Unfortunately for mothers, suspects in flash mob case will be made example

[EveningStar]

Chicago Sun-Times:

 

Mary Mitchell

June 9, 2011

 

I was struck by what Tonia Rush said after her son, Dvonte Sykes, was arrested and charged with robbing a Thai man in a violent “flash mob.”

 

Rush said she believed her son’s $250,000 bail would have been lower if the crimes were on the South or West sides.

 

“If it’s black-on-black crime, nobody cares,” she said.

 

Still, Rush’s point has merit.

 

Had these mob attacks taken place on the South Side, I not only believe that the bails would have been lower, but also that the crimes would not have been taken seriously enough.

 

In 2002, I complained that Chicago police handled a mob attack on a Kenwood Academy senior like it was a schoolyard scuffle.