Parents Fight Over Which Gang Toddler Should Join
Police: Mother A Crip, Father A Westside Baller

POSTED: 7:10 pm MDT April 10, 2008
UPDATED: 7:27 am MDT April 11, 2008

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. -- A couple fighting about which gang their 4-year-old toddler should join caused a public disturbance that resulted in the father's arrest, Commerce City police said Thursday.

On Saturday, Joseph Manzanares stormed into the Hollywood Video store where his girlfriend worked, threatened to kill her and knocked over several video displays and even a computer, Commerce City police Sgt. Joe Sandoval said.

After he ran out of the store, police were called and the 19-year-old was arrested at his home.

His girlfriend told police that they had been arguing about the upbringing of their son and which gang he should belong to. The teen mother, who is black, is a member of the Crips. Manzanares is Hispanic and belongs to the Westside Ballers gang, the woman said.

"They have different ideas on how the baby should be raised. Basically, she said they cannot agree on which gang the baby would 'claim,'" Sandoval said.

Manzanares was charged with disorderly conduct, harassment, and domestic violence. He was transported to the Adams County Detention Facility.

On Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was sentenced to a year of probation. The misdemeanor harassment charge was dropped.

See, this is what happens when the races mix.

i hope they finally agreed on a nice private gang, because a child really doesn't get the same level of attention in a public gang.

SCNDLS said:

we're running out of good genes

and ..

can't they work out some kind of arrangement ?? Something like, the crips on weekdays and then the Ballers on weekends. School vacations would be split 50/50 ?

It's not all black-white

SCNDLS said:

This is just a call for the orgers flashin' gang signs pics... (in my cubicle .... call me a wangsta)

pardonme4livin said:

west-siiiiide

One4All4Ever said:

Hollaaaaa....

WORD!!!!!

19 with a 4 year old kid

Fucked up

DanceWme said:

Anxiety said:

yea...maybe they can apply for a scholarship too

pardonme4livin said:

Alas, we are that stupid. We're just "carbon-based units" infesting the planet. Sometimes I think we need to get off. If this (and beating kids to death with video game controllers) is our future.....

They need to take that child away from those two asswipes right now.

noimageatall said:

Honey, don't worry about that cuz Mama Earth is sho nuf evicting our destructive asses off the planet, slowly but surely.

One4All4Ever said:

True. This situation is black-brown.

This is in Colorado?

DanceWme said:

Hot.

Empress said:

I noticed that too.