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- canti32, on 10/12/2007, -38/+476"There was the 19-year-old white man, convicted last July of criminally negligent homicide for killing a 54-year-old black woman and her 3-year-old grandson with his truck, who was sentenced in Paris to probation and required to send an annual Christmas card to the victims' family."
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"Among the write-ups Shaquanda received, according to Reynerson, were citations for wearing a skirt that was an inch too short, pouring too much paint into a cup during an art class and defacing a desk that school officials later conceded bore no signs of damage."
Equals Racism. - swaggadocio, on 08/20/2008, -5/+383If someone killed your grandma and practically got away with it, would you want a xmas card every year from the perp? This judiciary = fubar
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -27/+380Atrocious.
- Ninjab3ar, on 10/12/2007, -126/+356Although i do think this is unjust, i hate articles like this:
-Something bad happens to a BLACK person.
-Something less bad happens to an unrelated WHITE person.
OMG RACISM! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -11/+132No kidding. Where the heck is the ACLU in all of this? I live in the buckle of the bible belt here in North Louisiana, and this stuff is commonplace. I'm not even a minority in any sense of the word, but the way I see my fellow man and woman treated, I become more disgusted with the double standard that has been ingrained into everyday life. Many of you possibly come from places who have broken free of the 1950s dichotomy between them and us, black people and white people, but make no mistake, discrimination still exists on levels that this article doesn't even BEGIN to represent. Can you imagine the quality of education in a school like this?
- jakobahman, on 10/12/2007, -18/+138@tripacer "***** racist judge..."
Not the jury? - GoChris, on 10/12/2007, -5/+121The case seems pretty black and white to me
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -29/+132***** racist judge...
- halleyscomet, on 10/12/2007, -16/+98@Bartboy919
A quick note: George W is not Texan. He was born, raised and educated in Connecticut. He's lived in Washington DC far longer than he ever lived in Texas.
And yes, this means Texans voted for a Connecticut Yankee as their governor. I guess they decided they couldn't find a local who could run things. - Winters, on 10/12/2007, -5/+77Offtopic: Why the hell does old media require registration on their websites? They wonder why new media is slowly killing them and yet continue to stick to their ways. ***** them. I can't wait to see that dinosaur die.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+72@jakobahman
The judge does the sentencing, not the jury. - dominasian, on 10/12/2007, -3/+72@ntransit
agreed
the only slightly fitting punishment would be maybe a demerit or at most a detention
all she wanted was her medicine
this is terrible no matter what spin you put on it - Ninjab3ar, on 10/12/2007, -5/+74@98ACURA
Does "no criminal history" mean anything to you? Oh, wait, you didnt RTFA. - catalysis, on 10/12/2007, -7/+75@stevegraham
Criminally negligent homicide could have been a car accident for all we know, in which case probation is quite common. The author seems to go out of his way to leave out details.
Also, "..and sentenced by Lamar County Judge Chuck Superville to prison for up to 7 years."
Well, is it 7 years or is it up to 7 years? Huge difference.
I'm not denying there is racism here, I don't know. I'm just pointing out some things that make the article appear biased and sensational. For me, the article would be much more effective if it just gave the facts. - TravisG5, on 10/12/2007, -4/+63Wow, so to punish her for a silly little mistake... they have ruined 7 years of her life.
- Chebyshev, on 10/12/2007, -7/+59@98ACURA
Buried, but not because of your opinion, but because you didn't RTFA before spouting off. - howdareyou, on 10/12/2007, -6/+51Shaquanda Cotton, what an unfortunate name for a black person. Honestly it sounds like a joke.
