Appeals court cites Cleveland youth’s low IQ in overturning judgment in robbery case - cleveland.com

This kid in Cleveland... ninth grade, reading like he's in first? That's f#$*3@ up. Everyone failed him. Parents, courts, CPS, the schools – just passed him along and didn't care. No wonder he's lashing out.

Robbing someone wrong, no question. But you have to ask, how did it get to this point? Is he stealing to eat? What is he missing in his life? We all know the reality of this. Let's be honest, he's probably a Black kid.

The thing is we are in a full blown crisis. The Black community needs leaders. I'm Black, and I'm telling you, this can't keep going. Our government is letting us down. Look around – poverty, neglected schools, wealth gaps, sickness... it's a ticking time bomb.

Yes, personal responsibility matters, but we're dealing with broken systems, broken people, and heartbreaking results. Being poor, Black, and uneducated? That's a real public health emergency. We need to treat it like one, and we need to do it now.