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634-5789

(4,175 posts)
Sat Oct 16, 2021, 02:56 PM Oct 2021

Black Kids Were Jailed for Crimes That Do not Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge

Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversees a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with a staggering history of jailing children. She said kids must face consequences, which rarely seem to apply to her or the other adults in charge.


https://www.propublica.org/article/black-children-were-jailed-for-a-crime-that-doesnt-exist

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Black Kids Were Jailed for Crimes That Do not Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge (Original Post) 634-5789 Oct 2021 OP
Lock her & the others up! SheltieLover Oct 2021 #1
Paging Merrick Garland DanieRains Oct 2021 #2
Abolish it all. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #3
That female judge needs to be prosecuted for violation of civil rights LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 #4
Her "talents" are wasted... keithhs28 Oct 2021 #6
A truly amazing story that is hard to imagine happens in this country. Pepsidog Oct 2021 #5
This is atrocious. Snackshack Oct 2021 #7
I'm still WestIndianArchie Oct 2021 #8
She's up for reelection soon. Maybe elect a ham sandwich instead. catrose Oct 2021 #9
I read this and while what happened was fucked up as possible JI7 Oct 2021 #10
kick to top. Judge Donna Scott Davenport is evil Demovictory9 Oct 2021 #11

keithhs28

(45 posts)
6. Her "talents" are wasted...
Sat Oct 16, 2021, 05:30 PM
Oct 2021

...in this country. She needs to be sent to Afghanistan to work with the Taliban.

Snackshack

(2,541 posts)
7. This is atrocious.
Sat Oct 16, 2021, 05:34 PM
Oct 2021

What even more atrocious is that Davenport still remains at her position. She should be at the very least disbarred at the very best disbarred and seeking a lawyer to represent her against charges.

Her holier then thou attitude should DQ her from any position of authority.

JI7

(89,283 posts)
10. I read this and while what happened was fucked up as possible
Sat Oct 16, 2021, 06:41 PM
Oct 2021

I'm not shocked or surprised at all.

But too many people still want to play down bigotry.

When we talk about reparations for black people the talk is usually about slavery but it's things like this which are a bigger reason for it.

Black kids including innocent ones (which is most of them) are treated worse than white criminals in this country.

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