The door of one opened as the dust swirled. Feet hit the ground, followed by a trill of giggles and chatter.
A parade of children and teenagers emerged, each wearing a striped, awkwardly baggy jail-issue jumpsuit.
These kids, ages 9 to 18, are participants in a two-day program, Camp Summer Stars, hosted by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, with an overnight stay in Tent City.
The words “summer camp” and “Tent City” might not seem like a perfect match, but the Sheriff's Office pitches the program as a way to encourage Arizona youth to stay out of trouble as children and into their adult lives.
Participants stayed Thursday night in a designated area away from inmates. The goal: teaching them about life at the notorious Tent City and how to avoid ending up there down the road.
On Thursday, about 60 participants attended classes about drug and alcohol prevention and got a taste of jail food. The consensus, they said? It's gross
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Chances are those kids aren't there for a field trip. Something led them to that place. Good for Sheriff Arpio! Hope he gives them the infamous chain gang experience so they'll think twice about continuing a life of crime.
ReplyDelete90% of the black kids are seeing their future. FBI stats say 6 out of 10 AA are incarcerated at one time in life.
ReplyDeleteWant a hero sheriff? Look no further! Mike Lewis isn't a pimple on this man's arse!
ReplyDeleteJust a thought, could the crime situation amongst the Black Youth be correlative to the economic woes of the Black Communities and the advertising industry's thrust to make people want the latest greatest stuff?
ReplyDeleteThink about it...
Way to GO JOE!
ReplyDelete1:20 don't think so, it is their "I'm entitled to it" attitude and the governments give it to them free programs!
ReplyDeleteMost of the African American students I had this year, bitched and complained about the "Whiteman", needs to repay them for years of hardship, and discrimination, imposed on them and their families for years.
ReplyDeleteThey truly feel that the world owes them.
I tried to point out that maybe they should rethink this, and look at it another way: Be thankful they live now in the USA, the land of opportunity, and thru hard work and education, they could be anything.
All they heard was they were living here not by choice, and therefore, were owed reparations!
They have been brainwashed from the cradle, too want handouts.
6:22 so true, they are taught from a young age to cry for free stuff, and if they don't get what they want, scream discrimination, or that you are a Racist!
ReplyDeleteReparations...really? Like mentioned above, ALL of us are fortunate to live in the USA...and some of us need to have a "come to Jesus" moment to realize how fortunate we all do have it.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't take much to look across the pond with all the damage/ destructive behavior; or to the south (El Paso TX border with Mexico) and the card board boxes, dirt roads - within eyeshot of the University of Texas El Paso...etc., etc.
Reparations - so tired of that word.