A Texas judge has sentenced a juvenile Crips gang member who removed his ankle monitor and shot a 1-year-old baby.
Judge Kim sentenced the 12-year-old nicknamed Lil Rodneyy to 7 years during a juvenile bullpen .
A video of a Zoom detention hearing held back in September 2020 has now been released. The hearing persisted the day the boy turned 12.
"Now you're 12-year-old," Judge Kim said at the beginning of the hearing. "So, well, happy birthday, I'm sorry you've got to spend it here at the detention facility."
The judge continued: "You were here for... you're on probation for arson which is from 2019. And then, we got all types of promises. last , I allow you to go. you retain cutting it [his ankle monitor] off, I've always allow you to go because you are still young. I mean, you're 11-years-old, right? So, I didn't want to stay an 11-year--old in here."
But the judge told him that each time they let him go, he keeps violating the conditions of his probation.
Judge Kim said: "So, you retain on deed , we keep it up getting you back in here, cause you to stay a few days, you promise me you are not getting to cut it (ankle monitor) off, and you cried a few times about returning here.
"And then, this last time we allow you to out..."
The judge then asks another participant of the Zoom call: "Mr Spence when was then last time we let him out?"
Spence replied: "He cut his monitor on 8/14 of this year."
The judge then addressed the 12-year-old telling him that after promising he wouldn't stop his ankle monitor, he did it again.
"Now there is a new charge that was filed which was the one where you shot the 1-year-old," Judge Kim said, adding, "You shot the 1-year-old baby."
The judge then shows the boy an image of himself holding a gun "I know 11-year-olds aren't alleged to have guns after they have been accused of shooting a baby."
Lil Rodney begged the judge to possess mercy on him one last time but the judge reminded him that was what he said the last time and therefore the time before that.
The boy begged: "I just want to understand if you'll a minimum of give me another chance then see. If this point I ruin you ought to like hold me for a few months."
The judge replied: "Yea, but didn't you say that last time? You told me to carry you for a year last time if you ruin ."
The boy broke down and cried but the judge told him to save lots of his tears.
"Every time you are available here you cry. you recognize that, right?" Judge Kim told rapper Lil Rodneyy. "Every single time, you beg me for another chance. You swear to God, 'On my mama's name,' 'I'm not gonna stop the monitor, I'm not gonna escape ,'" said judge Kim.
The boy, who is additionally nicknamed "30 Shotz," admitted he stop his ankle monitor to attend a friend's funeral. But he couldn't recall the friend's name. He told the judge he only knew the friend by his nickname.
The boy's grandfather, who helped raise him, also attended the Zoom hearing.
Judge Kim told the boy he would be detained during a juvenile bullpen until he turned 19 - that's 7 years.
Some people have said the sentence isn't right and therefore the boy would likely begin more hardened. Others said he deserved it and will be locked up for extended than that.
Rodneyy's mother, one mom who gave birth to Rodneyy when she was 16, was interviewed after the hearing.
Rodneyy's father abandoned his family, and Rodneyy's mom chooses to not seek support payment . She said she was sent away to prison twice when the boy was a toddler.
Rodneyy was raised by his maternal grandfather, who he lovingly refers to as "Paw paw."
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