by Paula Neal Mooney
The YBP Guide led me to this Chicago Tribune article by Howard Witt titled "To some in Paris, [Texas] sinister past is back," about the plight of Shaquanda Cotton.
As a 14-year-old, Shaquanda Cotton was sent to youth prison with violent offenders for a minor crime -- shoving a hall monitor.
The YBP Guide led me to this Chicago Tribune article by Howard Witt titled "To some in Paris, [Texas] sinister past is back," about the plight of Shaquanda Cotton.
As a 14-year-old, Shaquanda Cotton was sent to youth prison with violent offenders for a minor crime -- shoving a hall monitor.
"In Texas, a white teenager burns down her family's home and receives probation," writes Witt.
"A black one shoves a hall monitor and gets 7 years in prison. The state NAACP calls it `a signal to black folks.' "
Read more about Shaquanda Cotton, and let's all act as the YBP Guide suggests.
Let's swamp Texas Governor Rick Perry with emails and phone calls until justice is served!
And let's peacefully inform Lamar County Judge Chuck Superville -- the judge who sentenced Shaquanda Cotton -- who had no prior record -- to seven years in prison, of our dissent:
Honorable M.C. (Chuck) Superville, Jr., Judge
Lamar County Courthouse
119 North Main
Paris, TX 75460
Phone # 903-737-2410
Let's swamp Texas Governor Rick Perry with emails and phone calls until justice is served!And let's peacefully inform Lamar County Judge Chuck Superville -- the judge who sentenced Shaquanda Cotton -- who had no prior record -- to seven years in prison, of our dissent:
Honorable M.C. (Chuck) Superville, Jr., Judge
Lamar County Courthouse
119 North Main
Paris, TX 75460
Phone # 903-737-2410
Fax # 903-785-3858
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Comments
Tried to Digg the story, but cant seem to come up to the place where your story is there, even searched you out, to no avail. Can you tell me how else I can get to the story so I can digg it?
hope all is well with you
Hey Kimberly - Let's pray change comes from this...
I have never been to Paris, Texas (at least I don't think so), but now I will avoid it for sure. What a nasty place!
Thanks for bringing this to light!
I open your blog and see a lot of posts. It's quite late now, I cannot read each and every post because I'll be sleepy at work tomorrow.
I will read them tomorrow and I wish you will have a nice wonderful weekend in Chicago...
http://freeshaquandacotton.blogspot.com/.
Thank you so much!
This is exactly what I felt should be done.
I won't let this one go. I'm going to follow-up till she is freed.
The powerful blood of Jesus the Christ will always win out over alll demons -- including the demons of racism.
We have the information posted about this
injustice going on about Shaquanda and we
wanted to add your post to our Diggs but
were able to get it on our hook-up at our
del.icio.us about Shaquanda Cotton.
Here is a copy of our message left in the
comments section for Shaquanda Cotton
and we created a Prayer Request Page at
our Blog after hearing about this matter
today. This will unite Bloggers and media everywhere for greater good. Christ in You
is the hope of glory. Let Your light from
the lighthouse, shine, Our Lord is the
Wonderful Counselor. Be Blessed always!
http://freeshaquandacotton.blogspot.com/
Let's keep the faith and act,
Paula
I WILL PRAY FOR THIS YOUNG LADY.
I WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORD ON THIS.
This is getting so ridiculous. You guys don't know the entire story. You are making comments based on a situation where you don't have all the facts. This girl's mother has taught her to hate. Yes, racism goes both ways. You are comparing stories that are absolutely unrelated. Shaquanda assaulted someone. That's wrong and she should be punished. I've worked with kids her age who were constantly in trouble with the law and they just kept getting probation. That never taught them anything and their behaviors continued and sometimes escalated. So maybe this will teach Shaquanda not to assault anyone. If she could have been sentenced to a place where she was away from her mother, that probably would have been the option. Because her mother teaches her to hate and is part of her problem. Paris is not at all the way the outsiders are portraying it.
Oh! I can't believe I just read a post supporting a 7 year prison sentence just for pushing a hall monitor! I heard about this story on the Free Talk Live radio show and I could hardly believe it. I decided to do a google search and I found this blog with a link to the newspaper article. What if it was a nice white girl who was sentenced for seven years in prison for pushing somebody? I wonder how you would feel then? What if it was your daughter?
