for desperate measures. what do you think of legalizing marijuana to balance state budgets? that is our water cooler question of the day. >> this week giving us day after lovely day of weather. can we count on more for the weekend? "11 news today" continues right now. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> good morning and happy friday. i'm jennifer franciotti for mindy basara. >> i'm sarah caldwell for stan. thank you for joining us. >> before we get to the big story let's check the forecast with john collins in for sandra shaw. wow, beautiful. >> a little headline you set me up for failure. how can i manage what happened in the past week? the wheels fall off the cart a little bit into the weekend although today looks pretty good but there will be changes for weekend. so, what can we expect after run we have had? yesterday in the low 80's. yesterday the low humidity, this

morning there are clouds down in south-central virginia, a couple of sprinkles out of that. but here we have clear skies, temperatures mostly low to mid 60's. probably a few, a couple of upper 50's here and there. very nice. we will see how long we can hang on to this. >> no pressure there. >> not at all. >> you know it is all your fault by the way? >> i will take creditor the good stuff. what is happening with the traffic? >> not a lot. fairly light. remains that way. it was like that the whole 5:00 hour and now we just have a few problems from yesterday. camp meade road the ramp to the inner loop is blocked due to a sinkhole and closure of artscape which is next weekend. dolphin between mount royal and howard shut down. no delays. you can see according to the live cameras that they pretty much tell the story this morning as we give you a view at beltway at pulaski. any cars at all? i don't see any.

on 97 at generals highway looking very good so far this morning. we will keep you posted and let you know if any problems come up. >> our big story, it was an emotional night in nashville as family, friends and fans gathered to remember steve mcnair. >> keith mills is live in the studio with more on the memorial service. a lot of folks showed up. >> they did. steve mcnair's widow and four boys obviously an emotional time for them. two of the boys on hand for the memorial service. so was derrick mason. pete gilbert has more as more than 4,500 family, friends and teammates honored him. >> fans arrived early willing to bake under a tennessee sun for their chance to say good-bye. former teammates poured in remembering what made steve mcnair a gridiron legend and their friend. eddie george inspired by his

father in thinking of steve wrote a poem. >> so, walk with your head held high into the gold en lien ligh knowing you have done your very best, wrong or right. release, let go, embrace the flight, to a place where warriors go. thank you. >> derrick mason spent send seasons catching passes from mcnair. but he was a family friend. with tremendous dignity he spoke from the heart shouldered the way representing his last team. >> michelle, trenton, tyler, the baltimore ravens organization, the owner and city of baltimore send their love and prayers. >> he also recognized the horrible way steve left his family. >> michelle, i know your days have been hard. so many things running through your mind. but take comfort in knowing that steve is in heaven saying thank you, babe. to trenton and tyler i can't

teach you how to fish, i can barely swim, arend can't love you like your dad did. but i can love you like a father. >> afterwards jeff fisher shared his thoughts about moving forward for the mcnair family. >> make sure those boys are fine. i'm going to take them fishing sunday. i told michelle i would do that. we will get off to this healing process on the right foot. >> that is jeff fisher. thanks to pete gilbert. the funeral service is tomorrow at the university of southern mississippi. ozzie newsome, ray lewis, samari rom and ed reed will represent the ravens. derrick mason one of the classest athletes. well said last that in nashville. >> he really was. a baltimore county soccer coach

is accused of trying to have sex with a 14-year-old girl. kerry after sncavanaugh is livee story. >> he was known as mr. chuck to the players but police say the 32-year-old volunteer soccer coach was a sexual predator. charles friedel is charged with sexual solicitation of a minor and distribution and possession of obscene material all linked to overtures which police say he made to a 14-year-old girl by cell phone. charging documents say the girl told her parents we friedel sent naked pictures of himself and asked her to send the same. this happened while he was a coach volunteer for the greater baltimore soccer club. investigators say an undercover officer posing as the girl lured him to a royal farms store on the pretense of sex where he was arrested. >> this is a person who betrayed that trust of the parents and

