Parents fight over their kid's gang affiliation.

Repent. The end is near.


Parents' argument over gang affiliation results in death threat
Howard Pankratz
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 04/11/2008 01:03:49 AM MDT

An argument between two parents over what street gang their 4-year-old son should join resulted in one parent threatening to kill the other, Commerce City police said.

Joseph Manzanares was sentenced to 12 months of probation Tuesday after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct in an incident Saturday, when he went to Hollywood Video, 5961 E. 64th Ave., where his ex-girlfriend and the mother of the boy works.

Manzanares, 19, began knocking over several displays in the video store and threatening the victim, including saying he was going to "kill" her, said Commerce City Sgt. Joe Sandoval. Manzanares was arrested a short time later. The victim said she is a member of one gang and Manzanares is a member of another, and "they have different ideas on how the baby should be raised," Sandoval said.

"Basically she said they cannot agree on which gang the baby would 'claim,' " Sandoval said.

Well, just be thankful that in 10 years when the kid is up for his 3rd felony, the defense attorney can use this as an excuse for it being the real victim. If the parents would have just let it join the 41st Street 8-Ballers instead of the GHETTO4HATIN Playas, the 12 dead people in the Kwik Mart robbery would still be alive.