[WardFive] Re: [Brookland] 16 year old with concealed weapon

So I just read this to my wife and here are her initial thoughts without any input from me. 

What was the reason for this 16 year old coming after this man and his truck and throwing rocks at the house. That was the same thought I had in my head and I am sure that many share this sentiment!  Maybe Terri will share that since she included us into her life? 

Rob Ramson

On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Terri Nostrand <terri.nostrand@gmail.com> wrote:

 

Captain Solberg,

A 16 year old female with a concealed weapon (a pointy, serrated steak knife) just repeatedly stabbed my husband's truck. The girl and the mob of people with her didn't know my husband was in the yard. He yelled at her and asked her what she was doing. She came towards the fence with the knife out. Then, while waiting for the police to show, things got uglier because the group started to swell in size to about 20 kids and they began throwing rocks at our house. 

When the cops showed they initially didn't believe my husband that the girl had a knife. They searched her and found it in her possession. They spoke to her, but did not detain or arrest her. Please help me understand why police found someone with a concealed weapon, menacing and defacing someone's private property and they just released her like that? Or a large group of them threatening us and stoning our house and they just told them to move along? 

I came home with my young children in the middle of the police speaking with the girl. I was verbally accosted while I shuffled my kids into the house. The advice I was given was to not engage with them so that it doesn't escalate. I simply came home and was called all sorts of racial slurs- all in front of the cops. I don't know how I can do less to engage that just quickly walking into my house. We have a mob of youth that essentially just rioted, were in possession of at least one deadly weapon and what are we supposed to do about it? We were told to call if they do it again. I guess we just wait until things get "really" dangerous?

Having witnessed the tail end and hearing about the weapon my children are now asking me why bad people don't get in trouble. Can you please tell me so that I can give them an answer? 

Terri Nostrand

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