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PROSECUTING BLACK MENTAL PATIENTS FOR CRIMES EVERYBODY KNOWS THEY DID NOT DO
See an excerpt from The Black Agenda Report:
On September 14, 2013, in New York City, a mentally ill man, Glenn Broadnax, walked into vehicular traffic in Times Square. There are laws against this behavior and rightly so. Unfortunately officers of the New York City police department, trained to be trigger happy, fired at Broadnax, claiming that they thought he had a gun. Broadnax was brought down with a police taser but New York’s so-called finest also shot and injured two innocent bystanders in their efforts to subdue him. [Murder-by-police for jaywalking?]
Now Manhattan’s district attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr., has chosen to prosecute Broadnax for assaulting the two victims who were in fact shot by the police. Broadnax has a history of mental illness and put himself in danger more than he did anyone else. He was originally charged with menacing, drug possession and resisting arrest. Prosecuting him lets the police off the hook and aids the city of New York in defense against law suits, but a man guilty of not taking his prescribed medication is facing the possibility of up to 25 years in prison because of an act carried out by other people.
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This is a case where a black mental patient is being prosecuted for NOT standing still and being executed for jaywalking. It seems that Glenn Broadnax has more sense than police and prosecutors.
"Don't blame police for shooting up Time Square. Blame the jaywalker they were trying to kill. He dodged their bullets!" Cyrus Vance will tell the jury - or will he? It has come to our attention that black mental patients are thrown in jail on criminal charges that cannot be proved, then forced into plea deals they haven't the wherewithal to understand. That way the prison system gets new commodities, and people are jailed without trials.
Each inmate jailed in New York costs taxpayers $168,000 per year to incarcerate. New Yorkers will pay dearly, if the district attorney has his way, because Glenn Broadnax did not stand still and accept being murdered for jaywalking.
"Don't blame police for shooting up Time Square. Blame the jaywalker they were trying to kill. He dodged their bullets!" Cyrus Vance will tell the jury - or will he? It has come to our attention that black mental patients are thrown in jail on criminal charges that cannot be proved, then forced into plea deals they haven't the wherewithal to understand. That way the prison system gets new commodities, and people are jailed without trials.
Each inmate jailed in New York costs taxpayers $168,000 per year to incarcerate. New Yorkers will pay dearly, if the district attorney has his way, because Glenn Broadnax did not stand still and accept being murdered for jaywalking.
Read the full Black Agenda Report article at this url:
"Freedom Rider Prosecuting Black Victims"
http://blackagendareport.com/content/freedom-rider-prosecuting-black-victims
City’s Annual Cost Per Inmate Is $168,000, Study [by Vera Institute of Justice] Finds
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/nyregion/citys-annual-cost-per-inmate-is-nearly-168000-study-says.html
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PROSECUTING BLACK MENTAL PATIENTS FOR CRIMES EVERYBODY KNOWS THEY DID NOT DO
See an excerpt from The Black Agenda Report:
On September 14, 2013, in New York City, a mentally ill man, Glenn Broadnax, walked into vehicular traffic in Times Square. There are laws against this behavior and rightly so. Unfortunately officers of the New York City police department, trained to be trigger happy, fired at Broadnax, claiming that they thought he had a gun. Broadnax was brought down with a police taser but New York’s so-called finest also shot and injured two innocent bystanders in their efforts to subdue him. [Murder-by-police for jaywalking?]
Now Manhattan’s district attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr., has chosen to prosecute Broadnax for assaulting the two victims who were in fact shot by the police. Broadnax has a history of mental illness and put himself in danger more than he did anyone else. He was originally charged with menacing, drug possession and resisting arrest. Prosecuting him lets the police off the hook and aids the city of New York in defense against law suits, but a man guilty of not taking his prescribed medication is facing the possibility of up to 25 years in prison because of an act carried out by other people.
“The punishments are becoming more cruel and indefensible.”
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This is a case where a black mental patient is being prosecuted for NOT standing still and being executed for jaywalking. It seems that Glenn Broadnax has more sense than police and prosecutors.
"Don't blame police for shooting up Time Square. Blame the jaywalker they were trying to kill. He dodged their bullets!" Cyrus Vance will tell the jury - or will he? It has come to our attention that black mental patients are thrown in jail on criminal charges that cannot be proved, then forced into plea deals they haven't the wherewithal to understand. That way the prison system gets new commodities, and people are jailed without trials.
Each inmate jailed in New York costs taxpayers $168,000 per year to incarcerate. New Yorkers will pay dearly, if the district attorney has his way, because Glenn Broadnax did not stand still and accept being murdered for jaywalking.
Read the full Black Agenda Report article at this url:
"Freedom Rider Prosecuting Black Victims"
http://blackagendareport.com/content/freedom-rider-prosecuting-black-victims
City’s Annual Cost Per Inmate Is $168,000, Study [by Vera Institute of Justice] Finds
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/nyregion/citys-annual-cost-per-inmate-is-nearly-168000-study-says.html
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The Mentally Ill Deserve Dog Justice
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