u/K3nnythegreat

For the folks who have met the baddies one on one, are they how they are on camera? Or have there been any baddies whose behavior surprised you when you met them in person? I’ve heard a few of the baddies who are super rowdy on screen are actually very sweet in person.

So just out of curiosity, what is the impression you guys have of the baddies in person vs when you saw them on camera? Did your perception of any baddies change for you?

Recently just moved into a neighborhood. I have been here for around 3-4 months. Have had two occasions of kids coming onto my property to snoop around. And just today, some middle schoolers tried to do ding dong ditch. (Which isn’t the problem.) They had cut through our backyard and we caught them running through. They were kindly told to not come back and do that again.

Around 20-30mins later said teenagers came back but with another teenager. They came onto our property to provoke our neighbors dog. We asked them to stop and leave the dog alone. But they wouldn’t. Until my BIL (brother-in-law) confronted the kids to tell them to knock it off.
There were 3-4 teenagers. They all initially ran until one kid decided to turn back around to talk shit. So then they all decided to join in. They were cussing and being racists by mocking us (We are Asian) saying, “Ching Chong” along with other nasty things. They were throwing up gun hand motions too. But I could tell those kids definitely were not affiliated with anything. Just them trying to act hard.

My BIL stepped outside and told them to go get their parents because the teenagers were escalating the situation. When they were confronted fully, the teenagers had played dumb. And said they didn’t do nor say all the things they did do and say.
While that was happening my sister went over to talk to our neighbor. Who was the owner of the dog, the teenager was purposely provoking. My sister asked if this happens often. And our neighbor explained no that it doesn’t and it’s only been recently since the section 8 apartments were built at the entrance of the neighborhood. He explained, that those kids are from those apartments and his house and the neighbors across the street were the first few houses the kids started messing with.

The thing is too, we are kinda in the middle, closer to the end of the neighborhood. So I truly believe the teenagers are coming deep into the neighborhood to not get into trouble with their parents. And our house is currently the only house on the street that doesn’t have cameras setup.

My biggest thing is, those teenagers were also people of color. It just doesn’t make sense to me when a certain group of minority that are a target for discrimination, choose to be racists towards other minority groups. It’s just very unfortunate that this younger generation believe they can speak and say whatever they want without thinking of consequences.

And yes, teenagers are teenagers and kids are kids. But that doesn’t mean they don’t know right from wrong. Their parents could play a role but teenagers will choose to act out on their own, regardless of parenting. They were afraid to go get their parents when asked to do so. They were afraid when confronted with their wrongdoings. So they know what they did was wrong. In my eyes, there really is no excuse for this behavior at all. And as I said, these kids have been repeated to do this with other houses on the street. Again no excuse for their behavior.

Final say is, parents need to make their children more aware of consequences. When I was a child I used to live in section 8 homes myself, we were told to leave all because my mother was visiting family too often while we were at school. Their rules are very extremely strict. If their actions get reported enough times it’s likely for them to get kicked out of their home. Something that can seem like a “prank” can have a long term effect in so many ways. Please teach your children to leave people’s homes alone. Just like how many would do anything to defend their children. Many would do anything to defend where they lay their head at night.