“His daddy is not a male role model, that’s my son and he’s not,” said the grandmother, “I hope he looks at this news thing and sees me saying this since he never wants to listen to me, he needs to be more involved in his child’s life.” Update to a previous story.
Via WMCA
Mayor A C Wharton and Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong called on parents to take responsibility for their children’s actions, after a video that showed a mob of teens attacking customers and employees at a Memphis Kroger went viral.
“The incident that occurred last night is a true depiction of lack of parenting,’ said Director Armstrong.
A grandmother who did not want to be shown on camera said her 15-year-old grandson was with the group on Saturday at Poplar Avenue and Highland Street.
After watching the video on WMC Actions News 5, she did what she hopes other parents will do … called police and turned him in.
“I plead to all parents to just, if they know that their child was down there even if their child didn’t do anything, we need to get a hold of our kids,” said the grandmother.