A dad won’t face life sentence for son’s tattoo of a gang sign. Instead, this dad faces a lesser sentence after allowing his son to get the tattoo.
This is the kind of story that can make you lose your lunch. When this situation first made the news, it was reported that a father held his 7-year-old boy down and had someone forcibly tattoo a gang symbol on him. That caused major outrage nationwide. Well, it appears there is insufficient evidence to prove that it was forced. Now the story goes that this “father of the year” took his son along with him, and that the boy wanted to be inked so he could be like his father.
Enrique Gonzalez and his friend belong to a gang called the Fresno Bulldogs. They were originally being charged with “aggravated mayhem,” which usually involves an act of “permanent and painful disfigurement.” Instead, they were charged with the less severe crime of “cruel and inhumane treatment of a child,” which carries a maximum sentence of ten years in prison.
I think it’s disgusting and deplorable to allow your son to have a gang sign tattooed on him—forced or not. I agree that the men should have faced a much more severe penalty had the prosecution been able to prove that it was forced on the child, but now subjecting the boy to the pain of having it laser removed should count for something. Not to mention that it was reportedly done by an amateur tattoo artist at his home. That brings a whole other host of problems, such as the risk of Hepatitis and other diseases. And how sad is it that one of the boy’s aspirations was to be like his gangbanging father? Doesn’t it put the boy at risk to even let him live with the man? Obviously at only 7, he had some idea of what kind of lifestyle his father was leading.
Let’s hope the boy can grow up and avoid the gang lifestyle completely.
What do you think? Should this Dad have faced a life sentence for his son’s tattoo? Give us your thoughts below.
I’ve also thrown in a video about the subject for you to view.
October 10th, 2009 at 8:55 am
Great now thats what I call a tight family. So when little jr gets capped he can thank dear ole dad. But then again what do you expect from uneducated idiots like this
October 10th, 2009 at 11:17 am
ITS OUTRAGES HOW YOU CAN SAY YOU LOOSE YOUR LUNCH BECAUSE THE DAD DID NOT FACE A LIFE SENTENCE. 10YRS IS MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR DOING THAT, THIS COUNTRY IS SO WEIRD I ADMIRED IT ALOT BUT GET BLOWN OUT BY PEOPLE SEEKING LIFE EVEN KNOW FOR FARTING.. COME ON, IF HE WOULD HAVE KILLED HIS SON WHAT WOULD SEEK??? CUT HIM INTO PEACES… I’M OUTRAGES BY HOW SOME AMERICAN THINK, SEEMS YOU HAVE TO BE A ROBOT AND BE PROGRAMMED. BY NO MEANS DO I THINK ITS RIGHT WHAT HE DID AND SHOULD BE PUNISHED. BUT LIFE… GIVE ME ABREAK. SOME AMERICANS JUST HAVENT BEEN OUTSIDE THERE SUBURBAN BUBBLE…
October 10th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
First … learn how to type English correctly … “Its outrages”?!?! Try the Ghetto to English dictionary … it’s correctly written as … “it’s outrageous” All I know is when a gangbanger tattoes his 7 year old son, and thinks it is cool … then it’s definitely time to pack a lunch and head to the hills, because the end of the world isn’t too far behind … moron.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
As much as I hate to agree with a sentiment so ignorantly expressed, I think Fernando is correct to wonder whether a life sentence is a bit much for putting a paw print tattoo on a kid.
October 10th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
what an idiot. gangs are so pointless. poor kid.
October 10th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
The important thing is to focus on the kid and get him OUT of that environment. Punishment for the dad? Sure, don’t let him ever see the kid again.
October 10th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
AMERICA NEEDS TO GET BACK TO OUR CHRISTIAN VALUES. IF WE WOULD PUT GOD BACK IN OUR SCHOOLS WE WOULD NOT HAVE ALL THESE GANGBANGER RUNNING AROUND AND CHILDREN WANTING TO BE LIKE THERE GANGBANGING PARENTS. AS FAR A PUNISHMENT FOR THESE PEOPLE WELL THEY LIKE TO FIGHT AND KILL PEOPLE SO MAKE THEM GO TO WAR. MAKE THEM FIGHT AND KILL FOR OUR COUNTRY. THEY WANT TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT IS FREE BUT THEN THEY WANT TO KILL FELLOW AMERICANS.
October 10th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Hey Fernando sounds like you don’t like America??? The land of the free and the home of the brave. Well a seven year old is not free when two gangbangers hold him down and brand him with a gangster tattoo. He is not an animal he is a little child who at that age is not old enough to make decisions of that nature. I am an adult and have a tattoo that hurt but it was my decision, I was not forced by a moron. Should he get life…. yes but I sm tired of paying for all these losers to have free rent, free gym memberships and cable tv while I work and struggle to be a responsible citizen. Life is ghettofabulous!
October 10th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
The only thing moore idiotic than tatooing your seven year old is being sentenced to ten years in prison for doing it. Those of you who think he should have received a life sentence are as bad as he is. No wonder the world thinks all Americans are crazy.
October 10th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Seems to me that Fernando needs to be deported back to where he came from. America didn’t ask you to come here and sure doesn’t want you here but still you get to come. If you don’t like us or our laws GO HOME.