Tall and slim, Jermaine, we’ll call him, sat around a table with four of his peers, shaking his head in disbelief. “Twelve years old and drinkin’,” Jermaine said. “I was playing outside.” The teens are different ages and races, and all go to different schools, but together they’d come to a common conclusion: The offense of sneaking stolen whiskey to school to share with other kids should be swiftly sanctioned. read more