it s okay. i ll see you at 1:30, all right? you re going to be all right. i ll be here all day every day. i love you. i love you too. hang in there. i certainly understand why the court did what it did. there s not a solid support structure in place where this mother says i m going to take care of this problem. and he s not going to be back again. while i certainly was advocating for him to go home and would have liked to have seen that, i understand the court s decision. with so much testimony pushing against morris release, the judge decides he should remain locked up until his next court hearing. rodrick, on the other hand, is coming to court with his own cheering section. but will it be enough to sway judge bonaventura? he actually asked me to stay on probation throughout the summer until his 18th birthday at his last hearing because he felt the extra supervision from myself would really help him get through the summer to ensure that he would be able to stay on the rig
but right now, he must face his mom. so i can get out tomorrow? i don t know. do you think you should? why? you didn t do anything? you didn t go to court. i know. i was scared. you were scared? because they said they were going to give me two years in placement. you should have just gone to court. i m going to court now. uh-huh. you don t have a choice. they told me they took you to the hospital. you test positive for marijuana. so you been smoking huh? i don t know. you don t know? what you smoking that for? for stress. you feel like you need something to calm you down? that s what you should have been telling the counselor and the therapist if that s how you feel. that s what i m talking about, the things you re telling me, you need to tell them. you may have a chemical imbalance. who knows? there s medicine for that. and people are not crazy who take it.
nothing but a little bench warrant. what did you do? didn t go to court. what you have to go to court for? probation. how long have you been on probation? i ve been on probation for, like, five years. i m not really too worried about these court dates. i don t know. now that i m 18, legally they can t hold me no more than 120 days. as soon as i get this legal trouble out of the way, i know i m going to have a good life. i have all the essential tools and capabilities to carry me anywhere i want to go. but it s just me finding a way to use them. monday morning means court is back in session. those detained downstairs in the
so kenneth defies you? sometimes. i have no further questions. the probation department is recommending that they remain detained. and be ordered to complete a psychological evaluation. there s also in the neighborhood, i ve talked to mom about this a lot of gang activity on the street that they live on. i believe that they are affiliated with the gangs. a lot of drug activity as well. i ve discussed that with her, so i strongly recommend they remain detained pending the psychological evaluations. anything else? yes, judge. regarding kentrell, the state agrees with mr. smith. he s a very dangerous person and needs to remain detained. as far as mr. gant, state also feels he s a dangerous person. i think that the court cannot take the chance that he may cause another person harm. he needs to remain detained as a danger to the community also. judge, we agree with the psychological evaluation component of the recommendation.
this is his fourth referral to the court. and these are serious charges. for all of those reasons the court will find he may be a danger to himself or to the community. they ll both remain detained pending that their next hearing is on december 5th. all right. this hearing is adjourned. thank you. i don t like anybody to be in pain. certainly not kids. i love them. i ve been doing this job for 26 years. the work is heartbreaking. but there is no more work that s more important than the work in a juvenile court. i can t do it. i can t do it, man. ooñóokñ.??????ó