Where's the parents of these kids? They should be charged as accessories to the crimes their kids are committing, with apparent regularity.
Ha! It's a "cultcha" thing. Hanging out with da hood is a cultcha thang. And their mommas will get in yer face over how hard their lives are, and how dare you insinuate their child is causin' problems. Why you must be a racist or oreo. I've heard this one a zillion times. And of course the screwed up lawyers who wanna keep racism alive, at the expense of messed up kids, just keep on fuelin this type of "neglect" of children. Sometimes, neglect is far worse than.. dare I say it... "spanking!" (running away.....)