Crime to Comedy

“You have the right to remain silent,” the police office said as he lowered Blain’s head into the police car. This was the third time in two months that Blain had been arrested for shop lifting. His life had no direction. He would steal from stores, pawn them, and go buy drugs with the money.
He was the second of six children. They lived in a two bedroom apartment in downtown Harlem, New York. Since his parents couldn’t support his brothers and sisters, he thought the only way to make money was to steal it.
His teachers at his high school were very concerned. He wasn’t passing one class. He was expelled for skipping school for the fifteenth time. The next high school he went to was East Harlem High School. After two weeks he was caught breaking into the school and changing the grades on the computer. He was expelled again. He decided he wouldn’t pursue h...