OK, this is getting crazy. I attend church with the teacher that was involved in this story. She wasn't just pushed -- she required medical attention. This young girl did not want to use the door she was supposed to use to get to the nurses office to take her medicine. She wanted to take a short cut through a door that was to remain closed until the first bell of the day rang. Is 7 years too long for this offense? Probably so. But don't judge the entire town by the actions of one teenage girl and the county judge. We may not be a perfect town, but we are far from the racist community we are being protrayed as.
Why did a white girl in your town get sentenced to probation for burning her house down by the same judge? Clearly, burning somebody burning their house down is a biggre offense.
The Chicago Tribue article seems fair and balanced.
Other blogs are saying that Miss Cotton was pushed first. Is that the truth?
I didn't know the teacher required medical attention. Is that the real truth?
What were her injuries?
All of these facts are getting lost in the emotionalism and I want to know what is really truth.
I've also read that it wasn't a teacher but a hall monitor that pushed Miss Cotton.
And what is the actual sentence?
The trib story is saying 7 years.
Let's all calm down and report the facts...
The point of the letter that we sent to you was an effort to help spread the awareness of this injustice. I hope that you can help us in this endeavor. We need more coverage. This is why we are reaching out to the news papers and reporters all over the nation and the world.
If you can help us in any way please do. Right now we are starting with an email drive, and blog drive, followed by a letter drive, and we are also organizing marches in Paris TX. Please if you can help us by getting the word out. I believe that you can see that this is an injustice that reflects on the nation as a whole not just a small town in Texas, in justice in any form is something that we should all try our best to correct.
Any help that you can provide would be appreciated.
Thank-you.
7 years in jail for pushing a hall monitor--if you're black
What began as a bad day for 14-year-old Paris (Texas) High School freshman Shaquanda Cotton ended up as an apartheid nightmare. It seems that Shaquanda shoved a hall monitor in a dispute over entering the building before the school day had officially begun. She was trying to get to the nurse's office to get her daily dose of medicine for her "attention deficit" disorder. Was this African-American youngster suspended? Kept after school? Sent to a counselor for some anger-management intervention? No.
Shaquanda, who had no previous arrest record, was tried in March 2006 in the town's juvenile court, convicted of "assault on a public servant," and sentenced by Lamar County Judge Chuck Superville to prison for up to 7 years until she turns 21. Just three months earlier, Superville sentenced a 14-year-old white girl, convicted of arson for burning down her family's house, to probation.
For more see Chicago Tribune story, "To some in Paris, sinister past is back."
Contact all news, radio, and others you know. This might not be your child, but might be a child you know in the future if this is not dealt with this true injustice.
Below is just one of the letter's I sent on the behalf of Shaquanda Cotton:
Dear Sir;
This letter is in response to a story published in the March 12th 2007 issue of the Chicago Tribune regarding the continued confinement of Shaquanda Cotton of Paris Texas. I am simply infuriated at the severity of the sentence imposed by Judge Chuck Superville. The incident initially considered a misdemeanor, was elevated to a felony, and Judge Superville imposed an indeterminate sentence with one year certain, up to age 21. Yet despite the Lamar County’s District Attorney and his staff protestations to the contrary, one can only conclude that race and the efforts of the Shaquanda’s parent to receive equal treatment for Black children from the school Board and the administration of Paris High School. This action implies an attempt to squash legitimate dissent, a right guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. Surely this is not something you would approve, nor any other true American.
Additionally, once Shaquanda was remanded to the custody of the Texas Youth Commission, that initial callousness was further compounded by treating Ms Cotton, diagnosed since age 7 with attention hyperactivity deficit disorder (ADHD), with the drug seratraline (Zoloft). This drug, based on a public warning issued by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA), indicated an increased risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior with the use of this antidepressant medication, especially if the recipient was under 18 years old. Shaquanda has since been recorded as having three attempted suicides in the course of the 11 months she has been incarcerated. Shaquanda Cotton, I may add has never been arrested or charged with any other crime previously, at most, a few minor infractions of school rules. Does wearing her skirt one inch too short or pouring too much paint in a cup, deserve such an overwhelming draconian response by the justice system in Paris Texas? I think you will agree with me that it does not.
This situation is unconscionable, Mr. Governor, and I am sure that you, as the leader of the great state of Texas, wants to see Shaquanda Cotton returned home, to recover her childhood, to grow up and become a fine upstanding citizen of whom we can all be proud. Send her home, now, and let her begin, realize her human possibilities.
