If you can't see the crime for what an injustice it was, you haven't had much life experience, don't have kids are a conservative who can't see past his/her nose. I have been with friends many times when situations occur and the only person you can be accountable for is yourself. All those boys went to the fort for one reason: marijuana. Was it to purchase it or to steal it? whatever the reason, they would never have been there to begin with if McLoren was not selling it! Kids fight, they do. Over girls/boys, talking behind each other's back, etc. No one knows nowadays what will happen with just a regular fistfight. A kids who was sitting in a truck and had no idea what had just transpired was sentenced to NINE YEARS! If you have not seen this movie, watch it. Bottom line is 5 kids got into a physical fight, one ended up dead due to the recklessness of one of those kids. Two other kids were NOT involved in the melee. However, 3 kids who were fighting got life with no parole, even though the actual offender admitted his guilt, 1 kid who watched from the door while the fight occurred also got life in prison with no parole, and 1 kid who had nothing to do with it period got 9 years. All because of an old law that California kept on the books and the prosecutors took advantage of that states a murder that occurs during a robbery is automatic felony murder and all those involved get charged the same. I am not dismissing the fact that a parent lost their child, that child lost his life. But as the son of an LAPD officer, why was this kid with a known drug dealer? Why should 4 kids have their life ruined over the decision of someone else? The injustice being brought down on our youth is appalling! Just to make examples of kids. This movie really makes you look at the justice system. Another good movie similar to Reckless Indifference is Juvies.