Ten-year-old boy gets harsh sentence for public urination
A 10-year-old Mississippi boy who was arrested for public urination has been sentenced to three months probation
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A 10-year-old Mississippi boy who was arrested for public urination has been sentenced to three months probation
Quantavious Eason, a third-grade student, was arrested by Senatobia police in Mississippi after an officer saw him relieving himself next to his mum's car while she was inside a solicitor's office
A lawyer for Quantavious Eason's family says the boy "would not have been arrested, prosecuted or sentenced if he was any other colour, race, besides black".
The mother -- who says police locked her third grader in a jail cell -- believes the incident was motivated by racism.
After Tuesday’s youth court hearing in Tate County, I think we can all agree that you can blame the whole affair on childishness.