Charlotte settled a case like this recently for over $1MM to the victim’s family prior to the criminal trial (Kerrick case). The criminal trial ended up being a hung jury and they decided not to re-try it due to the video evidence. I think that settlement may have been premature but it wasn’t for near the amount of this one.
*Baltimore Announces $6.4 Million Settlement in the Death of Freddie Gray*
Sadly, Freddie Gray was born and raised in a anti-social Baltimore Street Culture that deprived him of experiencing and enjoying a safe, fairly happy American kid childhood.
Like many childhood victims of our expanding *National Epidemic of Child Abuse & Neglect*, I have no doubt that Mr. Gray suffered from depression caused by a immature caregiver who failed to properly raise and nurture a young developing Mr. Gray.
Mr. Gray’s mom introduced him to a life of hardship and struggle, and now she is cashing in on her inability to protect her child from growing up depressed and filled with hopelessness.
I’d like to see the good people of Baltimore compensated for all the money they spent prosecuting and housing a depressed, criminally-minded Freddie Gray.
If his mom, Gloria Darden, required social services to raise and nurture her developing son I’d like to see that money returned to the People of Baltimore because it is evident Freddie’s mom did a monumentally poor job of raising and nurturing her depressed, angry, frustrated son.
We need to re-examine our child welfare and protections laws, protecting young developing citizens like Freddie Gray from being emotionally scarred for life by immature teen girls and women who irresponsibly begin building families before acquiring practical skills, PATIENCE and the means to raise and nurture fairly happy American kids who enjoy SAFE STREETS to play in.
Rest in Peace, Mr. Freddie Gray, one of countless victims of early childhood abuse and neglect.
Unfortunately, the socialist agenda of the democratic party perpetuates the very problem you identified. Providing teens with birth control and condoms, at will and without the parents knowledge, is promoting sexual promiscuity. (Please don’t give me the “they are going to do it anyway” excuse. Because we can use the same excuse for people who text and drive. Why don’t we teach people how to text and drive safely, if they are going to do it anyway).
Rewarding single parents with an extra $600 a month for each child they have is basically saying “here is a raise for bringing a child into this world that you cannot afford”. Very little of that money is actually used for those poor children.
The mentality is so “bass ackwards” that it appears impossible to reverse. Some may have had noble intentions to help. Unfortunately, their short-sightedness and ignorance to humanity’s desire to want everything for free has created a society that is enslaved to the government handout. They blame everyone else for their circumstance instead of rising above the challenge.
I gave kudo’s to those who try and succeed, as well as those who try and continue to try. It is those people that we should be extending a hand up (and out). Those that are lazy and milking the system should be required to work for what they get.
integrity, isn’t it amazing that Dr. Ben Carson was raised in the worst ghetto of Detroit by a single mother who had the good sense to make sure her son got his education and was able to rise from those circumstances to become a world renowned neurosurgeon? The odds of that happening are astronomical in today’s society.
How did this come to pass before all the investigations have been completed? A loved one was a shooting victim of a pedophile who whipped more than one kind of pistol; the guy wasn’t convicted on charges other than illegal possession of a weapon. 4 charges of attempted murder were dropped; the public lewdness charge was dropped despite witness and police testimony (you don’t want the graphics, people). Office for Victims Services reimbursed some medical bills to a single victim; that was the extent of civil “settlement.” All that matters is the culture and environment. And that trial was four years later. I wonder how Freddie Gray’s family would have fared 4 years after his death.
Premature
Charlotte settled a case like this recently for over $1MM to the victim’s family prior to the criminal trial (Kerrick case). The criminal trial ended up being a hung jury and they decided not to re-try it due to the video evidence. I think that settlement may have been premature but it wasn’t for near the amount of this one.
*Baltimore Announces $6.4 Million Settlement in the Death of Freddie Gray*
Sadly, Freddie Gray was born and raised in a anti-social Baltimore Street Culture that deprived him of experiencing and enjoying a safe, fairly happy American kid childhood.
Like many childhood victims of our expanding *National Epidemic of Child Abuse & Neglect*, I have no doubt that Mr. Gray suffered from depression caused by a immature caregiver who failed to properly raise and nurture a young developing Mr. Gray.
Mr. Gray’s mom introduced him to a life of hardship and struggle, and now she is cashing in on her inability to protect her child from growing up depressed and filled with hopelessness.
I’d like to see the good people of Baltimore compensated for all the money they spent prosecuting and housing a depressed, criminally-minded Freddie Gray.
If his mom, Gloria Darden, required social services to raise and nurture her developing son I’d like to see that money returned to the People of Baltimore because it is evident Freddie’s mom did a monumentally poor job of raising and nurturing her depressed, angry, frustrated son.
We need to re-examine our child welfare and protections laws, protecting young developing citizens like Freddie Gray from being emotionally scarred for life by immature teen girls and women who irresponsibly begin building families before acquiring practical skills, PATIENCE and the means to raise and nurture fairly happy American kids who enjoy SAFE STREETS to play in.
Rest in Peace, Mr. Freddie Gray, one of countless victims of early childhood abuse and neglect.
#RestorePrideInParenting
#EndChildAbuseNeglect
#ProtectKidsFromIrresponsibleCaregivers
Avery, well said.
Unfortunately, the socialist agenda of the democratic party perpetuates the very problem you identified. Providing teens with birth control and condoms, at will and without the parents knowledge, is promoting sexual promiscuity. (Please don’t give me the “they are going to do it anyway” excuse. Because we can use the same excuse for people who text and drive. Why don’t we teach people how to text and drive safely, if they are going to do it anyway).
Rewarding single parents with an extra $600 a month for each child they have is basically saying “here is a raise for bringing a child into this world that you cannot afford”. Very little of that money is actually used for those poor children.
The mentality is so “bass ackwards” that it appears impossible to reverse. Some may have had noble intentions to help. Unfortunately, their short-sightedness and ignorance to humanity’s desire to want everything for free has created a society that is enslaved to the government handout. They blame everyone else for their circumstance instead of rising above the challenge.
I gave kudo’s to those who try and succeed, as well as those who try and continue to try. It is those people that we should be extending a hand up (and out). Those that are lazy and milking the system should be required to work for what they get.
integrity, isn’t it amazing that Dr. Ben Carson was raised in the worst ghetto of Detroit by a single mother who had the good sense to make sure her son got his education and was able to rise from those circumstances to become a world renowned neurosurgeon? The odds of that happening are astronomical in today’s society.
Well said, Avery. Very well said.
Good, I hope they use the money to rebuild the town that was burnt down included the senior home that was being built.
How did this come to pass before all the investigations have been completed? A loved one was a shooting victim of a pedophile who whipped more than one kind of pistol; the guy wasn’t convicted on charges other than illegal possession of a weapon. 4 charges of attempted murder were dropped; the public lewdness charge was dropped despite witness and police testimony (you don’t want the graphics, people). Office for Victims Services reimbursed some medical bills to a single victim; that was the extent of civil “settlement.” All that matters is the culture and environment. And that trial was four years later. I wonder how Freddie Gray’s family would have fared 4 years after his death.