Years Of Petty Crimes
The Sam Cooke concert took place in 1964. In meant that he had a record even though he was still a very young man back then. Things snowballed after that. “I got into all sorts of trouble,” Walter said a long time after it all took place. He explained, “I lifted purses from unlocked cars, I was stealing government checks out of mailboxes, I got bolder and bolder.”
Juvenile Detention Center
One day, Walter got caught when he stole from the band room at his school. This was how he ended up at a juvenile detention center. He had already been doing petty crimes for years, but it was the first time that he had to deal with touch consequences. How was he going to handle this sudden turn of events?