- iceperson, on 10/12/2007, -2/+47@weister
If you're implying that racism is a "white thing" then you'd be wrong. As a native american myself I know quite well the history of certain tribes in enslaving others. Hell, it wasn't unheard of for one tribe to annilate another and take their women. The first black slaves were taken by... blacks. And don't even try to pretend you don't know about the history of Asian on Asian hate. Even today the japanese are one of the most ethnocentric people on the planet. - thomasknowland, on 10/12/2007, -6/+49@ninjab3ar
it's not unrelated though, same town. one that is notoriously racist. in most stories, you're dead on right. not here, i don't think. - Ishiguro, on 10/12/2007, -7/+43If anyone should be getting jail time, it is a person that names their daughter Shaquanda
- fatdog789, on 10/12/2007, -8/+41The difference:
criminally negligent homicide is an *unintentional* crime, which the perp didn't intend to commit
shoving someone requires intent (or legally does to establish liability)
The criminal justice system has moved away from a solely results-based approach toward a more mental-based approach over the past few decades. That means intentional crimes are considered worse than unintentional (for example, negligent) crimes. Which means, conceivably, that if a guy accidentally crashed into someone while going 5 miles over the speed limit, and the other person dies, he's simply not as guilty as a person who intentionally attacks another person even if the victim here isn't harmed.
There are many reasons for this, here are the two primary ones:
- Retributive: Punish guilt, not people who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. intentional acts deserve punishment. Negligent acts usually don't
- Deterrent effect: punishing someone who didn't intend to commit a crime doesn't deter them because they hadn't intended to do it in the first place
That being said, this is Texas we're talking about. A state so ***** up they tried to make the Enron guys their congressional representatives *after* the scandal. - scottc, on 10/12/2007, -10/+42@98ACURA
Yeah, you're right. We should base our opinions on the baseless speculations in your Digg comments, instead. - Ibanezfoo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+34bugmenot is your friend.... use it wisely
- RekCognize, on 10/12/2007, -4/+32@98ACURA
RTFA. Why does there have to be more to the story? You don't believe it's possible that the judge could be, at the very least, biased against someone? Sometimes the race card is overused. And sometimes it fits like a glove.
They specifically mentioned the chick that burnt the house down because that very same Judge gave her probation. That doesn't sound "fishy" to you? - Doomy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+29I agree - wheres the jury in this? Unless the judge issued his/her own ruling...
- Winters, on 10/12/2007, -3/+30Replying to myself:
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http://freeshaquandacotton.blogspot.com/2007/03/leave-shaquanda-notes-of-love.html - BlinkBoy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+27@halleyscomet
The President was born in New Haven, CT but his parent's moved to Texas when he was only 2 years old. He grew up in Midland and Houston, Texas.
edit: you beat me to it theungod. :-) - Punisher2K, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25He was spelling NAGGERS. Now who is the racist?
- rudedogdhc, on 10/12/2007, -3/+27@ninjab3ar
"-Something bad happens to a BLACK person.
-Something less bad happens to an unrelated WHITE person.
OMG RACISM!"
Except in this case it is related, because the same judge sentenced both the white girl convicted of arson (probation) and the black girl convicted of battery (7 years). The most likely explanation for this disparity is racism. - dirtyfrog, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23@stevegraham
I remember talking about a case during law class in high school (I don't remember the name of it, just the outcome) and basically a young guy hit someone with his car. Instead of having the judge sentence the guy to prison the family of the person who died just asked that every year on the anniversary of the accident he had to send the parents a check for $1.00. Not because they wanted to hear from the guy that killed their kid, but because they felt that him having to remember what he did and how it affected other people was more of a punishment. Anyway, I would assume that the family requested a Christmas card be sent every year so this guy couldn't forget what he did. If he doesn't send a card he may face tougher consequences. - jtrost, on 10/12/2007, -4/+26Hopefully the higher level courts will overturn this because this is simply nonsense. I've done worse things than pushing hall monitors, and have never received seven years in prison.
- Ninjab3ar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24@98ACURA
If she did get in trouble, but it wasnt in her criminal record, they wouldnt be any serious "crimes" IMO. And that wouldnt be enough cause for someone to sentence a person to 7 years for shoving another person. What was the sentence based on, word of mouth? - biuku, on 10/12/2007, -3/+24The national guard should escort her out of prison and rendition the judge.
