Right versus wrong. This is one of the earliest lessons we are taught.
It may seem subjective if we look at the bigger picture, but this is a basic lesson for kids. Our parents used to remind us not to hurt others and to always be kind, teachings they hoped we’d carry with us until we were older.
Some of us do; some of us don’t.
As we age, people and things in our environment have a greater influence on us. From new friends and the community to media and ideologies. Indeed, time will try to change us – and it’s up to us to decide if that’s for better or for worse.
This mother took parenting to the next level when she found out what her son did.
18-year-old Zion Brown, a sophomore at Loyola University Chicago, was caught robbing a Metra train conductor one afternoon. The Metra Police caught the incident in their security camera and shared the footage with the public to ask for help in identifying the suspect.
The footage showed a man in a black hoodie with his face covered.
According to Metro Police Department, the train pulled into Van Buren Street Station around 2:15 PM. That’s when the man boarded the train, pulled out his gun, and announced a robbery. He pointed it at the conductor, took $100 from his pocket, and slowly walked away and fled.
He thought he got away with it, but he couldn’t be more wrong.
His mother saw the footage shared on media and immediately recognized the hooded man.
Of course, she recognized him. It was her son, after all!
Knowing that her son did something wrong, she wanted to do what was right.
She brought him to the Calumet City Police Station to turn himself in. His mother knew what he did and she wasn’t going to sit silent and let him escape the consequences of his actions.
His case proceeded to bond court, but he was denied bail.
In the hearing, Zion said the gun he was holding was a BB gun and that he had disposed of it in a trash bin on his way out of the station. He was still able to go to school after the incident.
Zion admitted that he robbed the conductor because “he was hungry.”
Alright, you can all facepalm now. Yes, he actually said this.
And what made it worse is that his attorney told the judge, in Zion’s defense, to “remember her own days as a hungry college student.” This plea didn’t gain any empathy from Cook County Judge Maryam Ahmad, who ordered the court to hold Zion without bail.
Zion was charged with armed robbery by the Metra Police Department.
His next hearing is set for March 4. We wonder what his mother feels about this incident now, knowing that his son might serve time in jail. But one thing’s for sure; we salute this mother’s courage and tough love towards her son because, no matter how you twist it, what he did was wrong.
Hear more about this mother’s discovery in the video below.
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