09-12-2009, 06:21 PM
4-year-old's shirt sets St. Paul dad on rampage
Police say the St. Paul man, 30, was on drugs and enraged because his son was wearing blue -- a rival gang's color.
By SARAH LEMAGIE, Star Tribune
Last update: August 31, 2009 - 12:05 AM
A St. Paul man is charged with a gross misdemeanor after he allegedly ripped a shirt off his four-year-old son and hit the boy for wearing a rival gang's color.
Kenny T. Jackson, 30, was charged with malicious punishment of a child in Ramsey County District Court, according to a criminal complaint dated Wednesday.
St. Paul police arrested Jackson on Tuesday afternoon after they responded to a 911 call from a home in the 500 block of Sherburne Avenue, the complaint said.
The unnamed caller, who said he was Jackson's stepfather, reported that Jackson was on drugs and "destroying the house." The stepfather said he was hiding in a bedroom because Jackson was yelling and throwing things, and he was afraid.
The caller said Jackson was angry because he is reportedly a Bloods gang member, and his son had been wearing a blue shirt, the color of a rival gang.
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Pure stupidity, to beat your child due to gang 'colors' good GRIEF! and to be charged with only a misdemeanor? Um Hello! This is child abuse!
Police say the St. Paul man, 30, was on drugs and enraged because his son was wearing blue -- a rival gang's color.
By SARAH LEMAGIE, Star Tribune
Last update: August 31, 2009 - 12:05 AM
A St. Paul man is charged with a gross misdemeanor after he allegedly ripped a shirt off his four-year-old son and hit the boy for wearing a rival gang's color.
Kenny T. Jackson, 30, was charged with malicious punishment of a child in Ramsey County District Court, according to a criminal complaint dated Wednesday.
St. Paul police arrested Jackson on Tuesday afternoon after they responded to a 911 call from a home in the 500 block of Sherburne Avenue, the complaint said.
The unnamed caller, who said he was Jackson's stepfather, reported that Jackson was on drugs and "destroying the house." The stepfather said he was hiding in a bedroom because Jackson was yelling and throwing things, and he was afraid.
The caller said Jackson was angry because he is reportedly a Bloods gang member, and his son had been wearing a blue shirt, the color of a rival gang.
Pure stupidity, to beat your child due to gang 'colors' good GRIEF! and to be charged with only a misdemeanor? Um Hello! This is child abuse!