Good story. And you lived to tell us about it, Dang!
I'm actually paying for protection for my son right now. He's in for malicious wounding because, after 4 years, he found the dude that stabbed him in what was supposed to be an unarmed fight. He stabbed my son right through the heart and he was DOA at the hospital. It if wasn't for a keen doctor at MCV ER (Medical College of Virginia ER- my son lives in Virginia) that did a clam shell incision on my son's chest and pumped his heart til he got it back pumping (my son was only 17) my son wouldn't be here. My son was in ICU for 4 months and we nearly lost him 4 times. Because my son didn't die and he was a gang banger with the crips at the time, they gave the other dude his freedom as "self defense" I'm like HUH? My son didn't have a weapon, the other dude did. Anyway, my son nearly killed him (again) 4 years later and is doing 6 for the malicious wounding. He's lucky because my son shot him but he lived. My son is lucky he's not sitting on death row! My son doesn't want to be in gangs anymore and he wants to stay straight because his wife has my two beautiful grand children. He comes home (or Virginia) the end of this year). So I pay for him to pay people to leave him alone and he gets to spend the limit at commissary so he shares and they don't fxxk with him- He's all scarred up like frankenstein on his chest and back from all the surgeries so he couldn't take many fights anyway.
That's my prison story.
P.S. I forgot to add, the original fight? It was over a girl.
Isnt it allways over a girl ! My 2nd bit was over a girl because if he'd of never touched my wife i most likely just woulda knocked him out & not went overboard , it sounds like your boy learned his lesson , it also sounds like he knows how it feels to be fucked by the system with the other guy going free & him being charged because of his association & past , ive been dealing with that bias from leo over 40 yrs & it sucks .
Your doing the right thing by paying for protection for your son , even if his health was good enough to keep fighting fuck all that because thats what keeps people locked up , you keep helping him the way you are now & get him the hell out of their in one piece without having to do his max , or get new charges .
It isnt that expensive to keep a loved one safe & he's doing the right thing by paying instead of all the fighting , it isnt like when i was in where you could fight without getting felony charges nowdays the kids inside get charges for every fight their in , kids are being charged with everything so they can keep them there & continue to collect $30 grand a year for keeping them .
Your doing the right thing by helping him stay out of the gangs & gtfo asap ,when he comes home if he feels bad about using your money to keep him safe make damm sure he knows you think its money well spent & he did the adult thing , which is to get out & watch his kids grow up , tough guys are the ones who get out & come back to a loving family & be a dad , thats what makes ya tough not fighting .
Keep your spirits up & it'll all be over before you know it , he's comming home soon & you helped him get there safely .