- Winters, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21Most sites know who the audience is and can generate the appropriate ads without forcing anyone to register. Don't tell me that a huge, well funded media outlet can't do the same thing. That's *****. Anyway, registration should be a way to AVOID ads.
- wild, on 10/12/2007, -11/+31Dude, CIncinnati had race riots. I was stuck in them. Your ***** stinks too.
And you wonder why the south views you as elitist snobs... - Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -12/+32Picking stereotypical names for your kids isn't helping them integrate. But black people don't want integration, do they?
BTW, screw Paris, TX. - Charlesbian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19Just disgusting is all I have to say...Assuming this is all factual and the whole story of course.
- OutThisLife, on 10/12/2007, -6/+24I live in TX and don't doubt it.
- matriculated, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19I don't think I could live with myself if I decided to throw a young girls life away. She's going to spend her teenage years and the beginning of her adulthood in jail? What is wrong with people?
- aeoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17It's simple. They just don't associate themselves with that girl. They cannot put themselves in her shoes. It means there is no empathy. That's similar to what happens between professional butchers and the animals they must butcher as part of their job. There is no emotional connection to the animal. If there was, the job of being a butcher would be intolerable.
The reason racists can get away with crap like that and sleep well at night is because they have a pretty deep dissociation from people of other races they hate. - GMorgan, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19She has been in prison a year already.
- cupofchino, on 10/12/2007, -7/+23People who annoy you ?
N*GGERS - plncrzy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Here's an interesting sociological experiment... throw a story on Digg where the majority of people don't read the actual article and get enraged by what they read posted in comments by other ignorant posters. Take the small percentage of people who actually bother to read the article and reduce that again by the percentage of people who registered to read the WHOLE story. Take the remaining percentage and reduce that again by the number of people who are actually intelligent enough to form a cognitive thought on their own instead of hopping on the nearest "this is outrageous" bandwagon, and realize that NONE of us have ALL the facts of ANY of these cases.
Gee, we only know what we're hearing from the media, and that MUST be complete and accurate, right? So it's easy to pretend we all know what the hell we're talking about.
It's easy to jump to conclusions when everyone else is doing it, right? - gnawph2, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17"I think the difference in southern states is, we actually live close to one another. In the north, everyone stays in their own place."
Right, thats it, us Northerners don't go out. Way too cold... I haven't seen a black person in 6 years. - halleyscomet, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15@nodo
You imply New Englanders are rational. I live in New England and can assure you that this is not the case.
I would like to remind you that George W Bush is a Connecticut Yankee. - walkingdogs, on 10/12/2007, -11/+25Racism in Texas? you don't say.
Lived in Texas for 6 years so I'm not speaking off the cuff. - rhawk301, on 10/12/2007, -7/+19This is a statement on our schools, not racism. Any little infraction is now considered a felony. They want to get everyone in the system, and better yet NOT have to deal with these kids again.
If you glide through school accepting ALL forms of conditioning and brainwashing, you might, just maybe survive the experience. Of course you will be scarred for life with no real hope of understanding the true society as a whole. You will only see things from the establishment viewpoint.
I would look into whether this school prescribes to a zero-tolerance policy or not. If they do, you should take your kids out immediately and have them transferred to a school which does not have one. Kids will be kids, and we MUST train them to be civil.
A 14 year old "pushing" anyone would be considered bad behavior and should be written up as such. It would be the parents responsibility to correct such action. If this girl continues to be aggressive, then you take more appropriate action, but NEVER jail. Jail is for hardened criminals who cannot be simply rehabilitated using normal society methods. - djSyndrome, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12He's busy trying to figure out if he's entitled to any of Strom Thurmond's estate.
- jsballardx, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Bush isn't from Texas. Try some where a little farther north like New Haven, Connecticut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_w._bush - TheUngod, on 10/12/2007, -14/+25@halleyscomet
Born, yes...raised? Only until TWO years old! He moved to Texas at age 2. -
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