hi, kymyada. why don t you come out here? i ll talk to you out here. unfortunately your mom said that you need a lot of structure right now and that your history of breaking the rules is something that s not likely to change. so the court s ordered that you be placed at the alternative house in gary today at 4:00. so until maybe some counseling can take place between your and your mother while you re still underage, you can t go to your mother, you re going to have to be in placement. oh, well. that stuff s crazy. hang in there. hang in there. it may help, and it may not help, but i can t allow her just to get away with it.
got to. you don t have a choice. i just feel like breaking down. my mom, she really wants the best for me. but at the same time, how can i get the best out of something if she s not going to be there to talk to me about it? all right? i just waited for that day to get out of here. i just want to leave. family involvement from one case to another can vary greatly in the juvenile justice system. while kevin struggles with what lies ahead, kymyada finally has her day in court, where she s convinced she ll set the record straight with her mom. you not lying? i m not nervous at all. it was just a misunderstanding. the judge will listen to my mom, but once she hear my side of the story and she ll know where i m coming from, she ll understand, too, and so will everybody in the courtroom. i need kymyada.
what did she run away from? she ran away from her mother s house. but she s denying running away and saying she was at her grandmother s house with her baby because her mother kicked her out. and that she went home for something and then her mother called the police. so we ll find out. unlock this door. kymyada, come on out. i m upset because i m back here again, but this time it s a misunderstanding. when i was 14 the first time i ran away my mom is going to whoop me for something i didn t do. i couldn t take it no more. i run away fighting her just going wild because nobody was paying attention to me. do you remember the intake process? the last time when you were here? yes. you know you re referred here for runaway. did you have any problems until recently? my mom said if i couldn t abide by the rules, i had to leave.
hi, kymyada. why don t you come out here? i ll talk to you out here. unfortunately your mom said that you need a lot of structure right now and that your history of breaking the rules is something that s not likely to change. so the court s ordered that you be placed at the alternative house in gary today at 4:00. so until maybe some counseling can take place between your and your mother while you re still under age, if you can t go to your mother, you re going to have to be in placement. oh, well. that stuff s crazy. hang in there. hang in there. it may help, and it may not help, but i can t allow her just to get away with it.
i have tried a lot in my progress. they really hurted me so bad. i do love my baby. yes, i know i was wrong. i would love to go home and start over again. because i know i can succeed. that s all i just wanted to add. i just want kymyada to understand my concern is always for the baby. she s a helpless individual. if you re acting out of her concern, first and foremost, that s the only thing i want to see happen. so if even my comments make you do that, then i ve accomplished what i want. mr. ruck, anything else? judge, i think kymyada has done what we hope happens when somebody is not released home to their parents. and that s that they think not just about what they did, but what the people in this courtroom told her. the structure is in place at home. kymyada is ready to take responsibility for herself and her child. and the court should reconsider at this point releasing her to her mother today. i think for her and for a lot