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your-daughters-shall-prophesy:

The prosecution called Giroux, the caseworker, as its only witness. In response to questions from Grace’s attorney, she acknowledged she did not know what type of educational disabilities Grace had and did not answer a question about what accommodations those disabilities might require. Her assessment that Grace hadn’t done her schoolwork was based on a comment her mother made to her teacher, which Charisse testified she said in a moment of frustration and was untrue.

Grace’s special education teacher, Tarpeh, could have provided more information and planned to testify but had to leave the hearing to teach a class, according to the prosecutor.

Grace and her mother testified that she was handling her schoolwork more responsibly — and that she had permission to turn in her assignments at her own pace, as long as she finished by the end of the semester. And, Charisse said, Grace was behaving and not causing her any physical harm.

The transition to virtual school had been difficult, Grace testified, but she said she was making progress. “I just needed time to adjust to the schedule that my mom had prepared for me,” she said.

Brennan was unconvinced. Grace’s probation, she told her, was “zero tolerance, for lack of a better term.”

She sent her to detention. Grace was taken out of the courtroom in handcuffs.

A Michigan judge sent a 15-year-old Black girl to juvenile detention for struggling to complete some of her schoolwork after her school shifted to online learning, despite the fact that her teacher said she was doing well in school and her caseworker not even knowing that she had ADHD.

This kid now has a record. It’s going to be difficult or impossible for her to get a job- even if she finishes HS and goes to college.

Without a decent job, she’s going to have a hard time getting healthcare. So you can imagine what that will do to her life expectancy.

Buying a home? Not going to happen. So much for leaving any wealth to her own kids, if she chooses to have any.

White judge doing this to a black kid. That’s white supremacy in action. And we white people will never have to compete with her for a spot in a good college, for a good home, for a good job. And that’s how every white person in America is benefiting from white supremacy.

That last paragraph above one more time, since so many white people don’t seem to understand this concept.

White judge doing this to a black kid. That’s white supremacy in action. And we white people will never have to compete with her for a spot in a good college, for a good home, for a good job. And that’s how every white person in America is benefiting from white supremacy.