Parents Fight Over Which Gang Toddler Should Join

the Denver Channel ^ | April 10, 2008

[proud_yank]

Police: Mother A Crip, Father A Westside Baller

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. -- A couple fighting about which gang their 4-year-old toddler should join caused a public disturbance that resulted in the father's arrest, Commerce City police said Thursday.

On Saturday, Joseph Manzanares stormed into the Hollywood Video store where his girlfriend worked, threatened to kill her and knocked over several video displays and even a computer, Commerce City police Sgt. Joe Sandoval said.

After he ran out of the store, police were called and the 19-year-old was arrested at his home.

His girlfriend told police that they had been arguing about the upbringing of their son and which gang he should belong to. The teen mother, who is black, is a member of the Crips. Manzanares is Hispanic and belongs to the Westside Ballers gang, the woman said.

"They have different ideas on how the baby should be raised. Basically, she said they cannot agree on which gang the baby would 'claim,'" Sandoval said.

Manzanares was charged with disorderly conduct, harassment, and domestic violence. He was transported to the Adams County Detention Facility.

On Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was sentenced to a year of probation. The misdemeanor harassment charge was dropped.

[proud_yank]

Daddy.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Is this the result of intergang dating?

[television is just wrong]

organized crime.

[television is just wrong]

and we were afraid of the mafia, these guys target other races, the mafia targeted their enemies.

[cjshapi]

Is there a “there’s no hope for this poor kid” gang?

[ZX12R]

Sadly, not a shred of hope in this kid’s life.

[svcw]

This is sick.
Both parents should be thrown in stupid jail for life.

[theDentist]

Remember when parents used to argue over which college their child should attend? I wonder if any still do?

[AuntB]

Young couples used to argue about which church or day care they’d put their kids in. My, times have changed.....

[proud_yank]

Is there a “there’s no hope for this poor kid” gang?

I think he was just born into it!

[ßuddaßudd]

Most likely the child be in a ChainGang picking up trash along the highway under the barrel of a shotgun.

[dead]

The authorities should let the kid be raised by a couple of cops. Piss off both liberal idiot parents.

[Hacklehead]

Some problems are to be expected in a mixed shack-up.

[AppyPappy]

It’s good to see a dad being involved with his kids these days.

[timm22]

"They have different ideas on how the baby should be raised. Basically, she said they cannot agree on which gang the baby would 'claim,'" Sandoval said.

Hey, at least daddy acknowledges that the kid is his, and seems to be passionate about how he is raised. That's more than can be said for a lot of fathers.

Though in this case, I suspect Jr. may have been better off if dad had quit the scene a long time ago.

[r9etb]

(sniff) ... Just like West Side Story ... (snuffle)

[JZelle]

Now had they been arguing over whether or not to homeschool, they’d be facing child endangerment charges.

[2001convSVT]

I wonder if being a member of Free Republic qualifies as being a gang member?

[fella]

Romeo and Jullitte, huh?

[AuntB]

“I wonder if being a member of Free Republic qualifies as being a gang member? “

Absolutely.....wait until you get ‘initiated’....quite a ceremony. And we have colors too....Red, White, and Blue.

[Jeff Chandler]

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[Alouette]

HOW DO I REEECH THEES KEEEDS!!!!

[martin_fierro]

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[martin_fierro]

I wonder if being a member of Free Republic qualifies as being a gang member?

Ees no a gang, ees a clob.

[Mr. Silverback]

There’s always hope for divine intervention.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

"But how do you thank someone, who has taken you from crayons to perfuuuuuuuuuuuuuuume...?"

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

HOW DO I REEECH THEES KEEEDS!!!!

BWAH-ha-ha-haaaaa!!! ;)

[Mr. Silverback]

At least they weren’t doing something really irresponsible like homeschooling without a teacher’s certificate in California.

[Mr. Silverback]

Hey, it’s been awhile since I’ve seen you around these parts! Howyadoin?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Both parents should be thrown in stupid jail for life.

What happens when the inmates are running the asylum?

We're way past prison time being of any consequence at all.

[CSM]

This would have been the inevitable result if Romeo and Juliet had lived.

[crusty old prospector]

Oh well, I am sure that the “No Chil’ren Left Behind” program will provide a safety net.

[2001convSVT]

Very good! LOL

[Slings and Arrows]

Havard or Yale, Caltech or MIT, Crips or Bloods...?

[Alouette]

“How do I reech thees keeds” ‘Tard pinb

[EveningStar]

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[Stoat]

Can this be true...Westside Ballers have a T-shirt, coffee mug, button and refrigerator magnet collection? Could this be the same "organization"???

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[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Dr. Laura sez: No intergangless relationships!

And no, folks, this is not a John Semmens satire piece.

[EveningStar]

[Gondring]

"Believe me, Ovaltine's got what it takes to help you be a leader in your gang."

[stand watie]

rotflmRao.

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[stand watie]

rotflmRao.

otoh, i PITY the kid. he has TWO cretins/losers for parents. in a few years, he may wish for "retroactive abortion" on BOTH.

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[Stoat]

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"sniffle"

I wanted to hear that!

 

[stylecouncilor]

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[Albion Wilde]

At least they weren’t doing something really irresponsible like homeschooling without a teacher’s certificate in California.

OMG, that was a keyboard-killer!

Just when you think it can't get any worse out there.... Let's see, he is 19 and his son is 4. It takes 9 months to have a baby, so his age of siring the child would have been, at most, barely 15...

[Gator113]

“....so his age of siring the child would have been, at most, barely 15...”

But he learned it in disciplined state schools, in required classes, provided by the best teachers in the world. It’s for the children.....

See, the system works.

[Albion Wilde]

He must have been absent the day they demonstrated condoms and bananas.

[Tamar1973]

And think about it...the mother is even younger.

[Grizzled Bear]

Word.

[Southerngl]

You are right. Generally the mob won’t bother you unless you make a bad deal with them. And they usually respected women and children (not all, but most). These gangs just enjoy the violence.

That being said; when I was a single mother of two toddlers and I was ‘protected’ in the projects. As a white woman with babies, they did stop a few predators (who would comment as I walked to the “you living up there alone now ain’t ya”. I was seriously terrified most of the time.

Proud to say that I only lived there a year until I saved enough for a duplex and then bought a home a year after that. It’s a tiny home, but it’s mine and I’m not on government support anymore.