For anyone who may be bored and wants to read a complete BS story - here it is --- >
Tonight we're looking at the criminal career of one young man and asking why?
He is 19 and has his whole life ahead of him, but not at the rate he's going.
It's a closer look at Justice Failed.
(And they don't mean the rope broke)
In the case of Cedric Gaston, it works two ways.
Maybe the system failed him, but he also failed the system.
(Or, WTF is he doing in the "system" to begin with?)
He has had more charges and more second chances in his life than birthdays. He has 22 pending right now.
A couple of those are from a car break-in over the weekend. He was caught in the act and out on bond the same day.
In fact, his jail time is just a flash in the pan. In all of his arrests for breaking into cars, armed robbery, stealing, and lying to police, the most time he has done is six months.
Usually it is a day, maybe two weeks here or there.
"I'm always curious when I see the mugshot of a 19 year old on television. That's not what the plan for his life should have been," said Children's Advocate Brett Loftis.
Loftis tries to turn young offenders around. They have a saying in his job.
"Sad kids steal and angry kids rape. If you don't deal with the disfunctions early on, they'll manifest in some way."
We have no idea about Gaston's life.
Loftis said, "I know he's been arrested a lot, obviously there's a problem..."
His family wouldn't talk and whatever his issues are, they are not an excuse.
In the same way, Loftis says locking Gaston up isn't a solution. "Which there's a purpose in, but you really don't want him to come back, you have to do something different while he's there."
But he doesn't believe in giving a million second chances either. At some point, there's a real public safety issue. (Like after an armed robbery or two - or three?)
That is what ticks off police officers and a lot of people in this community.
Ultimately, Gaston makes his own choices and today he failed to show up in court.
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