Thank you.
My boss reported to Congressman Hall, when asked WTH is goin on here, the suspected reason for such a long sentence was because she has a history of being a problem child. You don't have to have a "criminal history" to be considered a problem. Furthermore, he was told that Shaquanda had little to no home supervision. With that, an "up to seven year" sentence was called for. That means she doesn't have to serve seven years, nor will she if she will act right under state supervision. If not, the state will not be inclined to turn her back loose on society.
In a related topic, this is where I see a problem with the government assuming control over the public school system. Back in the good ol days when schools were operated in full by the community, this gal woulda had her lil butt beaten by the principal or teacher and she woulda been suspended for a determined amount of time and that'd be the end of it. *shrugs* That's just the way I see it. Stupid "progressives."
How foolish. It has nothing to do with race. Do you honestly think this judge sat on his bench and thought "I finally get a teen black girl that I can abuse with my judicial powers." Please. Gimme a break.
It never fails. When racial extortionist outfits/people like Black Panthers, Millions More, Al Sharpton, etc get involved, it only serves to become a divisive issue. You want to unite? Stop crying "it's cause he/she is black." It is possible to conduct business of various sorts without regard to skin color.
Greetings. I know you have blogged about the Shaquanda Cotton case so I wanted to call your attention to a significant new development in the case, which is contained in a story that is now available on the front-page of ChicagoTribune.com and will be published on the front page of the paper on Tuesday.
Essentially this story says that Shaquanda's sentence will soon be
reviewed by a special state panel with an eye toward possibly freeing her.
I have also written an article about the huge response to this story in the
blogging world that you may be interested in referencing.
In case you can't find the new stories easily, here are links directly to them:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070326juveniles,1,1122206.story?coll=chi-news-hed
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/070326paris-letter,1,327943.story?coll=chi-news-hed
May God bless and keep him in Jesus' Name for his investigative reporting. This is the stuff that journalists are born to create...
Hey Paula,
Did you hear about the Prayer Rally
to Help Free Shaquanda Cotton of this injustice?
Here is an Interview with Cotton's Mother
http://www.dryerbuzz.com/
Raise Your hand and Pray Free Shaquanda Cotton
Would You agree to worldwide prayer on March 31, 2007 at 12 noon Central Standard Time (One Hour Prayer)until 1:00PM?
And continue the same time period every Saturday Until God's will be done to Free Shaquanda Cotton of this injustice.
Let's ask God to grant her His grace, and this now 15-year-old daughter can tell of His goodness to His earth.
God is Good in all His people blessed in the beloved forevermore.
FREE SHAQUANDA COTTON BLOG
Remember Our God is Good, Keep Hope Alive!
Thank god for the tribune and I'm dissapointed tht this horrendous and egregious case has not received more national attention.
This whole story is making us look bad. This isn't a racial issue. Just because you read it in the "Chicago Tribune" doesn't mean it's true!!
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I'm a white man in Paris, TX. I just read your March 26 article on my town. I'm wondering if your shoulder hurts from patting yourself on the back for reporting on something you really know nothing about. Your story sounds good/alarming to anyone who knows nothing. At first when I heard about the story I wanted to be upset about the unfairness. Then rational set in; don't judge unless you know all of the facts. Now I have witnessed a few things first-hand about media-spin and it's pretty disgusting.
I'm not going to drone on about things that's probably already been said in dozens of previous e-'s. However; I do wish to point out something to you. It's the Jesse Jackson's and Al Sharpton's of the world, as well as their extensions, such as yourself, that keep the dirty racist ideas and victim hood pledging alive. People like you piss people like me off and I'll calmly explain why.
My elder daughter is in Jr. High. She knows what the KKK is. She knows what evil racism can bring. She's watched shows like Mississippi Burning and was horrified by how people behaved. Rightly so. She had never heard of Black Panthers. For some weird reason it never really dawned on me to point out that black folk (and Latins) also had/have groups that were just as mean and violent as the KKK. (even during the scene when Forrest Gump met the Black Panthers) Now we have the New Black Panthers marching in our streets crying that our city is full of violent racism and changes have got to be made. The next day kids of all races were scared and threatening not to come to school for fear the Panthers and KKK were going to meet up, fight, and burn the school down around the them.