actually tried to exploit a girl he was not even coaching but was the sister of one of the girls he was coaching. >> friedel is free on $250,000 bond and police want to hear from any parents who believe their parents may have been approached inappropriately by him. >> 200 students attending summer school at a baltimore elementary school had to be evacuated after a drug suspect used it to hide from police. just after 10:00 a.m. keyon earl was picked up outside william paca school. before they could take him in custody he ran inside the school. after a six-hour search police found him inside a classroom cabinet. it is unclear how he got into the school since school doors are supposed to be locked on the outside. >> two more men tied to the murder of a rosedale witness have received their sentences. marcus peer sop will serve 35

years while ronald williams received 25 years. both played key rolls in the murder of carl lackl who was gunned down days before he was to testify against patrick byers. prosecutors say pearson helped plan the murder and find the triggerman. they say williams drove the shooter to lackl's home. a 19-year-old has pleaded guilt to murdering a 14-year-old girl he had been dating. charles jakes will serve 25 years after pleading guilty to killing shaup shawn. griffin's mother said she ignored demand she stop dating him. when she snuck out of the house in april of 2008 she was shot to death in jakes' basement. skrshgs prosecutors have withdrawn three subpoenas against mayor dixon. attorneys for the mayor argued the state prosecutors officer was abusing the grand jury process by shook the summonses seeking records and testimony

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>> 11 past 6:00, friday morning, nice out there. clear skies, 65 degrees downtown. and we are starting another day with low humidity and very pleasant conditions. there are some clouds to the southwest in parts of virginia south of recall charlottesville and a couple of sprinkles evident with that. not the way the weather is headed. this will dissipate as the atmosphere heats up and we will stay very nice. let's look at what is going on out there so far. july 1 through the 9th the coolest in the last 15 years. feels like it, right?

because all of the dew point temperatures for most of this period have been in the 50's. when it is that low it is a very dry atmosphere. average high is 87 this time of year. we will be be closer to this tomorrow. annapolis 65, stevens vilville . middle river 63. aberdeen 61. westminster 61. frederick is 63 right now. big area of high pressure over us. dry atmosphere. this kind of gray smudge is the cloudiness to the southwest and again that would last all that long. the stormy weather is to the west. this kind of upset situation will all kind of come together as one cold toronto later today add start moving east. as we lose the high pressure we allow the cold front to come in tomorrow. but today we continue this trend of nice weather with partly cloudy skies. low humidity. 78 to 83 the high. east-southeast winds five to 10

miles an hour. the ocean city forecast today some scattered clouds, 78 the high. partly cloudy saturday, good way to start the weekend at 80 degrees. there may be a morning thundershower on sunday then partly cloudy skies. 82 the high. again generally drier conditions, a little more humidity coming into the picture even at ocean city as we move into saturday and at least the first part of sunday. the forecast for today on our future cast, we are dry. here is the cloudiness to the southwest again, doesn't have any impact on our weather. but we begin to see evidence by friday evening out to the west of that front coming in, maybe an isolated shower. but moo saturday we see more rain ahead of the front. rain chances increase for a line of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, then we dry out for sunday. so the seven-day forecast, recap today, very pleasant, 81 the high. partly cloudy. more humid tomorrow, 86 the

high. by late in the day a few scattered showers and thunderstorms. sunday looks dry, monday scattered storms, temperatures stay cool. warm up midweek with rain chances and hot, humid conditions wednesday. >> let's check the morning commute. new problem on westbound 32. broken land parkway an accident reported. no sign of delays on 95 or 295 in howard county but on the south side of the beltway the ramp from camp meade to the inner loop blocked with a sinkhole and a closure in advance of artscape dolphin at mount royal to howard blocked this morning. it will be throughout the week until next weekend. not looking at any delays. nice on 97 north and southbound. and harrisburg expressway north of the beltway approaching from the maryland line to the beltway moving without delay. j.f.x. looking good, too.

>> looking at some of the top stories, the man accused of killing a guard at the d.c. holocaust museum will face a up. a preliminary hearing is listed for the map arrested in last month's museum shooting. he is charged with first degree murder of steven johns who held the door hope for von brunn before he allegedly pulled out a rifle and opened fire. roland burris says he will not seek a new term after being tapped to fill president barack obama's senate seat. he was under the microscope from the start and ever i understand rod blog tapped him amidst a federal pay for play investigation. since the appointment even more questions surfaced over what burris offered the governor for the appointment. prosecutors in illinois charged the manager of an historic black cemetery and three grave digers with felony charges in a keep it resell burial plots. the suspects dug up hundreds of

