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Prince George’s Police Face Trend of Killings ‘for Nothing’
Tron S. Johnson and Terrance L. Sneed were the same age, grew up in the same neighborhood, attended the same high school and, police said, became crime statistics on opposite sides of the same handgun after a fight at a pizza restaurant one night.
Sneed is dead. Johnson, 22, is in the Prince George’s County jail, accused of killing him and two of Sneed’s friends that night.
Posted by: Sammy on 05/12 at 07:11 AM
- 1 · Worse than animals--animals only kill for food.
Comment by Iamangttia on 05/12 at 02:14 PM | Back to Top - 2 · We all are worse than animals- we do many things for our own wants, needs, passions and status.
It just depends on what our want is; and how our society lives, how we were raised- and along with our psyche; on how far it allows us to go to fulfill our needs.
Now I know that sounds strange to us; but think:
You grow up in a violent neighborhood, maybe parnets are also violent or maybe just not around. Violence is endemic- seeing the plastic tape and the body lying there bleeding or crushed from an early age; even at diaper stage. daqy after day- thats the neighborhood excitement and drama. Noone you know goes anywhere. For money you go with the flow. Most people you know dont live long, so you dont expect too either. 30 is old on the streets- so start early on being the tough guy or gal, nobody messes with you or there is payback and big. It is what you know. You know when you die, your funeral will be packed, there will be flowers, choruses, hysteria, tshirts with your picture- and where you die, a memorial. And if you were great the memeorial keeps up for years. teddy bears, liquor, notes, flowers , all the attention that you never had. It shows you were somebody. The more wailing the better.
Now Im not saying its right. Im not excusing anyone. Killing is killing and violence begats violence. I just understand why it happens. And
I really feel for the families who want to protect their kids and want to get out and cant. They are trapped.
Sometimes I think we should keep all those that are violent, drug addicted or dealing together and rescue those that are trapped. Leave them to kill each other.
But I know thats wrong. Everybody should be savable and salvagable.
You know, hell and the devil doesnt really even need to exist. We- society can think up more torture and do more evil than anything else.
A man must learn to understand the motives of human beings, their illusions, and their sufferings. einstein
Comment by BJGoodwin on 05/12 at 08:05 PM | Back to Top - 3 · Thank you, BJG, for being a much needed oasis of sanity and reason.
You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
Malcolm XComment by voxoverguy on 05/13 at 09:38 AM | Back to Top - 4 · "Thank you, BJG, for being a much needed oasis of sanity and reason."
True, but now that we know the reasons for certain people committing crimes it is time to stop excusing it and start doing something about it. Innocent people should not have to be harmed and die because someone else had a perfectly understandable reason for being violent. We all hear about these criminals with rap sheets a mile long that started out when they were teens or younger. Usually only minor crimes like shop-lifting or stealing hubcaps. Then it is stealing cars, dealing dope, armed robbery and assault, then attempted murder or murder. Time after time the courts either slap them on the hand or give them light sentences and then do not closely follow-up once they are released back out into society. If I'm going to make excuses, it is not going to be for these thugs. Regardless of their upbringing, we have laws in this Country that all of them know about--that is why they cover their faces when they rob a bank and why they run and not walk after mugging someone on a street. Ignorance of the law is no excuse and neither is growing up in an atmosphere of crime when there are many more people who grow up in the same circumstances who deplore the actions of their neighbors and do not do harm to others. Needless to say, I am not one who thinks that extending the olive branch to those who had an unfortunate childhood is a course destined to curb crime. This is what I believe is the oasis or sanity and reason.
Comment by Iamangttia on 05/13 at 10:05 AM | Back to Top - 5 ·
Ignorance of the law is no excuse and neither is growing up in an atmosphere of crime
thats pretty much what I said- it doesn't excuse it but it explains it.
You have to grab the kids early, early, early if you want to have change. When I worked with people like these, you realize it does come from non-parenting, non-love (at least not sexual love- they usually know sex by the time they are out of diapers- I mean the "cherish and protect" love) violence, going nowhere, ignorance and rage (for themselves or agaainst others) The rage either way is driven outward.
If we can at least have a 3 year, live- in program for girls having their first child- be it 12, 13 or what; I beleive we can affect that change.
For any boy above age 12 who exibits bed behaviour- not mischevousness, but badness.. he too should be put in a live in program taht is hands on with mentore and learning a trade- not juvie.... Juvie just amkes more hardened criminals and teaches them better ways to commit crime. It also starts institutalizing them so that they become more accustomed to being in than out.
Having seen it and experienced all the horror these kids withstand and how even with the best of intentions fall back at the hormone years- I have thought long and hard on it.
What we have doesnt work- it just means we,
taxpayers are paying for more and more jails and police and have an atmosphere of more and more violence.
Sanity must be reached. We know what we have does not work, but we will not pay for specialized care or schooling for these youth. It can work, but just like an addict to recover and stay clean needs to leave all his past behind, so with these troubled youth. No reuniting with neighborhood, past friends or gangs. Complete removal in a good professional program that reparents a child.
I have sucessfully re-parented adults up to about age 50 and seen the difference. Its just harde the older they get- by 15-25 they are hardened and they have to fall to the bottom before they admit they need to change.
After about 60 they know and are weary and usually will accept help and change.
So...early intervention with small neighborhood great schools and teachers that progress with the students. Mentors and aides. Parent classes- and then if the parent doesnt change,and the kid becomes bad- remove the child from the home and place in programs like those described above.
A man must learn to understand the motives of human beings, their illusions, and their sufferings. einstein
Comment by BJGoodwin on 05/13 at 08:51 PM | Back to Top
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