Interesting. As I was reading the original article, I was thinking to myself that it could have gone down like this. The older I get, the less trusting I am of a lot of law enforcement.
I don't know if this version of what happened is accurate or not. Point is that you don't jump to conclusions based on your predjudicies. Let the story play out. JJ is now shown to be a thug but don't paint his brother in the same light until you know more.
If it's true that this guy was not in uniform and didn't identify himself, it sounds like the kids were justified in not understanding why this guy in street clothes was yelling at them and detaining the one boy. I wouldn't respond to an officer not in uniform, either.
Right. And in reading the new version of the story, it just sounds like some tough guy cop trying to buck-up to what he thought were street thugs, which is easy to believe, really. Most cops are good, but there are plenty of them who walk around like they have something to prove.
Damn, if that kid has a high gpa and scored a friggin 32 on his ACT then he definitely becomes more believable than a new orleans cop. 32's don't just fall out of trees. You have to be very smart and very focused to do that. Not typically a kid that beats up a cop. Also, the whole gun part of the story from the cop is very suspicious. I don't know about you guys but some guy being chased by a cop throws a gun, it will be retrieved and found.
My daughter worked her ass off to get a similar ACT. She took the test 4 times and studied for forever. You are right, he has spent a lot of time with his head in a book. If a gun was dropped and he was indeed acting "thugish", it would have been picked up by someone in the crowd and turned in. A few years ago, I got on the wrong side of one of my clients. Turns out he was the ex DA. That dude made my life a living hell and I never did anything wrong! Those with power can screw up and cover it up at others' expense with relative ease. I have first hand, very expensive knowledge. Thus my growing distrust of law enforcement.
uh.... no. The apple doesn't fall quite that far from the tree It's the other kid. The one initially approached by the cops. David Sampson Jr.
