It will only be a short time before the professional grievance class calls this new approach racist. And the challengers will win in court. The tickets/summons are going to disproportionately be given to minority parents, therefore the ticketing process creates a “disparate impact” toward federally protected persons. That makes the new strategy unlawful, watch.
ST. LOUIS (KSDK) – Police are turning their attention to parents after a recent increase in crime involving young teens. They’re sending a warning to guardians: take responsibility for your kids, or you could end up in court.
ferguson angerOfficers started using this new tactic following a shooting over the weekend. Police say one group of teens shot at another group of teens late Saturday night. A 16-year-old boy was hit in the foot. The shooters got away, but officers were tasked with finding the guardians of the victims. When they found them, police say, none of them knew where the kids were at the time of the shooting. So, they were issued summonses for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
The shooting was just one of several involving young people within the city of St. Louis in recent months. And, young teens were also recently involved in a string of violent robberies downtown.
In one case, a group of girls, ages 12, 13, and 14 were arrested for attacking women and robbing them downtown. The 13-year-old suspect was also pregnant. And, within that same week, a group of boys in school uniforms reportedly brutally attacked a lawyer who was walking on 10th Street near Olive.
It was after those cases that police started brainstorming on how to help fix the problem, and they decided to be more aggressive about holding the parents of these teens responsible.  (read more)
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