Speaker 1: You're trying to be a fake ass charlamage.
Speaker 2: They only wants charlamage. Damn Chalomame who is given dusky
Speaker 2: other day soon now well, Sexy red Donkey today for Thursday,
Speaker 2: August fourteenth goes to two teenagers in my home state
Speaker 2: of South Carolina. They're teenagers, so I don't have their names.
Speaker 2: But this isn't really about them. It's about us, Okay,
Speaker 2: a teachable moment. See, I'm thinking about President Trump and
Speaker 2: the federal takeover DC, the police, and you know, mobilization
Speaker 2: of the National Guard.
Speaker 1: Yes, we know.
Speaker 2: This is yet another distraction that the Trump the Trump
Speaker 2: administration has created to attempt to get people to stop
Speaker 2: talking about the Epstein files. But listening to the President
Speaker 2: cite a lot of false and misleading claims about murder
Speaker 2: and youth crime in the nation's capital got me thinking,
Speaker 2: just because the data and information he may have cited
Speaker 2: is wrong, doesn't mean that youth crime in DC and
Speaker 2: all over the country isn't happening. Because, let's be honest,
Speaker 2: we all know it is, and we all know why
Speaker 2: it is because the powers that be aren't doing anything
Speaker 2: to truly combat crime in our communities. They never have Okay,
Speaker 2: if you aren't addressing the social and economic factors that
Speaker 2: contribute to crime, then you're not serious about combating crime.
Speaker 2: But we're gonna get back to that because I need
Speaker 2: to talk about these teenagers. In South Carolina, two juveniles
Speaker 2: have been detained for stealing a train and causing a derailment.
Speaker 2: This is impressive, stupid, but impressive because I've never, ever, ever,
Speaker 2: ever heard of somebody commit a crime like this. Let's
Speaker 2: go to NBC four for the report.
Speaker 1: Police two teams in Lawrence County are facing charges for
Speaker 1: taking a joy ride in a train. Lawrence Police said
Speaker 1: it happened sometimes Saturday night. They say two juveniles unlawfully
Speaker 1: entered both the Carolina Piedmont Railroad and CSX Transportation Railroad
Speaker 1: facilities and stole a train. Investigators say they drove around
Speaker 1: the rail yard and when they tried to return the engines,
Speaker 1: they crashed into parked railcars, causing a derailment. Official say
Speaker 1: both those teens face several charges that include second degree burglary,
Speaker 1: grand larceny, and malicious damage to property.
Speaker 2: Listen, I need all my nieces and nephews out there,
Speaker 2: please listen to your uncle. Shalah If you can take
Speaker 2: the time to unlawfully into a railroad facility and figure
Speaker 2: out how to start an engine of a train that
Speaker 2: was connected to other trains, and then drive those three
Speaker 2: trains around the yard before taking them onto the rail
Speaker 2: line that connects toward Greenville. If you can figure out
Speaker 2: how to do all that, damn it, you can do anything. Okay.
Speaker 2: There is literally nothing in your mind can conceive that
Speaker 2: you can't achieve because your brain told you to do
Speaker 2: this and you did it. First of all, my whole life,
Speaker 2: I've never thought about driving a train ever. But those
Speaker 2: are the kinds of thoughts that if we were investing
Speaker 2: in our kids the way we should, they could share
Speaker 2: with us and we could help them become an actual
Speaker 2: train operator. I wish that these two kids would have
Speaker 2: told an adult that, Hey, I want to drive a
Speaker 2: train and connecting with someone who can make that dream
Speaker 2: come true for them, Okay, like a ride along program
Speaker 2: or something. Because I just googled this morning, how do
Speaker 2: you become a railroad train operator? And correct me if
Speaker 2: I'm wrong. All the railroad train operators out there, but
Speaker 2: from what I see, the requirements are pretty basic. Okay,
Speaker 2: you could become a railroad train operator by having a
Speaker 2: high school diploma are the equivalent of it. It says
Speaker 2: you got to pass a physical exam and complete training
Speaker 2: and certification through the Federal Railroad Administration. An entry level
Speaker 2: positions often require on the job training and advancement to
Speaker 2: engineer roles. They typically involve years of experience as a conductor,
Speaker 2: and they make pretty decent money. Okay. The best paying
Speaker 2: jobs in railroads include locomotive engineers. They earn around eighty
Speaker 2: five grand a year, railroad conductors make about sixty five
Speaker 2: a year, Railroad yard masters which I don't even know
Speaker 2: what that is, earn up to seventy grand a year,
Speaker 2: and signalance WWITCH operators can make over eighty grand. My
Speaker 2: point is, kids, if you can spend time and energy
Speaker 2: doing the wrong thing, you can use that same time
Speaker 2: and energy to do the right thing. But this is
Speaker 2: where we, okay, come into play. We are feeling a
Speaker 2: lot of our kids. Man. I already know that Trump
Speaker 2: administration wants to make America a police state, but making
Speaker 2: America a police state isn't going to solve the problem.
