You may remember Latarian Milton, the seven-year-old who stole the keys to his grandma’s SUV and took it for a
joyride with his friend because “it’s fun
to do bad things, like drive into a car?” (He did, in fact, drive into several
cars on his joyride.)
Well, just in case Latarian’s grandmother didn’t teach Latarian
right and wrong with her violent threats—“If I thought they wouldn’t
take me to jail, I’d whip his behind,” she said—Latarian has now become a sort of star
for his bad ass ways. This recent radio interview starts with the interviewers telling
Latarian that they are big fans of his. When they ask if people stop him and ask for his autograph, he says, "I'm a celebrity."
So basically Latarian has learned that acting out in
potentially lethal ways makes you cool, and that violence is a great way to express your anger, so
long as you don’t get caught.
Photo: ecoustics.com