bodies at burr oak cemetery, dumped them and resold the plots to unsuspecting mourners. investigators say it could be months before they fully understand what took place there. it is the final resting miss for several notable black americans including emmitt till and blues legend dinah washington. >> banks are offering courtesies to customers but some watchdogs say they appear not to be so gracious. if you overdraw the account most banks offer courtesy overdrafts which covers the account but they have started to look at it as a major revenue stream to the tune of a projected $38.5 billion this year. the federal reserve is looking at some overdraft practices but there are concerns any action by the fed won't be enough to rein

the practices in. so far for retailers summer has been a confidential season. according to smart money.com five retail sectors have been hit hardest in the summer slump. car dealers, home furnishing, apparel, electronics and full service restaurants. you can see the effects in discount retailers. car buy-back programs and two-for-one restaurant offers. that means the reality of slow sales add up to real bargains for customers. a.i.g. is finding it difficult to break the habits that led to a national outcry. michelle steele has that and more in the bloomberg business report. >> it is an all too familiar head lien a.i.g. asking lawmakers to approve millions dollars of bonuses for executives according to the "new york times." american international group the beneficiary of $160 billion of government aid. is taking the green light from obama administration officials to hand out over $2 million in

retention bonuses next week and again in september. it is predicting that a.i.g. shares may be worthless after the u.s. is repaid the tarp funds. all they major indexes inching out gains yesterday. goldman sachs upgraded spurring a rally in financial shares. maryland index led by choice hotels and foundation. let's get back it goldman sachs here. poised to report the largest profits since it set earnings records in 2007. analyst are saying the advance marks the return of the same business model which was the envy of wall street before leading to the collapse of lehman brothers. goldman the recipient of $10 billion in tarp funds. that is business news at the new york stock exchange. i'm michelle steele, reporting for wbal tv 11 news. >> it is one of the most remote places on earth but could easter island hold the secret to a

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>> let's fill you in on a few problems object the roads. an accident in howard county westbound 32 at the broken land parkway off ramp. possibly some lanes closed. outer loop ramp from camp meade to the inner loop i should say. that ramp is blocked with a sinkhole. we may have a vehicle fire, bus fire, reports near woodlawn and security and closure of dolphin from mount royal to howard. that will be in effect until next week. no delays yet. speed sensors looking good. 97 at generals highway north and southbound running smoothly. harrisburg expressway just north of the beltway coming toward us is southbound traffic no delays. j. fch j.f.x. good and the same for the rest of the messenger roads.

>> temperature now low to mid 60's. some suburban readings are in the upper 50's. it is 23 past 6:00 now with clear skies overhead. so we are starting out another great day. we have had a string of terrific weather with low humidity and very comfortable temperatures. the stormy weather is out in the midwest and that is where the cold front that will come in tomorr tomorrow, not today. today we are looking good again. tomorrow we have a rain chance. i will have the details in a few minutes. >> it looks like we could get our first look at the new g.m. today. it is expected to announce it is emerging from bankruptcy. a court ruling that was keeping it on hold expired for thursday.

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>> good morning and welcome back to "11 news today." i'm sarah caldwell for stan stovall. >> i'm jennifer franciotti for

mindy basara. john collins has a look at the forecast. >> it is not too hard to look outside. the sun is shining, all the clouds and rain is out to the southwest. another good day. what about the weekend? we will talk about it coming up. >> baltimore county police want to know if there are other potential victims after a soccer coach is arrested for trying to have sex with a 14-year-old girl. kerry cavanaugh is at police headquarters in towson with the story. >> those who know the married fared are shocked by the allegations. charles friedel sent a young girl obscene photos of himself with his cell phone then tried to get her alone. >> this is a person who betrayed that trust of the parents and tried to exploit a girl who he was not even coaching but was the sister of one of these girls that he was coaching. >> he was known as mr. cluck to the players. now police say the 32-year-old

volunteer soccer coach is a sexual predator. charles fried sexual charged with sexual solicitation of a minor and distribution of obscene material linked to overtures which police say he made to a 14-year-old girl. >> he thought she was cute and somehow they exchanged numbers or got the numbers and at that point they started exchanging texts. >> charging documents say the girl told her parents when he sent naked pictures of himself and asked her to send his own. an undercover officer lured him to a royal farm on the pretense of sex. >> his neighbors are stunned by the a.c.c. indications. >> it is really scary. the first time i have ever come face to face and talked to someone who been accused of this. >> the greater baltimore soccer club issued this statement about its former volunteer. chuck coached during this year's

