campwolfes:“If Jasmine were treated like a white girl, she would’ve been sent to a safe place to eat
campwolfes:“If Jasmine were treated like a white girl, she would’ve been sent to a safe place to eat, sleep, maybe even given the opportunity to go to school. But instead, she’s treated like a criminal by the officers and prosecutor whose duty it was to protect her and save her from the hell that was her childhood. But you turn her back out onto the streets until she had a criminal record that prevented her from getting a job, government housing, assistance. Each violation leading to the next, all stemming from the first arrest, when the system that should’ve been protecting this vulnerable 13-year-old girl, blamed her and doomed her to a life in and out of prison.” -- source link
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