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Title: No Mayhem Charge For Calif. Dad Who Tattooed Son
Source:
Associated Press
URL Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artic ... /10/02/national/a101256D46.DTL
Published: Oct 2, 2009
Author: Associated Press
Post Date: 2009-10-02 14:50:17 by Brian S
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Views: 65
Comments: 4
(10-02) 10:12 PDT Fresno, Calif. (AP) -- A judge has ruled that a California man who tattooed his son with a gang symbol will not face a charge of mayhem, which carries a potential life sentence. Enrique Gonzalez and a friend who admitted he applied the tattoo, Travis Gorman, still face seven to 10 years on a new charge of child endangerment, plus the original gang enhancements. They were arrested in April after Gonzalez's estranged wife reported finding a quarter-sized paw print — representing the Bulldogs street gang — tattooed on her son's hip. Fresno County Superior Court Judge Hillary Chittick agreed with defense attorneys Friday that any damage left by a small tattoo does not rise to the level of permanent disfigurement as described in case law. Both defendants sighed and nodded.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
I wonder how old the kid was. Just curious.
I'm wondering how often the kid is showing his ass...
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
7 is a bit young. So it's not like a teenager who would have given consent so to speak.
"If, from the more wretched parts of the old world, we look at those which are in an advanced stage of improvement, we still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry, and grasping the spoil of the multitude. Invention is continually exercised, to furnish new pretenses for revenues and taxation. It watches prosperity as its prey and permits none to escape without tribute." --Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, 1791
#2. To: farmfriend (#1)
#3. To: farmfriend (#1)
An unidentified 7-year-old boy shows a tattoo on his abdomen. Enrique Gonzalez, the boy’s father, and fellow gang member Travis Gorman allegedly held the boy down while Gorman applied the tattoo. Photo / AP/Fresno Police department
#4. To: Brian S (#3)
"If, from the more wretched parts of the old world, we look at those which are in an advanced stage of improvement, we still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry, and grasping the spoil of the multitude. Invention is continually exercised, to furnish new pretenses for revenues and taxation. It watches prosperity as its prey and permits none to escape without tribute." --Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, 1791
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