I am not normally in favor of retribution in kind, but in this case I could just about see it.
Police said Kayla Neighbors lifted her 10 month-old daughter Aryana into the air last week and slammed her to the concrete. Neighbors told police Kayla had been using methamphetamine.
If this mother did what she is accused of, she should never again see the light of day. And I don’t think she should be excused because she has a drug problem. In fact, that should be seen as an aggravating circumstance and the penalty should be increased.
I heard about this on the way to work this morning and the thought of it just about made me upchuck.
A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.
OK, first, if the police are mum, the media should be as well. How does it serve the community to announce to criminals that the cops are out looking for them?
Now, second, this warrant sweep is a great thing. Neighborhood gangs are a big problem in Indy. There were 124 homicides in 2008 and 50 already this year in Marion County. They are predominantly homicides by firearm and just as predominantly young men shooting other young men. You draw your own conclusions after that.
These are the men and the guns you want to get off the street.
There have been a couple episodes of Crime 360 based in Indy just recently. The first was that of the Carter brothers (2008-102 and -103 last Halloween), and the second that of Michael Cowherd (2008-91 last September).
The Carter brothers were murdered by an AK-47 after attending (crashing?) a party and fighting over a girl. Cowherd was murdered by a 9mm when he was caught in the crossfire of his friend and his friend’s enemy.
Apparently these young men do not know the value of a life.
What I have learned by watching true crime on TV: if you want to stay alive, don’t hang around violent criminals.
I mentioned yesterday that Mas Ayoob is one of my very favorite firearms writers. I have to say that you won’t enjoy what he writes about, but you need to read it. You will get the side of this thing that the big media don’t report.
