and (in this case) appears to be deaf, mute and an asshole too
a robber gets life for a parole violation of smoking A joint. a MURDERER gets off for a parole violation of cocain. justice? you tell me (oh, guess what color skin the robber has and guess what color the murder has???)
black history month (is it still 1950?)
Here's Some Black History For Ya
The story of Tyrone Brown, sentenced to life in prison in 1990 for violating his probation by smoking a joint, is gaining steam. Sixteen years after his initial incarceration at the age of 17, Brown is one Texas Governor away from freedom.In one of the most painfully ironic illustrations of the unequal treatment of black's in America, Brown's case may never have gone beyond a local story had Brooks Egerton of the Dallas Morning News not caught the story on The November Coalition's website. His groundbreaking piece entitled Unequal Justice ran with the following by-line; Two very different men commit two very different crimes. When both violate probation, there are wildly different results: The robber gets life; the killer remains free.................
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