spring league. as far as we know he was not scheduled to coach this fall. friedel is free on $250,000 bond and police sigh they would like to hear from any other parents who believe children were inappropriately contacted by friedel. >> the maryland transit administration is adopting a zero tolerance policy when it comes to operators using cell phones or sending text messages on the job. officials say any bus or train operator found to have been using a phone or texting will be fired even for a first offense. the m.t.a. says it took the action after the washington metro system made a similar change yesterday. a spokesperson says the agency will inform operators union of the change but will not bargain over it. anne arundel county police are looking for a suspect in the shooting of a pass deadena man. it was near whitaker and huff roads with gunshot wounds much he was taken to shock trauma. no word as to who might be

responsible for a murder in west baltimore. police say an 18-year-old whose name has not been released was shot in the chest just after 11:00 p.m. wednesday night near division and lawrence streets. he was taken to shock trauma but didn't survive. the auction of the ambassador theatre failed to pfrj anyone's ticket. it failed to get above $$120,000 and the building has served as a church and cosmetology school. it is a big day for president obama. they will meet with the pope following the end of the fwfshgs 8 summit. nikole killion has been following his travels and has the latest from the washington bureau. >> the president and pope have spoken before but this will be their first meeting and the white house says it expects frank talks. as the group of eight summit ends president obama's final

stop in italy rome where he and the first family have an audience with pope benediikened. the president looks forward to this and since a very good coverings he had with the holy father as president-elect in early december. he has been looking for an opportunity to visit. >> it caps a trip that began in russia and continued in the town of l'aquila. which was the seat for the smt where the president got mixed results on climate change. >> we made a good start. but i am the first one to acknowledge that progress on this issue will not be easy. >> this morning mr. obama met with a group of african leaders ahead of his trip to ghana his final stop. >> they are trying to make a point about the fact that africa is part of the grand foreign policy vision. it is not some separate sevephe.

>> africa is a big topic on the final day. world leaders including the president are said to pledge billions for a food initiative. >> another day in the pool and another world record for michael phelps. last night at the u.s.a. national championships he set a new world record in the 100-meter butterfly beating the old one by almost .2 second. you can see the video tomorrow afternoon at 1:00. an injured seem has been given a new least e on life. hamilton scooted across rehoboth beach into the atlantic ocean and he turned up in bermuda back in february with a fishing net around his neck. it had sliced an open wound nearly all the way around. fortunately the staff could nurse him back to health and send him on his way.

>> now we are looking at the morning commute. a pretty good one despite a few early morning problems. westbound 32 at broken land parkway an accident. that one is still being cleared. we have camp meade roadblocked to the inner loop due to the sinkhole. dolphin at mount royal to howard blocked in advance of artscape. security a bus fire this morning. not indicating think delays as far as the speed sensors. pretty nice ride but an accident or closure on southbound 895 as you make your approach to the harbor tunnel. this information just coming in to us. left lane closed. we will keep you posted on this. we will switch000 traffic on the harrisburg expressway mortgage of the beltway and looking pretty good. that is the latest on "traffic pulse 11." now john has a look at the forecast. >> it is 25 minutes before 7:00 and temperatures are in the low

to mid 60's. low humidity again this morning so it feels nice out there with sunny skies. big area of high pressure over us. this is what the map will look le like this evening. in the great lakes reaching down in illinois, iowa and southern plains a cold front. that will change saturday's weather. the forecast coming up in detail in a minute. >> actually, we are on right now. david alan greer, we are prepping him for this interview. he has been entertaining more than two decades. living color, chocolate news, bewitched, little man or on the stage performing in the wiz it goes on and on. you have had a chance to see him in person as part of a national stand-up comedy tour and we are

