Posted on 02/17/2010 8:22:47 PM PST by tlb
(Memphis 2/15/2010) An 18-year-old pregnant woman is out on bond tonight after police say she started a riot inside a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant Saturday night.
It happened at the 3600 block of Hickory Hill.
During an interview Monday, Juaneka Key told us she was there with her family celebrating her 2-year-old son's birthday. However, the night ended at 201 Poplar.
"Everybody's putting it on me, five of us got arrested: me, my mom, my sister, my boyfriend, and my step-dad," said Key.
She says it all started because of a long line at the photo booth.
"My sister and little brother were taking pictures, the girl said, 'Dang how long ya'll gonna be?'" said Key.
An argument started, escalated and turned into a brawl when police say Key's step-dad intervened, punched the girl and gave her a black eye.
"Other people [began] jumping in that didn't have nothing to do with the fight," said Key.
Court papers describe absolute chaos with fists flying between both the victim's family and the suspect's. Police say customers and children began panicking and running from the scene to avoid getting involved.
Managers at Chuck E. Cheese's declined comment. Though they have several surveillance cameras there, a worker tells us none were pointed at the incident.
Nearby shoppers call it ridiculous.
"Kinda a kid environment, for adults to act like that is kinda disturbing to me," said Bertha Waller.
"I feel so embarrassed," said Key.
But the teen says she has no regrets and denies any of this was her fault.
"The fact that I'm pregnant, why am I gonna fight? I'm not trying to lose my child," said Key.
Both Key and her step-dad face charges of Disorderly Conduct and Inciting a Riot. The two other suspects face charges of threatening cops as they tried to break up the fight, as well as Possession of Marijuana.
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You obviously haven’t been to Chuck E Cheese. Imagine a building filled with insecure, uneducated, over-inflated former and current gang bangers and drug addicts, trying to impress each other over how tough they are, while completely ignoring the whole reason for being there, their children.
Yup. They live the lie; and then after they’ve abused themselves, they come to the realization that it was meaningless. Sad.
Remember when the bigots of the Left tell us the right wing is full of yahoos, this is the Democratic party’s base doing the fighting.
Yep. I was discussing this with a woman psychologist who worked at a college. She treated dozens of women who were literally devastated that the boy that they let do anything he liked was also messing around with other girls and essentially just using them for sex/comfort.
Eventually the truth works its way out and I hope this next generation is able to mitigate the ills of an oversexed society.
I hope so. People need to take responsibility. This behavior is certainly destructive but so long as the media keeps promoting this promiscuity, and people keep swallowing this tripe, it will continue.
>>> “Never take hallucinogens prior to going to Chuck E. Cheese. Just trust me on that.”
Wouldn’t it be better that way? LOL
Welcome to FR, BTW.
Large animatronic rats and psychedelics do not mix.
Oh. Well. Mmrph.
Considering cardboard is no psychodelic, you’re safe eating the food. Or maybe not so much...
Me too.
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