Man jailed for months over $5 theft found dead in cell
Here's the crimes that can land you in prison for life without parole. By the way, over 80% are non-white.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/11/23-petty-crimes-prison-life-without-parole
The three strikes law should not apply to misdemeanors, but only to violent crimes. No one should go to prison for life for being with someone who sold $10 worth of pot to a cop.
Over 70% of shoplifters are white, according to FBI statistics. Yet it is black shoppers who are profiled and followed. Over half of retail thefts are committed by employees.
Interestingly, records show that more than two-thirds of the shoplifters apprehended in many areas are white females. One study published in 2000 by two Minnesota professors in the Journal of Education for Business offers evidence that the typical shoplifter is a white female between the ages of 25 and 50.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/13/us-prisoners-sentences-life-non-violent-crimes
Very few whites ever do any jail time for shoplifting.
It costs taxpayers over 1.8 billion to keep non-violent offenders in prison for life
Lots of posts from discusting, racist, Republican, neo Nazi garbage. Do people with IQs lower than their shoe size get recruited for AOL comments?
WAS SOMEONE SAYING HE SHOULDN'T BE IN JAIL, BECAUSE OF $5 ? HIS PRIOR CHARGES GO BACK TO TO 2007....THIS WAS A CAREER THIEF, ..HIS FAMILY NEVER BROUGHT HIM TO A DOCTOR, THE FIRST DOCTOR HE SAW WAS WHILE IN JAIL,AND DIDN'T TAKE THE MEDS THEY GAVE HIM,NOR DID HE EAT.........................SUICIDE
Listen to this garbage.
this guys family has basically said he is metal, we did nothing to help him, so now we will blame his death on being in jail.
When are they going to file a law suite????
Just wait - he was arrested for the theft, but was held without bail because of previous arrests.
No he was not. He was denied bail because the judge was trying to help a 24 year old bi-polar who was off his meds, so he sentenced him to a mental evaluation. That means the judge deemed him to be danger to himself or others. That means there is no bail until he is evaluated.
Great job MOM AND DAD BLACKMAN!
You complain about the help your son didn't get from authorities while your useless, entitlement-supported arses didn't even bother to bail him out or get a FREE public defender to see to his need.
THESE PARENTS ARE AT FAULT, COULDN'T CARE LESS AND ONLY PRETEND TO MOURN THEIR CHILD IN PURSUIT OF A PAYDAY.
Despicable creatures representative of the black community.
His parents could not bail him out because no bail was offered. He had a lawyer when he went to court. The judge decided from his behavior and the fact that he was bipolar and off his meds (information provided by his parents), that he need to have a mental evaluation and ordered him held for immediate placement- thus no bail. From the first jail, they were told there were no beds available in the area. He was transferred to another jail. The request for placement was made again. Still no beds available. he died before they could try a 3rd time.
Probably a long rap sheet, maybe on parole or probation when the 5 dollar theft occurred. Only thing that makes sense since he was denied bond. Another one of obama's sons.