And now one bad decision could become the sum of his life, assigning him a label that allowed the police officers who came to his home to judge him and his stepfather, a journeyman carpenter and a deacon at his church.
I have made some bad decisions growing up and thankfully even as black woman in Chicago I was able not to be arrested for them. Even adults receive grace. Even adult criminals but most black young men especially in inner city neighborhoods do not receive grave. They are guilty until proven innocent and even when proved innocent still treated ad guilty. Make it make sense.
