TV Documentary Paints
Grim Picture Of Teens, Crime
"Crime, Punishment and
Kids" aired recently. The docu
mentary painted a grim picture
for those teens that break the law.
For anyone who felt that kids
only commit petty crimes, the
news program was an eye
opener. While it is true that the
crimes youth commit begin
small, the NBC documentary
found it also to be true that the ser
iousness of the crimes increase
with each subsequent arrest.
* Several teen delinquents inter
viewed, committed crimes of kid
napping, murder, rape, armed
robbery. From their "conversa
tions, a few hints like hanging
with the wrong crowd or living in
generational violence alluded to
their troubles. But there were no
clear cut solutions to finding ef
fective methods of a failing de
tention system.
One thing's for sure, the sys
tem that is presently enforced to
lawfully discipline our kids has
felled miserably and could even
bis blamed as one reason why a
kid repeats an offense. Too often
there is no rehabilitation process
ip many of the country's deten
tion centers.
Her* s on* kid s story. Let's
call him Pete. Pet* is a whit*
male teen who comes from a
seemingly stable background.
He lives with his stepfather and
toother. The day before Pate
jkhooto his parents with a 44 <*li
her, he kills a cashier. In his own
Words, Plato told the NBC inter
viewer how he killed his parents
bnd then laughed once the act had
been committed. Pet* left home
ahd went out bragging to his
friends of his deed. But then
when he returned home he pre
tended to be distraught, an
guished over what had transpired
*nd vowing vengeance. Pete,
who finally confessed to the three
murders said that his heavy in
volvement in devil worship di
rected and controlled his actions.
' Then there was Angel. Angel
held a female under gun point
and allowed a friend to rap* her.
But unlike so many of the teenage
boys that appeared in "Crime,
punishment A Kids", Angel's
story had a ray of hop* After
spending time at a detention cen
ter, Angel was able to get a job
and was making positive efforts
to change his life. Both at these
kids had been in trouble with the
law since they were nine.
What about detention centers?
As stated they detain, but they
don't reform. One teen being in
terviewed said that it took his
committing three offenses before
he was placed in a detention cen
ter. Before that he mocked that he
was just slapped on the hand by
juvenile judges and sent home.
Another youngster said that the
first time he went to a detention
center, he said he would never
come back. He went 15 more
times. Even the law enforcers
admitted to the ineffectiveness of
the detention centers. One police
man replied, "When you arrest
them, they laugh, because they
know that their parents will come
to get them out."
So what is the answer? A few
trial programs, underway may be
part of the solution. One thing’s
for certain though and that is if
something isn't done soon, socie
ty will pay.
BRAVO CHARLOTTE
On Saturday, August 8, Chan
nel 9 will present an hour long
symphony special called "Bravo
Charlotte." It will focus on the
music selected for the tour, the
lifestyles of the people in Europe,
and the challenges the musicians
faced while on their trip.
This presentation will high
light the biggest cultural event to
happen in the Charlotte music r
community. It demonstrates that
music is truly the international
language that everyone can un
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LIGHT WRITING
The photographs of Marshall
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man, Sharon Anglin Kuhne,
- Wanda Levin, John M. Morgan,
John Rosenthal, John Scarlet*
and Many Moor Winnatt will ba
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Public radio station, WFAE
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dT the cities that experienced riots
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