Great that you are making a difference in the lives of those children NALT. And Bill Cosby agrees with you Smitty.
Well, I additionally that because of this social pattern that they dont get very many second chances. I dont want to get into a whole otehr thing again, but I was quite the trouble maker, but I always got released to my dad and if I had messed something up we fixed it.
My point is a judge sees a white kid in a tie with his dad standing there and is pretty likely to toss it with restitution or in the case of minor consumption and the like keep handing out 1st offenses. Where as a young black kid probably doesnt get those second, third, 4th, 5th, opportunities to not screw up.