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You said your house was "broken into" and theft occurred. Where you home at the time and held at gunpoint? Lots of difference between the two, and a lot more charges, including aggravated assault, using a firearm in committing a felony, and a few more, that would be attached to the crime. Or did you find out later they where white? Are your kids the same age, and can you actually speak for them?
Regardless, the clown should be in Jail for a lot of years. To me, it would not matter what the color was either, but it could to a child, since they do more association than we do.
No Agreed
Yes (They were caught)
Kids were 2 and 4 at the time. No I can't speak for them.
I agree.
I have no problem with Judge Olu Stevens' opinion on that family fostering racism. Hopefully the guy that committed the crime paid for what he did, but this link doesn't tell the entire story so there any many unanswered questions. Did he have a plea deal with the prosecutor that ensured he didn't serve jail time?
I think a certain type of people are more upset about this judge's stance on racism than the actual case that was going on and the outcome... Hence the thread title...
If the racist judge had lectured the family after he sent the thug to prison there wouldn't be such an out cry.
Setting the black thug free with probation is the real racism
How? Like I said, plenty of first time offenders get the same treatment, regardless of race, based on plea deals. A quick search on the DOC websites shows hundreds of criminals with similar, sometimes more severe charges, who are on community supervision, and who, similarly, never had to go to prison.
I don't agree that these criminals should be free, but such is our justice system, and the decision more likely has to do with the deal reached between his attorney and the State Attorney's Office/Prosecution than it does with the judge's decision.
How? Like I said, plenty of first time offenders get the same treatment, regardless of race, based on plea deals. A quick search on the DOC websites shows hundreds of criminals with similar, sometimes more severe charges, who are on community supervision, and who, similarly, never had to go to prison.
I don't agree that these criminals should be free, but such is our justice system, and the decision more likely has to do with the deal reached between his attorney and the State Attorney's Office/Prosecution than it does with the judge's decision.
The article linked in the op, and others, describe the prosecutors' office as outraged, furious, with Both the probation And the judge's comments blaming the victims.
This, for better or worse, is on the joke of a judge.
I think the prosecutor has some explaining to do. Why would he agree to a charge that potentially carries probation rather than a minimum mandatory sentence.
Seems the title is misleading, because it is not accurate. Loses credibility when you try to make someone in a story wrongfully look bad.
I believe criminals who commit violent crimes should get stiffer sentences, but it's too bad the victims were sadly ignorant.
Their remarks are akin to me saying "b*tches and h@&s should have no children, no woman should", in relation to a story about a mother who kills her child. Makes me look stupid.
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