A 17-year-old gang banger from the Bronx who’s been arrested 20 times is the poster child for all that is wrong with the Raise the Age law, police sources said.
The latest arrest for drill rapper Julian Turner — who was busted at 14 for shooting a man — came Oct. 10, when he was nabbed for alleged gun possession on a subway platform in Penn Station, according to court records and police sources.
“You have a 17-year-old kid who tried to kill people with a gun and is still walking around with guns,” said a Manhattan police officer. “What do you think he’s going to do with a gun? He’s going to kill somebody.” 4
All of Turner’s arrests have occurred in the wake of the lefty April 2017 legislation, which raised the age of criminal responsibility to 18 in an attempt to keep children out