When my son, Robert, was 7, we were all sitting at the dining room table for dinner.  We may have been talking about our days, including mine as a criminal defense lawyer.  He said “here’s a police officer,”  and with an index finger pointed right at me, looking straight in my eyes he said “Everybody knows you’re guilty!”  at which we all laughed.  I mean, it was hilarious.  And the kid now has a strong sense of justice.

So, a year and a half after Robert’s imitation of a police officer, after seeing, on the back of his homework his bubble lettering reading “Latin Kings are awesome” or something like that, my heart sank a little. Continue reading →