happy to welcome him to the show. good morning. >> how are you? >> i'm great. can i say i love you like i'm in love with you? >> you should be. i'm pretty incredible. >> you are. >> thank you. >> that list was incredibly long but why do you keep going back to the days of living color? is that just me? >> inner gay black man maybe? i don't know. why did you ask me was i from atlanta? someone didn't do their resh research. skrshgs where are you from originally. >> actually i'm from los angeles. that is where i live. >> so, how often do you come to baltimore >> i come every week -- no. i have been here a few times. usually i had a friend to lived in the washington area so i would perform in washington, then we would get in the car and drive to baltimore and hang out in baltimore ball because it had

the -- baltimore because it had the best clubs back in the disco age. so i like baltimore. >> how much do you like being up at this hour of the morning? >> how much do you drink when you are in baltimore? a lot. i do, i like being up this morning. i'm a slow starter. tv is always scary. >> we are trying to wake you up a little bit. tell me about this comedy tour. got to be funny. >> it is crazy, it is nuts. i go from town to town and go on stage and tell jokes. >> is that it if >> yes. >> all right. are you going to expand on that a little bit? >> no, that is what it is. reconnect with my audience. i don't think i have been in baltimore -- it has been a few years since i have been back here so i was looking forward to coming back. the audiences are great, the people are great and i love this

area of the country. >> i'm sure we could find you a few drinks, get back on that topic. >> maybe two. two is my limit. i pulled back considerably. less on the partying, more on the sleeping. >> good, i like that idea. how far is this tour going to take you and how longs to it last? >> it is a dynamite hit them and quit them tour. i call it the i.e.d. tour. it is -- we open tonight, we close tomorrow, and it is over. so it is a one-city tour >> how did do you that? >> i'm putting it all in to tonight. there is no holds barred. >> you are pouring all of the funny in one night. >> this is it. kind of like the michael jackson this is it. you want a joke? >> i would love within. >> i know a lot of comics say

you don't want to give it away but there is after a good 27 minutes of laughter i like to perform. i come up to the edge of the stage and i say it has been a wonderful evening, now i would like to leave you with my greatest j greatest joke. >> can you let us in on it? >> yes, i'm getting to it. calm down. what sign are you? >> capry co c ar >> why did the monkey fall out of the tree? because he was dead. good night, baltimore. and at that point i have slayed them, i have knocked them dead. >> do you know how many will come to your show because of that one? >> wow! >> it will be swamped. thanks for coming in. >> thank you for having me, baltimore -- >> wbal.

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>> rot whilers can sometimes get a bad rap. this is a cute story. we will show you. a 10-month-old dog is playing nurse maid it a litter of kittens. the owner found the kittens abandoned in an old barn and was

bottle feeding them when they took to jazzy. they say this is not uncommon. they have been eating solid food but are content to return to their new mother. >> two brothers in rio de janeiro have combined the love of climbing and art setting up a living art exhibit where they eat, sleep and work on the side of a building. 33 feet in the air. they spent 12 hours a day in the bed, hammock, chair and dining table. they have attached it to a wall. they have been hanging out on the wall since the end of may and plan to continue their display until august 20. they have a lot of time on their hands. >> it has to be said did you see the umbrella they obviously don't go to the bathroom on the wall. coming up we will look at the morning headlines. >> weatherwise, we have sunny

skies here. a few sprinkles to the south with cloudiness in virginia. won't be a effect in our weathered it. low humidity, comfortable

>> in the headlines, family, fans and friends gathered in nashville to remember steve mcnair. rather than dwell on the violent end of his legislative at the hands of his girlfriend teammates focused on mcnair's positive influence on those he touched during his career. a private funeral will be held today in hattiesburg, mississippi. 200 students attending summer school had to be evacuated after a drug suspect used the school to hide from police.

officers picked up keyon earl outside of william paca elementary school on suspicion of selling drugs but before they could take him into custody he ran in the school forcing the evacuation. after a six-hour search he was found inside a classroom cabinet. with california's budget awash in red ink one advocacy group is proposing a unique solution to the crisis. legalizing marijuana. the group argues that the potential tax revenue from making pot legal could pay the salaries of 20,000 school teachers of one assemblyman is taking the proposal seriously introducing it to the state assembly but governor schwarzenegger calls the idea a distraction and step in the wrong direction. that brings us to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. we asked what do you think of legalizing marijuana to fill in a state's budget gap. terry writes this is interesting and worthy of serious discussion as a public policy issue not only would would it discriminate

