LEGAL VICTORY! "Charges dropped against Florida teen over amateur science experiment"
Dropping the charges against Kiera got a big nudge on May 8 when NewsOne.com implied that the Assistant Attorney for Florida was prejudice. NewsOne reported:
"Attorney Who Advised Kiera Be Charged With Felony, Drops Charges In White Teen’s Fatal Case Days Later"
Assistant State Attorney Tammy Glotfelty, who advised Officer Gregory Rhoden to charge 16-year-old Kiera Wilmot with a felony, has some explaining to do. Just days after doling out a stiff charge for Kiera, Glotfelty decided not to bring any charges against White 13-year-old Taylor Richardson, who mistakenly killed his younger brother with a BB gun, because she deemed his case was a “tragic accident.”
http://newsone.com/2440220/kiera-wilmot-florida-science-experiment-2/
Florida prosecutors lost this battle in the court of public opinion. Maggie Gilman launched a Change.org petition that gave the public the opportunity to express its outrage over a high school student being charged with felonies and expelled from school over a science experiment that blew the top off a water bottle.
“Even though I don’t have the privilege of knowing Kiera Wilmot, I believe we all have the responsibility to stand up with one another whenever there is injustice, and felt I had to do whatever I could to make sure the unjust felony charges were dropped,” said Maggie Gilman, the creator of [a very successful] petition, in a statement circulated by Change.org. “I’m very thankful to the 195,000 people who stood with Kiera and signed the petition on Change.org!” http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/05/15/charges-dropped-against-florida-teen-over-amateur-science-experiment/
“Even though I don’t have the privilege of knowing Kiera Wilmot, I believe we all have the responsibility to stand up with one another whenever there is injustice, and felt I had to do whatever I could to make sure the unjust felony charges were dropped,” said Maggie Gilman, the creator of [a very successful] petition, in a statement circulated by Change.org. “I’m very thankful to the 195,000 people who stood with Kiera and signed the petition on Change.org!” http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/05/15/charges-dropped-against-florida-teen-over-amateur-science-experiment/
Dropping the charges against Kiera got a big nudge on May 8 when NewsOne.com implied that the Assistant Attorney for Florida was prejudice. NewsOne reported:
"Attorney Who Advised Kiera Be Charged With Felony, Drops Charges In White Teen’s Fatal Case Days Later"
Assistant State Attorney Tammy Glotfelty, who advised Officer Gregory Rhoden to charge 16-year-old Kiera Wilmot with a felony, has some explaining to do. Just days after doling out a stiff charge for Kiera, Glotfelty decided not to bring any charges against White 13-year-old Taylor Richardson, who mistakenly killed his younger brother with a BB gun, because she deemed his case was a “tragic accident.”
http://newsone.com/2440220/kiera-wilmot-florida-science-experiment-2/
"OH, NO! A black child did an experiment that blew the top off a water bottle! Arrest her! Expel her! Throw her in the cell with Marissa Alexander for 20 years, the woman who fired a warning shot! We've got to have more female prison slaves! We have work orders to fill!" Not this time, Florida.
Two gray links are in the article. They should be blue, but stalkers feel that if my links are close to the shade of the text, you won't notice them. An excerpt from NewsOne.com's May 8th report and a publisher's statement were added after publication:
ReplyDelete"OH, NO! A black child did an experiment that blew the top off a water bottle! Arrest her! Expel her! Throw her in the cell with Marissa Alexander for 20 years, the woman who fired a warning shot! We've got to have more female prison slaves! We have work orders to fill!" Not this time, Florida.
I know right. My daughter spoke up about a black classmate who was being discriminated against by a teacher and my daughter faced severe retribution. I always taught my children to speak out when they see someone being discriminated against and I am proud of her for what she did and the teacher and faculty should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this teacher to go unpunished!
ReplyDeleteYour daughter has learned a valuable lesson from both her mother and her teacher. It is right to speak against oppression (Proverbs 31:8-9), but prepare for persecution that will surely follow that righteous action (1 Peter 4:12).
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