Kitwana McTyer, president and CEO of Florida United Methodist Children’s Home, where the children lived, called the incident "tragic" and said it is "the result of the system failing our children." [More]
"Our" children?
But in a way, she's right. Those running "the system" have incentivized and weaponized a genie that ain't going back in the bottle.
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So kid figured out how to load and fire an AK. Wonder where he/she learned that? It sounds as if, despite their young age, this wasn't their first rodeo. Wonder if they'll be turned loose at age 18 with record expunged? Also, why weren't these guns in a safe?
ReplyDelete“The homeowner had recently left and said no one should be at the residence but that there was an AK-47, a pump shotgun, a handgun and 200 rounds of ammunition inside, records show.
ReplyDeleteDeputies said the children grabbed the guns and opened fire at deputies at about 8:30 p.m. They also used baseball bats to destroy furniture, toilets and a tub, according to authorities.”
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“The sheriff, at times shouting, lambasted the juvenile justice system and the Florida United Methodist Children’s Home. He said the Jackson has been in trouble with the law before, including when she stole puppies and set her prior facility in Flagler County on fire. After that, she was sent to Volusia County.
“The brainiacs in [Florida state capital] Tallahassee, they want to do this restorative justice stuff. They need to take a deep look and say, ‘Something’s not right here,’ because where the rubber meets the road, these kids are killers. They’re capable of killing. This juvenile citation (expletive) that you hear from these faith groups, they need to worry about what’s going on in the pulpit in their church, not worried about what’s going on on the (expletive) streets when you have 14-year-olds and 12-year-olds arming themselves,” [Volusia County Sheriff Mike] Chitwood said.
He said facilities like FUMCH aren’t equipped to handle some of these children. He also noted that a security guard was beaten to death there earlier this year. He called the home “a complete failure,” adding that deputies have been called there 289 times in the past year.”
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/06/02/deputy-involved-shooting-reported-in-volusia-county/
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/06/03/boy-12-accused-of-shooting-at-volusia-deputies-with-ak-47-appears-before-judge/?__vfz=medium%3Dconversations_top_pages
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/0
3/31/childrens-home-security-guard-fighting-for-his-life-after-teen-attacks-him-volusia-county-sheriff-says/
"The 12-year-old later told investigators that the 14-year-old had said, "I'm gonna roll this down like GTA," referring to the video game Grand Theft Auto, Chitwood said."
ReplyDelete"Roll this down?" More yutes and teens, fo shizzle.