Now, our kids get a whole new lesson on racism and the idiocy it brings and the ignorance of these people who blatantly choose to either not educate themselves on or ignore the facts.
I ate lunch with her the next day. I talked with her and her friends (even the black ones.) I assured them there was nothing to be afraid of. Afterward, my daughter went off to play games with some black girls.
There is probably a touch of racism of sorts in nearly everyone everywhere. Most normal people don't make a big deal of it cause it just aint worth the hassle. An opinion doesn't necessarily need affect people's everyday lives. Groups like the NAACP and Panthers make it sound like nearly all of us hear are wanting a Jasper, TX style dragging. It's sick. The ire your story has created has painted an unbalanced picture of our town. You owe Paris, TX an apology, Mr. Witt. I hope your happy with your handiwork. Thanks for nothing. Have a nice day.
If I've ever heard a i'm not a racist becasue I have black friends-in this case it's my daughter has black friends-this is it.
The level of denial going on with these white Paris folks is deplorable. but this is normal with white people when they feel they are under attack so I'm not in the least surprised. What is laughable is Jay comparing the Black Panthers to the KKK (and using a work of fiction, namely Forrest Gump) to do say. When you can tell me how many people the Black Panthers have lynched then we can talk.
Thank God for Mr. Witt.
This story disgusts me. I am a native of Tx, Dallas Tx, and I must say that there is no reason that a young girl should go through something like this.
A white girl of the same age sentenced to PROBATION after burning the family's HOUSE DOWN!... probation? and then compare that to a BLACK girl sentenced to PRISON for (up to...wow big deal...) seven years for shoving a hall monitor... WOW. disgusting. There is obviously something going on.
Everyone needs to keep this in mind while stating there opnions. I believe this young girl should be freed, it is not fair that she will have to go through the rest of her life, living knowing that the odds were once sooo much against her. I feel like it was an attempt to destroy our black youth, and maybe my feeling are a bit extreme but can you blame me???
Children are our future. We should guide them. There are young at heart and mind. This was a very cruel punishement for a CHILD. A CHILD. I hope that hall-monitor can't sleep at night. AND I HOPE, that judge learns his lesson.
This is a prime example of unfairness.
"In Texas, a white teenager burns down her family's home and receives probation,"
nuff said.
" Re: Post by Jay:
...(and using a work of fiction, namely Forrest Gump) ... When you can tell me how many people the Black Panthers have lynched then we can talk."
Firstly, Forrest Gump was not used as an example for anything. For you to read that into your thought process is what is laughable. The point to that was, the BP's were featured in a scene. At times, when something out of the ordinary is shown, in effort to help educate my kids, I will pause the movie and briefly explain a certain surrounding circumstance so they will better understand why their involvement is important to the program. You didn't seem to have a prob with me explaining bad old white guy doing violence to poor decent black guy on Mississippi Burning. So it seems best for you not to even try to use that line as a talking point.
Black Panthers and violence? First, I never said Black Panthers "lynched" anyone. I said they were mean and violent. I'll be happy to oblige you tho. Now, let's talk.
http://www.city-journal.org/html/eon_5_27_03ss.html
http://www.gibbsmagazine.com/Black%20Panther%20Pty.htm
The entire reason for the founding of Black Panthers was to be a violent organization because they believed King's position of peace was failing. The Black Panther Party is described by the listed above City-Journal writer as "psychopathic criminals, not social reformers.....So much so that no one but a left wing crank could still believe in the Panther myth of dedicated young blacks “serving the people” while heroically defending themselves against unprovoked attacks by the racist police....What Cotter (NY Times) cannot own up to is that the Panthers self-destructed because of the murderous violence and larceny they imposed on their own community." My guess is because they got mad that other blacks didn't support them. We have that problem here in Paris pretty severely. From what I've been told by people in the know that I trust, just go ask Leon at Maxy Funeral Home (black) how he feels about black people using another local funeral home. They turn the black community against that family quick, fast, and in a hurry for forgetting where they come from or some crap like that.
From Gibbs Magazine: "There were also incidents of violence, which occurred between BPP members and suspected informants and other revolutionary groups."
No consider how pretty things are going to be when the Panthers and Spanish gangs like La Raza or MS-13 start fighting.
http://www.topix.net/forum/state/ga/T91BG71EVCPE892HI/p5
You really should get your facts together before talking. Now go read a Harlequin Romance and have a nice day.
