i couldn t understand why carlton was drawn to the street. carlton told me that he was bored. carlton was being pulled through the streets, and they had a great way of doing it. solomon says while he was away in the military, his young son fell in with the wrong crowd. they ll find a weakness in a child and cater to their weakness. once they introduce him to alcohol, they give him more alcohol. from that point then, they give him reefer. from that point, they put something in the reefer. next thing you know, he s got a habit. i didn t find out until he was arrested that he had a habit that dealt with a little cocaine. prosecutors allege that carlton jr. was one of three men involved in a murder of a woman during a home invasion robbery. the victim s brother was assaulted and survived and later identified solomon from a mug shot. if found guilty, solomon could be executed.
you do all the things you re supposed to but you never know. even right now i still don t know. i went off to the military. somewhere down the line, some thing shifted in his life. how it shifted, i don t know. i wasn t in the presence. why it shifted, i still don t know. i didn t know. i wasn t in the presence. but some things changed with him, but he s my son. he is my son. be right or wrong, he s still going to be my son. i know my dad knows in his heart that i ain t though killer. i know he knows that. i just really want to talk to him. that s the thing in my mind, have my dad think that. though carlton sr. couldn t meet with his son, in a few days he will return to visit him. but with carlton jr. denied bail, it could be years before he touches him again since murder trials rarely move quickly.
i am keeping my head up. i want you to know i had nothing to do with this. so i m trying to keep my head up the best i can. yeah. yeah, i know. being in here sucks, you know? i know. i know. i know. it s like being in captivity. i know it suck. it s just a carlton s had a little past, and everything is based upon the past. but i see this with many of our minority kids. they ll be locked up, they ll be searched 15, 20, 30 times. but if a cajun kid, i ve never seen searched 15, 20, 30 times. i don t want my son harassed and bothered. i don t want my son pushed on a car and people searching him for nothing. i don t want that. though carlton sr. acknowledges his son s problems with the law and drugs, he believes young black men are unfairly subjected to racial profiling. carlton has been more or less searched some 30-plus times. and i couldn t understand why.
i know he coaches football. he does a lot with the youth in his community. so it s not only carlton and his own children, he looks out for other kids. i talked to your boy. i talked to him as usual. thank you. i appreciate it. for you, any time. i know you re a good dad. i know you look out for him. that s why i talk to him also. my son has been accused of a horrific crime. i m here in support of my son. not to find out what s going on because i can t do it here. but i need to let him know let him be assured that his family s here to support him. i d like to see my son, carlton solomon. yes, sir. i m a little ashamed that i have to come in this type of environment to see my son behind bars. go to number 18 thank you. carlton come from a family that don t drink, don t smoke, don t gamble, don t he came from that kind of family. he came from a family that went to church. he came from a family that was independent. i couldn t understand why carlton was drawn to the street.
true because i want to see him live a prosperous love. i talked to him a lot of time about changing his ways. he ll give you that classic smile of his and say, yes, sir. the but then i ll see charlton in trouble again. you got the to stop doing this to your dad, man. you putting more and more gray hair in his head. you make a promise, you get out this time, that s it. man, i m going to make a promise. if i get out, i m going to go straight work, straight to home, you know. for real. i got faith in you. shake on that. you can tell deep inside he is a good person. i want him to learn from his mistakes and make his dad proud. today, solomon s father, carlton sr., has come to the jail to visit his son. hey, stranger. how you doing? been a long time, long time. haven t seen you in a long time, man. i ve met his father from visiting at the juvenile and spoke with him a lot.