Posted on 04/01/2016 2:59:22 PM PDT by BBell
A 9-year-old boy armed with a Taser was picked up by authorities Monday afternoon (March 28) after he and another young boy – seen pulling a handgun from his waistband – were spotted trying to break into cars near the Riverwalk outlet mall, New Orleans police said.
Dawne Massey, NOPD spokeswoman, said the 9-year-old was apprehended by police near the Riverwalk and World Trade Center, but was released to his mother's custody because he is younger than 10 – the state's minimum age of culpability.
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Five months earlier, two brothers – ages 11 and 6 – were arrested after police said they were seen rummaging through a pickup truck bed at Royal and Marigny streets. A man who confronted the boys that Oct. 16 afternoon said the 11-year-old flashed a gun wrapped up in a shirt.
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This is why my heart has hardened to the point that if I read that one of these young guys gets gunned down I really don't care.
You’re not alone.
That person robbed at gunpoint could just as easily be you or me. I have a family to support. So do you most likely.
I have “Zero Tolerance” for these episodes.
I hope someone shoots both of them in the face.
More of the Soetoro tribe?
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