Authorities want to keep tabs on them, education officials take steps to control them, and the citizenry would like them better if they were out of sight and out of mind. But if you talk to the troubled teens themselves, they'll tell you all they want is something to do - and to be left alone to do it. "I think the reason why most kids get in trouble is all you hear out of the kids' mouth is 'Warsaw sucks,' " said Brant, 17, whose name has been changed to protect his identity. "They keep kicking the kids out of the park.You can't rollerblade here, you can't skateboard there.In Warsaw, there are a lot of teen-agers and there's nothing to do.A lot of kids just like to get together and talk.And the grown-ups drive by and say 'Look at all those hoodlums.' We need something to do, a hangout place, instead of going out and getting in trouble and doing drugs and stuff." Brant has been in trouble with the law since he was 14, according to his father, John, of Warsaw.
Phil Smith, Times-Union Lifestyles Editor- | July 28, 2016
