Hello all.<br><br>Jeshaun Manning-Carter, who was with Kiwane Carrington when he was killed by Champaign police, is in court <b>Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 2pm in courtroom C. </b><br>He's being charged with felony aggravated battery to a "peace" officer and is represented by Alfred Ivy.<br>
We're planning to show up at the courthouse in downtown Urbana, be present in the hallway outside, but are not allowed in the courtroom for a juvenile hearing.<br><br>If you haven't already, sign the petition to drop the charges on Jeshaun.<br>
The signatures will be delivered to the State's Attorney Tuesday morning.<br><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message"><span class="UIStory_Message"><a href="http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/dropthecharges/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "293b3d36a4ded741f40cde93e345a042", event)"><span>http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/dropt</span><span class="word_break"></span>hecharges/</a></span></h3>
Regardless what happens Tuesday, we will have a rally outside the courthouse to protest the mistreatment of black youth by the criminal justice system.<br><br>According to figures given to us by the State’s Attorney, of 525 juvenile cases between January 2008 and October 2009, 73% involved blacks. <br>
Of “resisting arrest and/or obstructing justice” charges, 22 out of 24 of them were given out to black youth, and in the other two cases the race is unidentified. <br>When conviction rates are compared, black youth were 12% more likely to be found guilty of the charges than their white counterparts.<br>
<br>Peace, BD<br>-- <br>Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.<br>303 W. Locust St.<br>Urbana, IL 61801<br><a href="mailto:briandolinar@gmail.com">briandolinar@gmail.com</a><br>
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