So a kid was hanging out in Chicago on a winter's day with a crowd of kids waiting for the bus, and someone threw a snowball at a cop car.
Could have been the 13 year old boy who was charged, but he denies it. This particular boy had never been in trouble with anyone before, and his mother is shocked. Still, one of the school deans pointed at him and so he'll have to face the music.
But he's being charged with FELONY ASSAULT on the police officer.
I'm bringing this case up because in the thread about the blind guy who shot his friend after a night of binge drinking, and who had assaulted a woman and shot at his cousin 15 times, all of his charges were reduced:
http://ift.tt/1fSd9zZ
Still in all of this, he was never convicted of a felony and is still free to vote and to own guns (of course).
Likewise, George Zimmerman assaulted an undercover DEA agent and was given anger management classes and in the end, was not charged with a felony.
Yet here is this 13 year old, who did not fight with police, did not assault a woman, and did not discharge a weapon 15 times at his cousin, yet still is facing a felony charge for, at the very worst, throwing a snowball at a police car.
Do we have two tiers of justice in this country? When we speak of high incarceration rates of black youths in this country, do we ignore that they are charged and sent to jail in situations in which a white man isn't? Why should this kid start high school with a felony record, which will surely stunt his life in myriad ways, while people who did far worse things are let off with warnings, parole, or other second chances?
Could have been the 13 year old boy who was charged, but he denies it. This particular boy had never been in trouble with anyone before, and his mother is shocked. Still, one of the school deans pointed at him and so he'll have to face the music.
But he's being charged with FELONY ASSAULT on the police officer.
I'm bringing this case up because in the thread about the blind guy who shot his friend after a night of binge drinking, and who had assaulted a woman and shot at his cousin 15 times, all of his charges were reduced:
http://ift.tt/1fSd9zZ
Quote:
Michael Rogers suffered scrapes but no gunshot wounds. The defendant was charged with aggravated assault but, in a deal with prosecutors, pleaded no contest to a lesser charge — unlawfully displaying a firearm — and was placed on probation. That was revoked, however, when he pushed and punched a woman a year later, something that resulted in him spending 71 days in the Seminole County jail for domestic violence, according to court records. |
Still in all of this, he was never convicted of a felony and is still free to vote and to own guns (of course).
Likewise, George Zimmerman assaulted an undercover DEA agent and was given anger management classes and in the end, was not charged with a felony.
Yet here is this 13 year old, who did not fight with police, did not assault a woman, and did not discharge a weapon 15 times at his cousin, yet still is facing a felony charge for, at the very worst, throwing a snowball at a police car.
Do we have two tiers of justice in this country? When we speak of high incarceration rates of black youths in this country, do we ignore that they are charged and sent to jail in situations in which a white man isn't? Why should this kid start high school with a felony record, which will surely stunt his life in myriad ways, while people who did far worse things are let off with warnings, parole, or other second chances?
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