Church’s Chicken robbery attempt shows mother knows best
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- This week brings a tale of morality and fried chicken.
When I was growing up, my mother told me that she would love me no matter what.
“Even if I killed someone?” I asked.
“Yes, even if you killed someone,” she replied without hesitation, before adding the requisite motherly guilt. “But know that I’d be very sad and disappointed.”
She never said whether she would turn me into the police. Two mothers have been faced with that choice in the past two months, and both have responded with admirable courage. First, it was Blaec Lammers’ mother contacting the Bolivar police about her son’s recent purchase of guns and ammunition and likely preventing a copycat shooting at the premiere of the new Twilight movie. And last night, a mother brought her juvenile son to the police station in Kansas City because he is one of three suspects who allegedly attempted to rob Church’s Chicken on Sunday night before a quick thinking manager grabbed the gun and foiled the robbery.