At least these comments are getting a good, healthy dialogue going about race relations.
Thank you all, and let's continue to keep it civil.
Like my grandmother "GranRuby" always said: "His will gon' be done..."
Anyhoo, here's an email I just received from a CBS producer linking to video of the protest rally for Shaquanda Cotton:
Hello, I’m writing from KTVT, the CBS station in Dallas / Fort Worth.
I saw your coverage of the Shaquanda Cotton story recently, and I thought you might be interested in the latest developments in it.
Yesterday there was a protest in Paris, Texas, and we were there for it. The link below is to the video of our story. Feel free to link to it if you’d like.
WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE PROTEST RALLY FOR SHAQUANDA COTTON HERE...
Thanks for your time.
_____________________________________________
Kent Chapline
Executive Producer
Sincerly,
Margret Gray
As someone mentioned earlier, thank GOD for Mr. Witt. There are some decent white people left in the world, they just don't live in Paris, Texas.
Margaret, if you write a column about Paris, I do hope your spelling and grammar is better than that of a blog.
What I really want to know is, what in God's name do you think George Bush has to do with this?
yeah this sentence is pretty messed up and how ANYONE can even begin to justify it is really beyond me. says a lot about the good citizens of Paris, Texas doesn't it? but then again they are only concerned with the reputation of their town than the fact that a miscarraige of justice was carried out there.
Moving on, Margaret, you didn't give a good answer why Pres. Bush should pardon her? I can give you good reasons why he should not.
1) No president is going to pardon a child convicted of assaulting a teacher (especially when his wife is an educator)
2) He simply can't. The president is not permitted to become involved in state criminal matters unless they (or the state) violate federal statute, which the FBI would have to have evidence of first. Otherwise, it's up to the governor. 3) Even if Pres. Bush asked Perry to pardon her, Bush can't make him do it.
4) Pres. Bush has much bigger things to worry about than people being pissed off (obviously.)
5) And this is a very important one, Shaquanda has to go through a legal process requesting a pardon. If she goes straight for a presidential pardon is a state matter, the first thing that will happen is she'll get a rejection telling her to take it up with the TX Board of Pardons and Paroles.
you actually think.... no, surly you're not really that stupid, to think that "Bush hates blacks" and would have executed her by now? That's just beyond belief for anyone to actually say. That's a total lie. We patiently wait about 20 years before executing those who deserve it. We're certainly not going to rush into axing someone just for shoving. Get a grip, and not on your pen. Put that down. You don't need to be writing.
I will admit that when i began to read this article on facebook, i was enraged. But as i did more and more research, i began to believe that this young lady brought this upon herself. It was not anyone elses fault that she received this sentence. Even if the hall monitor refused her the privilege of going through ANY doors to get her medicine, all she had to do was tell an administrator and Im pretty sure she wouldve gotten it handled in the correct manner. And if she couldnt get an administrator, she shouldve called her MAMA! That is what they are for. A child stays in a child's place. "No good ever comes from wrong doing"- that is what my mother told me. Yes, she may have A.D.D. but that does not give her the excuse of pushing anyone because im pretty sure if someone was to push her she'd be furious.
NOW....As far as the sentence goes, if Im not mistaken, the sentence is "up to 7 years" which means she could get out sooner than 7 years if she agrees to do parole. All they had to do was get someone to supervise her and then take the parole. If you dont want to do something, you'd do anything in your will power to avoid it right? Well, she should've just apologized and did the probation. That is ridiculous! And just because you do not have a criminal record does not NOT make you a menace to society. If John Smith were white, shoved a 21-year old hall monitor, had a history of ill mannerism at school, and refused probation, I'm more than positive that the judge would've given John Smith the same sentence that he gave 14 year old, black, female, Ms. Cotton. This racism card is so dumb! Yes, racism still is in effect today but it does not apply to all situations. And as far as the 14-yr old white girl burning down the house, yes it was a much harsher crime, but you all have to understand that she ACCEPTED the fact that she was wrong, told the full truth, and ACCEPTED the probation. She did not want to go to jail, so she chose probation. Im pretty sure that she didnt have anyone to watch her during the day while she was on probation either, but she wasnt "slow" enough not to take it. Like i said before, if you want something or dont want to do someting, you'd find ways to avoid having to do it or find ways to do it! The choice is up to you. All that girl probably did was found someone to call her house every hour to check on her and that's probably it! Although she may not be supervised 25/8, I bet she's not sitting up in jail having people create blogs and websites to get her out! And im pretty sure this was the FIRST time she's (the young lady to burned down the house)done something like this, Unlike Ms. Cotton. She's repeated this behavior many times and she hasnt been punished for it. I bet she wont do this again!
