Carjacker shot overnight

[DoggyDaddy]

What disgusting "journalism." The media outlets are sensationalizing this cut and dry story by labeling the dead suspect as a victim. Why, instead, are we not questioning what can be done about preventing this or what the hell the parents were thinking (although it appears they were not)? Sickening, really.




I like your DOS

WTHR just did a piece on their evening news. Started out saying he "reached out" to a mentor at a church... Good right? But then he stole her car from the parking lot. "Reached out" indeed...

 

[HoughMade]

WTHR just did a piece on their evening news. Started out saying he "reached out" to a mentor at a church... Good right? But then he stole her car from the parking lot. "Reached out" indeed...

I had a mentor as a teen and my teenaged son does too. Both mentors went by the same title: "Dad".

 

[bwframe]

I had a mentor as a teen and my teenaged son does too. Both mentors went by the same title: "Dad".

 

[JTScribe]

I had a mentor as a teen and my teenaged son does too. Both mentors went by the same title: "Dad".

I think that's now called "privilege", and it's something you need to "check."

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I had a mentor as a teen and my teenaged son does too. Both mentors went by the same title: "Dad".

As it should be. Now they're called "baby daddies" and they are an illusive breed not often seen near their offspring in some circles of society.

 

[HoughMade]

As it should be. Now they're called "baby daddies" and they are an illusive breed not often seen near their offspring in some circles of society.

I see the degradation of the intact, nuclear family as central to many societal problems. A degradation that is not only defended, but lauded by many.

 

[Denny347]

I see the degradation of the intact, nuclear family as central to many societal problems. A degradation that is not only defended, but lauded by many.

It doesn't HAVE to be a nuclear family. Divorced or never married parents CAN and DO have healthy children. However, with the high number of parents not being the positive role models their kids need, they find them somewhere else, in all the wrong places (been there as a teen myself). With both parents working together (regardless if they are together) will have great results.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

It doesn't HAVE to be a nuclear family. Divorced or never married parents CAN and DO have healthy children. However, with the high number of parents not being the positive role models their kids need, they find them somewhere else, in all the wrong places (been there as a teen myself). With both parents working together (regardless if they are together) will have great results.

Concur. As long as you have people at home who are interested in you and take the time to raise you, who they are is largely irrelevant IMO. For me it was my grandparents. I think I had it better than the kids who lived with Mommy and Daddy but had to go to day care because they both worked, personally. My grandmother stayed at home, so I always had a "parent" there. The only side effect I've noticed is I'm a generation behind on many things for what I consider normal, cool, appropriate, etc.

 

[Hookeye]

Kid sounds like Simeon Adams was his hero.
Glad he exited early.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Concur. As long as you have people at home who are interested in you and take the time to raise you, who they are is largely irrelevant IMO. For me it was my grandparents. I think I had it better than the kids who lived with Mommy and Daddy but had to go to day care because they both worked, personally. My grandmother stayed at home, so I always had a "parent" there. The only side effect I've noticed is I'm a generation behind on many things for what I consider normal, [STRIKE]cool, appropriate[/STRIKE] the bee's knees, the cat's pajamas, etc.

FIFY...

 

[KellyinAvon]

Has anyone blamed the car owner yet? If the car owner hadn't had a car these upstanding citizens wanted young Andre wouldn't have been fleeing from the police/trying to run over the police/getting his dumb ass shot.

 

[VUPDblue]

Channel 6 found and interviewed Mr. Green's father, who of course questions the police accounts of the incident
Father of Andre Green, 15-year-old killed by police, questions police account - TheIndyChannel.com

 

[Cameramonkey]

Well, the Indystar is trying REALLY hard to stir the pot. Their article is BY FAR the worst piece of garbage I've seen thus far. WTHR isn't far behind. FU Indystar!!!

