Why couldn’t you have said it’s a shame to see our “young men” go down like this instead of our “black men?” Besides they found the “getaway car ... one of the victim’s purse, two handguns, two ski masks, cash and coins.” What the hell do you think he was doing there. I’m not saying we should lock the door and throw away the key. In fact, I know of this young man and his family personally and I believe he made a bad decision. But, I also believe in personal accountibility no matter age, race, or gender or any other cirmustance for that matter. To pinpoint the fact that he was a black man undermines the actual criminal probelms that face our youth as a whole. Your comment also implies that black men who commit crimes deserve sympathy because they were “doomed from the beginning.” If in fact he did commit this crime that he is accused of, it is because he made a DECISION. Not because he was “doomed from the beginning.” If this was the case, all black men would commit crime.

He’t not going to trial, he’s just getting a bond hearing. That’s not all that unusual. And this has nothing to do with Black Men “going down.” This young man brought himself down. I know plenty of Black men who don’t act this way. This is about personal responsibiltiy, white or black, this man brought himself down and he’s going to have to account for what he did. He put other people’s lives in jeopardy. Black men aren’t the only ones commiting crimes in this town. Don’t make things a racial issue when they are not.

It is amazing how fast someone can be in court for a robbery but when it comes to other, more violent crimes it can take months.