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We all have our favorite viral YouTube video from back in the day. Mine might just have to be the video of little 7-year-old Latarian Milton taking his grandma’s car for a joyride, doing hoodrat stuff with his friends, and letting us all know that “it’s fun to do bad things.” If you need to jog your memory:
Well, a little over a decade later, our guy has yet again strayed from the straight and narrow and is back in trouble.
From WPBF25
The child who stole his grandmother’s SUV to go on a joyride in 2008 is in trouble again. Latarian Milton, 16, was in juvenile court Monday to face charges stemming from a robbery and carjacking over the weekend.
Not great, Latarian, not great. In the last update on the kid he’d graduated from middle school, but now things aren’t looking too hot. Car theft seems to be a go-to for him.
Latarian wasn’t alone in this escapade, as apparently doing hoodrat stuff with his friends seems to still be his MO.
Investigators said the suspects told the driver to take them to another location.
When the driver refused, authorities said one of the suspects pulled out a handgun and struck the driver in the back of the head.
I’ve had a soft spot for this guy for years, and I’m hoping that this can be a wake-up call that spins into a positive. Get my man out of juvie and get him a reality show. If the “Cash Me Outside” girl is worth $1M then this YouTube legend should be worth at least twice that.
We as a country need one of those trash reality networks to give us the underdog story we need. Get the guy some cash, get him back on the path, let’s get Latarian a degree and some guidance. Team our man up with an ex-felon celeb (Mark Wahlberg or 50 Cent, preferably) to offer him guidance, and boom; hit show, and rehabilitated Latarian.
Hope next time we get this kid in the headlines, he’s on the come up. .
[via WPBF25]
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Kyle Bandujo
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Is anyone really surprised though
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I think it has more to do with the fact that at 6y/o the kid stole a car. Despite it being his grandma’s car, he STOLE a car and brushed it off with the excuse of doing “hoodrat stuff.” Although we joke around about it, because yes it is funny, I know my friends and I never stole a car let alone at 6y/o. So if you told me back in 2008 that he would get in trouble for more severe offences in 10 years time I probably wouldn’t be surprised either.
You’re the one that brought race into it my dude. I come here for hot takes on post grad issues, not your PC regurgitation.
I was just joking I guess sarcasm can’t be heard through a keyboard.
I guess Tosh’s intervention didn’t take. That’s a shame.
This web redemption is gonna be a lot more entertaining though.
Definitely shocking news. Here’s hoping 16 year old Latarian has a new golden one-liner to feature that endears us to him further.
This video is from 2008? Fuck I feel old.
If he would have trademarked some of his catchphrases maybe this would be a tottally different story. But “it’s fun to do bad things.”
Cop- what should your punishment be?
LaTarian- maybe no video games for the whole weekend
While we as a country need one of those trash reality networks to give us the underdog story we need, we certainly don’t need a trash reality star in the highest office in the land…
“Just over a decade later…”
2017 -2008 = 9
Decade = 10
Math and/or grammar is hard.
Chill