The 7-Year-Old Versus the Rapper

So, they arrest a 7-year-old kid for sitting on a dirtbike yesterday on a sidewalk in Baltimore City:

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8NTDAFO0&show_article=1

And then, they give a man who robbed two people at gunpoint community service:

http://www.examiner.com/a-622108~Diddy_apprentice__Chopper__gets__sweet_deal_.html

How's that for a fucked-up message? Hey, kids!!! If you rob people and become a rapper, you can get away with anything because that makes it OK. The man who is anxious to put what he did to two people at 16 behind him is obviously turning over a new leaf because he's unable to make his court date due to being in jail in Georgia over a domestic violence charge.

So, 7-year-olds are taught to hate and fear the cops because they'll get harassed and arrested, but it's OK to rob people at gunpoint because he was only 16 when it happened.Well, Chopper, enjoy your new Benz while you can, because you're probably headed back to jail for something more serious the next time around.

Of course, there are 7-year-olds who are ill-mannered little pieces of shit. You can be a thug at any age. Children need to be instilled with a sense of right and wrong from the get-go, which is something that a lot of parents don't do these days.

But there's nothing like overkill. If the boy was sitting in front of his house on the dirtbike (his mother had the key), what harm is that doing? How fucked up of the Baltimore police department to pursue children instead of the drug dealers and "people" like Chopper who lead good children into a lifestyle that isn't.

I had a psychology professor as an undergraduate who was pretty mellow, but when the subject of cops came up, she referred to them as "licensed thugs." The Baltimore police department is out of control.

Just like when they arrested the driver of a car who'd gotten lost in Cherry Hill, a well-known drug neighborhood, and left his girlfriend abandoned on the street with no ride back to Virginia. The young couple had come in to watch an Orioles game, and had gotten lost trying to find their way home. And the cop arrested the driver because he didn't leave the area quickly enough after she'd stopped him. They were trying to get their bearings, as the cop who stopped them refused to give them directions so that they could find their way home. Either she was trying to meet her arrest quota (yes, they have them--even cops admit it if the subject comes up), or she was just being a pig, or both. Either way, it shouldn't have happened. As I remember, both of the young woman's parents were cops, so it's not like she didn't have any respect for the profession. They're suing the city, as his car got vandalized after it was impounded. I hope they win every last cent they're entitled to and then some.

Mayor Sheila Dixon needs to put a kibosh on this abuse of power immediately. It sends the wrong message, and has been going on too long. It's a shame for the many really good cops who are out there doing their jobs the best they can.

I'm waiting to read about Chopper's next arrest, and see how "sweet" the deal he gets this time around.

It's a shame that black children learn to respect the bling-bling ho lifestyle, complete with guns and crime, of course, more than they do the law and being good citizens. This is one perfect example why.