Judge puts blame on parents at teen gang member sentencing
In sentencing a teenage gang member to 15 years in prison for a shootout that killed a 16-year-old, a Brooklyn judge on Tuesday pointed his finger to parents for not preventing gang violence.
At the sentencing for Tyshawn Simon-Roberson, three of the family members of his victim, Armani Hankins, a teen who was shot to death in a 2015 shootout in Fort Greene, testified before the judge finally had his say.
“Children running around the streets of Brooklyn, carrying firearms, it’s a disgrace, it’s a disgrace,” Supreme Court Justice Vincent Del Giudice said. “There’s no good reason for this.”