Ok, so I have to a bit of a rant here.\u00a0 Last year, a couple of young delinquents threw a large rock at my car as we were driving home in our neighborhood.\u00a0 Had the top window been open, the rock would have struck me in the head and could have caused a crash.\u00a0 I tried to chase them down but they got away.\u00a0 However, we found out who they were from some young Mexican kids who they normally bullied.\u00a0 These poor kids were just happy that someone FINALLY would do something to them since they were bullied and afraid to speak to the authorities.\u00a0 We confronted the mom and the kids admitted to it, so we called the police and charges were pressed.<\/p>\n
My wife went to court over it and we found that it would cost $500 in repairs to fix the vehicle.\u00a0 The kids pled guilty and were found guilty.\u00a0 They were ordered to do community service and pay the $500 in restitution.\u00a0 The judge apparently said that even if they moved they still had to do community service and pay the restitution.<\/p>\n
We had never heard anything and contacted the courts since they had a year to do this.\u00a0 What we eventually found out was that another trial had been scheduled since they never sent any money to the courts and never reported any community service.\u00a0 They never showed up, of course, and we were told since they couldn’t find them that they were just found guilty with a felony on their record and the case was closed.\u00a0 I spend five minutes online and found out that they’re currently living in St. Louis, MO.\u00a0 We were told that since it’s just kids and only $500 that it was closed since the state couldn’t do anything any more.<\/p>\n
So let’s recap here.\u00a0 What happened is that a couple of kids caused damage to a vehicle.\u00a0 They were found guilty.\u00a0 They were ordered to pay us back for the damage they caused.\u00a0 However, all they had to do was move out of Virginia and they don’t have suffer any consequences for their actions.\u00a0 We were told “but they will have a felony on their permanent record.”\u00a0 This means jack.\u00a0 People with felonies can easily find almost any kind of job in this day and age.<\/p>\n
I realize now why there are so many young punks in this world.\u00a0 They can basically get away with anything because it’s “too expensive” to prosecute them.\u00a0 They can get off scot-free without repercussions from their actions.\u00a0 And then they’re free to continue being young punks wherever they are.\u00a0 It seems to me like this is just another example of how broken our legal system is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ok, so I have to a bit of a rant here.\u00a0 Last year, a couple of young delinquents threw a large rock at my car as we were driving home in our neighborhood.\u00a0 Had the top window been open, the … Continue reading