To: cjshapi; svcw; ZX12R; girlangler; fanfan
Is there a “there’s no hope for this poor kid” gang?
I think he was just born into it!
10
posted on
04/11/2008 8:10:23 AM PDT
by
proud_yank
(Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
To: proud_yank
Most likely the child be in a ChainGang picking up trash along the highway under the barrel of a shotgun.
11
posted on
04/11/2008 8:12:46 AM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
(7 days - 7 ways Guero >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona....)
To: proud_yank
The authorities should let the kid be raised by a couple of cops. Piss off both liberal idiot parents.
12
posted on
04/11/2008 8:13:40 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: proud_yank
Some problems are to be expected in a mixed shack-up.
13
posted on
04/11/2008 8:21:54 AM PDT
by
Hacklehead
(Crush the liberals, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the hippies.)
To: proud_yank
It’s good to see a dad being involved with his kids these days.
14
posted on
04/11/2008 8:22:45 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: proud_yank
"They have different ideas on how the baby should be raised. Basically, she said they cannot agree on which gang the baby would 'claim,'" Sandoval said. Hey, at least daddy acknowledges that the kid is his, and seems to be passionate about how he is raised. That's more than can be said for a lot of fathers.
Though in this case, I suspect Jr. may have been better off if dad had quit the scene a long time ago.
15
posted on
04/11/2008 8:24:35 AM PDT
by
timm22
(Think critically)
To: proud_yank
(sniff) ... Just like West Side Story ... (snuffle)
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posted on
04/11/2008 8:26:00 AM PDT
by
r9etb
To: proud_yank
Now had they been arguing over whether or not to homeschool, they’d be facing child endangerment charges.
17
posted on
04/11/2008 8:33:02 AM PDT
by
JZelle
To: proud_yank
I wonder if being a member of Free Republic qualifies as being a gang member?
18
posted on
04/11/2008 8:41:27 AM PDT
by
2001convSVT
("People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence")
To: proud_yank
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posted on
04/11/2008 8:42:35 AM PDT
by
fella
(Is he al-taquiya or is he murtadd? Only his iman knows for sure.)
To: 2001convSVT
“I wonder if being a member of Free Republic qualifies as being a gang member? “
Absolutely.....wait until you get ‘initiated’....quite a ceremony. And we have colors too....Red, White, and Blue.
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posted on
04/11/2008 8:50:07 AM PDT
by
AuntB
('If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
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