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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][url]http://amp.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/black-teen-misses-bus-gets-shot-at-after-asking-for-directions-in-rochester-hills?__twitter_impression=true[/url]

Teen missed the bus. His mom had taken away his phone and was at work. Dad was deployed. He decided to walk to school but got a bit lost. He did what everyone on DCUM always argues their kid can do when their phone has been taken as a punishment: he rang a doorbell to ask for help/directions and was shot at. Luckily the overzealous homeowner missed and their Ring doorbelll camera recorded the entire encounter.

I’m all for taking away their phone as punishment, but not outside of the house.  They get it when they leave for school and give it back when they return home. You can even install an app that turns the smartphone into having flip phone capabilities until you enter a master password to allow it to be a smartphone again. [/quote]

This is a terrible and frightening story.  But what did people do before cell phones? How on earth did we all survive?

[b]I was never told to go up to random stranger's houses and knock on their door[/b] and I think that is not a wise thing to advise a kid to do.  I would have asked a passerby for directions.  I'm certainly NOT excusing the individual who tried to shoot this kid, I am only saying that going onto a stranger's property like that can be a risky proposition. It's better to ask a passerby or go into a store to ask for directions.[/quote]

The house that shot at him had a Neighborhood Watch sign on the door, so I'm sure most kids would assume that house would be a good place to get help.[/quote]

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