Kushawn Moore, Jr., 17, was never in trouble with the law until he was arrested last week and charged with armed robbery.
A lawsuit filed on his behalf alleges the high school junior from Detroit was taken to jail, handcuffed to a bench and not told what would happen next. The following day, he was arraigned from jail by a video conference with 36th District Court without a lawyer.
The magistrate asked him one question - his name - before setting bail at $50,000 with no option of paying 10 percent of the costs, as is common, a lawsuit alleges.
Moore’s detention came two weeks after a suspected drug dealer didn’t show up for his court hearings after being set free on a $200 bail for allegedly being caught with enough cocaine and heroin to face life in prison.
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