Yes, if my child was a big enough dumbass to associate with “friends” of that caliber then I failed as a parent and my child would have failed to learn self respect. As such, they should probably not procreate and create more of the same.

Trying to blame this on the kind of life they had is a cop out. I had a pretty crappy life growing up, but did not get into any trouble, let alone what these individuals have done. Furthermore, why does this country keep crying foul when people get in trouble with the law, then due to their actions suffer an injury of…