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Mississippi hates Black children!
A 10-year-old boy waiting for his mom in the car has to use the bathroom.
Not able to hold it any longer discreetly urinates behind the car.
One officer witnessed this. Called for backup. Four more officers come to the scene.
Now mom is there and wants to just take her kid home.
Nope. They put him in the police car and take him to jail.
The prosecutor wanted a citation “child in need of family services.” The family argued this and wanted a trial. The prosecution then threatened to upgrade charges to disorderly conduct.
Eventually, a youth judge offered a sentence of a writing a book report, three months of probation, and drug testing. Did I mention the curfew?
The family continues to fight the charges.
This would have never happened to a white child.
You don’t know how many times I’ve had to pull over tonthe side of the road when my children were young.
Mississippi is trying to continue the school-to-prison pipeline for Black children.
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Derek Chauvin, rightfully found Guilty of murdering George Floyd (it’s on video), went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to appeal it.
The U.S. Supreme Court just denied his appeal.