At age 12, (Teivon) McNair was arrested after a friend used his BB gun to shoot at people in their Sun Prairie neighborhood. He spent time in a series of group and foster homes, a juvenile boot camp and eventually a juvenile correctional center. By the time he was 18, he was charged with participating in the armed robbery of a Sun Prairie gas station.McNair was headed for a common and tragic destiny for many young black men in Dane County: At any given time, nearly half of the county?s black men between 25 and 29 are in prison, jail or under some form of state supervision, according to one study.
Quoted: Pamela Oliver, UW-Madison professor of sociology and an expert in racial disparities in criminal justice systems.