I arrived to the courtroom of Judge Manuel A. Lopez and noticed three officers. One of them was escorting an inmate and the other two were standing alone, I assumed incase anything gets out of hand.
The case that struck me the most was this 16 years old. His last name is Terrance Oliver and was facing the judge for resisting arrest, obstructing an officer without violence and misdemeanor allegations. He was already on probation.
The reason this case stuck to me out of the other ones is because he is only 16 years old. Even though I am only a mere 5 years older than him I feel like he is just a kid. I listen to the news and hear about kids his age getting arrested, being involved in gang activity and the list goes on. I just think about what could have gone wrong in this young man’s life to land him in front of the judge.
Oliver lives with his grandma because his mom recently died. Doing his part to speak he tried to use his mother’s death as an excuse for what he did. I couldn’t believe that he was trying to use that as an excuse. My girlfriend lost her dad when she younger and isn’t out committing crimes and getting arrest. I know that people handle the death of a parent differently but using that as an excuse for his mistakes is ridiculously.
The youth today seems to always find something to blame on their behavior. I believe this is what Oliver is trying to do. Instead of being a kid and staying out of trouble he is acting out and thinking that using his mom’s death as an excuse will get him off the hook.
He was found guilty and sentenced to 39.5 months in a state prison. I hope for his sake that his sentence with be a wakeup call and he will be able to straighten his life out.
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