Speaker 2: You really want to combat crime, you have to deal
Speaker 2: with the social and economic factors that contribute the crime.
Speaker 2: You know why I invest so much of my personal time, energy,
Speaker 2: and resources into mental health initiatives. It's because I understand
Speaker 2: that if you help someone be the best version of
Speaker 2: themselves mentally and emotionally, you make society better. Okay, when
Speaker 2: you help someone deal with their unheald trauma and that
Speaker 2: pain and hurt the individual is feeling, when you help
Speaker 2: them get some healing, they don't go out here and
Speaker 2: project that pain and hurt on the other people. Okay,
Speaker 2: but that is dealing with what's in people's head and heart.
Speaker 2: We got to start dealing with what is in people's pockets. Okay.
Speaker 2: Acting like poverty and crime don't go hand in hand
Speaker 2: is retarded. Okay. You have to give these kids opportunity
Speaker 2: and something to do. Idle mind is a devil's playground.
Speaker 2: When kids don't have nothing to do and no legal
Speaker 2: means and making ends meet, they will resort the crime
Speaker 2: unless you provide them with opportunity. We know the answers
Speaker 2: to all these problems. Are governments know the answers to
Speaker 2: these problems. Okay. We got to stop saying the system
Speaker 2: is broken, all right. It's designed to do exactly what
Speaker 2: it's doing. For example, you want kids to not turn
Speaker 2: the crime. Okay. You need strong family support, which is
Speaker 2: why this system goes out its way to tell families apart.
Speaker 2: You need positive community involvement, after school programs, recreational activities,
Speaker 2: mentorship programs, commute the engagement, youth clubs, religious groups. You
Speaker 2: have to give these kids a real sense of belonging.
Speaker 2: But they cutting funding for a lot of these programs. Okay,
Speaker 2: because they know it gives them purpose. Of course, education,
Speaker 2: of course, job training and employment opportunities. Okay, Social and
Speaker 2: emotional development that goes into the education piece. They need
Speaker 2: to have social and emotional learning from pre k to
Speaker 2: twelfth grade. Teach these kids empathy and compassion, conflict resolution skills.
Speaker 2: We know the solutions to these problems, but we don't
Speaker 2: implement them because the school the prison pipeline is big business. Now,
Speaker 2: let's get back to the real root cause poverty and inequality. Okay,
Speaker 2: address that and you getting right to the root cause
Speaker 2: of reducing the risk factor associated with crime. Mental health support.
Speaker 2: I will stress that until the day I die. Okay,
Speaker 2: help them deal with their trauma and emotional distress. Early
Speaker 2: intervention programs okay, target these at risk youth. Not by
Speaker 2: militarizing the police and sending the FEDS into these cities.
Speaker 2: Target them with early intervention programs that can prevent them
Speaker 2: from developing harmful behaviors and trajectories. Okay, trade schools, steam programs,
Speaker 2: job call and once again, mental health services. Okay. See
Speaker 2: when I look at these kids who went for a
Speaker 2: joy ride on this train before they deralted, I don't
Speaker 2: see lost causes. Okay, I see the right energy going
Speaker 2: in the wrong direction. Because once again, if they can
Speaker 2: come up with it and idea to go into a
Speaker 2: railroad facility, start a train and drive it, then they
Speaker 2: can walk into a trade school and then how to
Speaker 2: do HVAC. Okay, they can go to school in major
Speaker 2: and anything in steam. But we have to be their guide.
Speaker 2: We have nobody coming to save us because the upward
Speaker 2: mobility of these youngins and queens is not part of
Speaker 2: the plan of their system. Please give these young teenagers
Speaker 2: to stole that train in South Carolina the biggest sy hall.
Speaker 2: But we have what have them? I mean, look, oh yeah,
Speaker 2: I knew that already. Hi Jess, how are you? I'm good?
Speaker 2: Are you ready to fix somebody's mess? One hundred and
Speaker 2: five A five one oh five one. It is time
Speaker 2: for just fix my mess. She's not an expert at anything,
Speaker 2: but she has some life experiences and if you might
Speaker 2: if you think some of her experiences can help you,
Speaker 2: call us right now. And if you love because you
Speaker 2: went a Royal Caribbean cruise, I can help you too.
Speaker 2: So yeah, it's the world's most dangerous moning show. The
Speaker 2: Reress Club Donkey Today is sponsored by renowned personal injury
Speaker 2: attorney Michael to Bull, LAMB and Soft. Don't be a
Speaker 2: donkey When you need a FIGHTERR on your side. If
Speaker 2: you're ever injured, go to Michael to Bull dot com.
Speaker 2: That's Michael to Bull dot com. And when you mess
Speaker 2: with the bull, you get the horns. Oh no, every
Speaker 2: day up? Wait you go, click your ass up the
Speaker 2: Breakfast Club. You don't finish for y'all done,