revenue but it would be more effective at keeping marijuana away from children than the current system. aaron writes marijuana legalization is not the solution any state needs to resolve fiscal problems. the cost of drug treatment and healthcare cost and other costs associated with illicit drug use outweigh any benefit it may provide. thanks for writing and we will post more answers on the front page of cawbaltv.com. >> >> getting busy in the past few minutes with a couple of accidents. westbound 32 at broken land in howard county a crash. we have this sinkhole blocking camp meade road to the inner loop so that is closed with that sinkhole. we are dealing with a closure of dolphin between mount royal and howard all in advance of artscape a week in advance as they start the preparations. we will give you a live view where we have problems. southbound 895 approaching the

harbor tunnel we have the left lane closed, a vehicle fire there so they are trying to clear that. it is definitely jamming up traffic as you go southbound on 895. a live view of traffic on i-95 south of 195 in the northbound direction due to an accident. that is the latest on "traffic pulse 11." now we look at the forecast with john. >> on this date, july 10, all-time hottest records in baltimore 1946, 107, in cumberland and frederick 109, same year. and then on july 10, 1913, this date, for north america the death valley all-time record 134 degrees. we have not been close to any of them. we start off pleasant. 61 at the airport. annapolis 65. stevensville 59. east side of the bay bridge. middle river 63.

westminster 61. big area of high pressure overhead. a few clouds to the southwest a couple of sprinkles out of them in virginia. that will dissipate. our weather maker is out west. not well-defined but it will get organized. high pressure today keeps us dry. it mavs out tonight and tomorrow the cool front will approach. two things that happen with that. one a southerly breeze makes us more humid and eventually a chance of rain. but that is tomorrow. today the forecast we maintain the status quo, 78 to 83 the high, low humidity, pleasant, partly cloudy, east to southeast breeze, future cast shows the dry conditions today but if you watch the tile line tomorrow cold toronto with the front and that rain chance coming our way. so the seven-day forecast puts us at 81 today, 86 tomorrow with the rain chance late in the day, another chance of rain monday with thunderstorms on wednesday. >> a baltimore county soccer coach is accused of trying to

lure a 14-year-old girl into having sex with him. kerry cavanaugh has the story. >> he was known as mr. chuck to the players but police are calling the 32-year-old volunteer soccer coach a sexual predator. charles triedle is charged with sexual solicitation of a minor and distribution and possession of obscene matter all linked to overtures which police say he made to a 14-year-old girl that you cell phone text messages. charging documents say the girl told her parents friedel sent naked pictures of himself and asked her to send her own. investigators say an undercover officer lured him to a royal farms store on the pretense of sex where he was arrested. the greater baltimore soccer club where friedel volunteered issued this statement about the former volunteer saying chuck coached during this year are's spring league. he is currently free on bail. police want to hear from any parents who believe their children may have been contacted inappropriately by friedel.

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>> it getting busy. we have a couple of problems. we will give you a live view. southbound 895 jammed approaching harbor tunnel. we had a vehicle fire blocking the left lane. traffic is squeezing by but it will be a while. northbound 95 approaching 195 heavy delays due to an accident on the left shoulder. >> temperatures now in the 60's, we expect 80's again today. low 80's, low humidity, very comfortable. thunderstorms tomorrow. >> thanks for joining us this morning for news. we will see you back at 7:25 for another update.

>> last week's shooting of a baltimore city child has brought about greater concerns about the state of the teenage residents. investigations by our i-team revealed the prior offenses of the alleged shooter that rivaled the record of somebody twice the 17 years. the latest incident came after he had cut off the home detention anklet he was

sentenced to wear and a 5-year-old girl of the latest victim. announcing an arrest the police chief lamented the lack of parental discipline in the lives of teens that have recently rained veents on our city. baltimore state's attorney has commented the state has an archaic system that operates under the impression that everyone under 18 can be rehabilitated for repeatedly committing crimes. it calls for rehandle station but accountability and punishment. we agree with both the police chief and state attorney sentiments. we must demand more of judges in the juvenile south system. the system needs review and updating to address repeat offenders no matter their age. parents, grandparents and extended family need to make a commitment to improving the lives of the city youth. community centers are not enough. they need discipline and goals from the home. habitual offenders need to be held more accountable. both the system and family need to do more and ensure that our

youth are on the right course rather than a path of violence. a