Manhattan Institute Issues Commentay to New York Times: They Let Their Children Cross the Street and Now They're Felons
August 07, 2025
August 07, 2025
NEW YORK, Aug. 7 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Aug. 6, 2025, to the New York Times:
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They Let Their Children Cross the Street and Now They're Felons
By Nicole Gelinas
Jessica Ivey Jenkins cradled her sleeping 6-month-old daughter, Samantha, as she and her husband, Sameule Jenkins, talked softly about their 7-year-old son, Legend.
"He'd come home, get his coloring pen . . .
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They Let Their Children Cross the Street and Now They're Felons
By Nicole Gelinas
Jessica Ivey Jenkins cradled her sleeping 6-month-old daughter, Samantha, as she and her husband, Sameule Jenkins, talked softly about their 7-year-old son, Legend.
"He'd come home, get his coloring pen . . .