And about the Bush issue....I have to disagree about Bush not liking black people. Bush does like black people (Codoleeza Rice), Bush doesnt like POOR people (Middle and/or lower class white,black, Latin, Asain, Indian, Native American, Orange, Green, or blue people). Get your facts right before you jump to conclusions people. Thank you for your time!
Thanks for not seeing us here in Paris as a "racist town." I do know we have had, and at times still do have, racial probs, but I can guarantee you this, the times that we do have probs it's people against people (usually dumb teens trying to prove who's th baddest) and the city government is having to play referee.
...As for what you say about Bush, I hadn't really thought about it like that. I'm a poor white boy that voted for him... twice. I thought he'd like me even tho I can't afford the gas to go have dinner with his dog. *sighs* Ah well.
... Adding to what Willie was saying about the requesting pardon thing, yeah, that's kinda like how New Orleans didn't get federal aid until too late because the governor has to ASK for federal aid. She didn't until too late because she and mayor Nagin kept up pretense saying, "Naw, I got it." Shaquanda can't even get a pardon from Governor Perry without asking him for it.
... Even then, she still has to qualify. I know, I looked at the requirements for requesting a pardon recently. Lotsa time and work to it.
...Aiight, I'm dun.
Excerpted from today's article:
"Let her out of TYC," said Allan Hubbard, spokesman for Lamar County District Atty. Gary Young. "Hell, she's done a year for pushing a teacher. That's too long."
Hubbard also backed away from claims he and Young made earlier this week in numerous media interviews that the judge in the case, Lamar County Judge Chuck Supeville, had had no choice but to send the youth to prison because her mother had testified that she would not cooperate with probation officials had the judge sentenced her to probation.
On Thursday, Young's official Web site contained this assertion: "This juvenile's mother (Creola Cotton) told the judge she would not comply with conditions of probation."
But a review of the full court transcript shows no such testimony. In fact, Creola Cotton repeatedly answered "yes" when asked in court whether she would comply with any conditions of probation that the judge might impose.
Today, after an inquiry about this discrepancy by the Tribune, the district attorney's Web site was altered to read: "Through her actions of non-cooperation, Ms. Cotton told the judge she would not comply with conditions of probation."
Read the latest article about Shaquanda Cotton's release here...
Again I ask: What is truth?
May God bless all those involved. He alone is a righteous Judge...
Power to the people. Shaquanda is free!
peace,
Villager
Now...another thing Im concerned about is the fact that everyone is on here tryin to FREE Shaquanda like she does not need to be punished. And folks keep bringing God into this like HE didnt allow this to happen. Everything happens for a reason and for a season. It just so happens that Shaquanda's reason is for being unruly and getting caught, and her season is for up to 7 years. God only allows things to happen to people that He knows that person can bear. I promise you that if Shaquanda couldnt bear her punishment that God wouldnt've allowed it to happen. God is NOT the author of confusion but Satan is, and Satan has to go to God for permission first before he can try anything with us. He is using this issue to try and stir up confusion and allow people to throw the RACISM card all willy nilly and turn people against eachother (Hint Hint.....Anonymous). Like I said, if she wouldve just stayed in her place and looked to an adult to handle this properly, she would not be in this mess in the first place. She had a choice, she just chose the wrong one! Now she has to suffer the consequences!
J'ai fini! Avoir un grand jour tout le monde!
the woman wadn't pushed down some stairs for one thing. so you are basically justifying imprisoning someone foe 7 years when molesters and rapists don't get that kind of time. but then asi said, she's black so i don't even know why i''m asking you. if this were a white person you would have a different point of view.
btw....those of you who have negative views of the Black Panther Party should probably read up on them, and what they stood for. I'm not referring to these "New Black Panthers", but the original orginization, which was so hated because of what they were trying to do to better, and protect black people. So feared that the CIA and FBI were tasked with destroying them from the inside. The Black Panther Party only tried to help black folks, any who says otherwise needs to be deported to Mexico without papers.