IMPD officers shoot, kill carjacking suspect

Vigil held for 15-year-old killed by police Sunday night - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

Dont forget to lump Fox59 into that sucky pseudo-journalist crowd. I saw on facebook yesterday that they went out of their way to not say the race of the perps in the Mooresville Wendy's robbery. They spent all their time in the article intricately describing how they were dressed, and what they were driving, but failed to mention they were black.

And dont get me started on the vile, ignorant racists that were commenting on it...

 

[dusty88]

IndyStar now details his history. Andre Green: From preschooler with drugs to fatal police encounter

Brought crack cocaine to school when he was 4. I'm not a person who even thinks the government should be controlling the use or sale of cocaine, and yet I think a 4 yr old getting access is serious child neglect.

some other interesting things there: dad arrested for dealing (exemplifying again that many of these men find that as their best way to make an income. Drug war not helping anybody) AND don't overlook the "bulletproof vest". This was a family of criminals, and yes some criminal home invaders will come in with a vest now. Scary.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

Destruction of the nuclear family by the "Great Society" legislation has come home to roost. These kids are emulating their "role models" who have been dependent on .gov for generations. Tough love is needed., Cut off the spigot for every able bodied person unless they work for it. Put them to work in gov't jobs. Parks and streets need cleaning, grass needs mowed, empty lots need maintained,etc. No more sumpin for nuttin.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

IndyStar now details his history. Andre Green: From preschooler with drugs to fatal police encounter

Brought crack cocaine to school when he was 4. I'm not a person who even thinks the government should be controlling the use or sale of cocaine, and yet I think a 4 yr old getting access is serious child neglect.

some other interesting things there: dad arrested for dealing (exemplifying again that many of these men find that as their best way to make an income. Drug war not helping anybody) AND don't overlook the "bulletproof vest". This was a family of criminals, and yes some criminal home invaders will come in with a vest now. Scary.

You posted the same thing on Abdul's page. If you don't think the .gov should be controlling the use or sale of cocaine, it should be ok for a 4-year old to possess it. Right?

 

[Woobie]

You posted the same thing on Abdul's page. If you don't think the .gov should be controlling the use or sale of cocaine, it should be ok for a 4-year old to possess it. Right?

Apples and Oranges. A consenting adult is one thing, a child is another. I have no problem with people owning firearms and carrying them. I abhor government restrictions of those rights. But a 4 year old carried a gun in to school, I would hope the parents would face some hard questions. There are few things government should be intruding into in the lives of adults. But just because I support your right to do something doesn't neccessarily mean I agree with your doing it. I may or may not. But we need to evaluate the competency of the guardian who lets a child (who lacks the capacity for making informed decisions about things I agree with like weapons and power tools, or things I don't, like drugs alcohol, pornography) possess such things. I don't want them regulated, I just think a person should be accountable for allowing a child to endanger themselves, whether that's a plastic bag, a knife or a bag of crack.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Victim of carjacking that led to deadly police shooting speaks out for first time | WTTV CBS4Indy

 

[MCgrease08]

It sounds like the real victim in this case gets it.

“We as African-American males need to stop putting ourselves in those predicaments. If cops tell us to stop, stop,” he said.

The slogan “Black Lives Matter” punctuates the memorial where the shooting happened.*For his part, Marcus says the story should not be about racism, but how to teach kids to avoid a life of crime.

“What you should do as a community is take back your kids and teach your children right from wrong,”*he said.

For Marcus, pictures of Andre Green posing with firearms illustrate why the troubled teen’s dangerous lifestyle–not the choices made by police–led to his*death.

“You have to put the responsibility on Andre Green. It was his choice,” he said. “This young man was out of order. His behavior was out of order.”

 

[dusty88]

You posted the same thing on Abdul's page. If you don't think the .gov should be controlling the use or sale of cocaine, it should be ok for a 4-year old to possess it. Right?

no

I also don't think a 4 yr old should have to go to work to earn his own food

and why are you stalking me online