Posted on 05/08/2016 12:38:45 PM PDT by BBell
On April 28, social commentator and New York Daily News senior justice writer Shaun King brought a small town crime story to national attention, setting flame to the gasoline of Internet outrage.
Levar Allen of Bossier City, Louisiana, who was repeatedly written about by his local paper for success in various high school sports, from football to wrestling, made headlines for being arrested last month. On April 22, 17-year-old Allen was arrested by the Bossier Sheriff's Office and charged with contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile and possession of child pornography.
He had exchanged sexually explicit videos and photographs with his white, 16-year-old girlfriend.
Allen's mother, Chastity Washington, said Allen's girlfriend began the exchange and claims that her son was arrested due to his race.
"A little girl sent him a video, she was 16. He sent her a video and he got charged," Washington told KSLA. One was "a video of a young lady doing an obscene act to herself. And then he sent one doing the same thing. I think because she's white, the parents got upset that she's been doing what she's been doing."
King then called the arrest a "bogus symptom of the mass criminalization of black folk in the New Jim Crow" in a national column. The story quickly spread to Slate, BET and The Root.
Cue the outrage machine.
Almost immediately, Twitter exploded with commenters expressing their anger.
In this case, many see the couple's differing races being at the root of the arrest.
A petition started on Change.org, demanding authorities "Free Levar Allen or Arrest Her too," has more than A petition started on Change.org, demanding authorities "Free Levar Allen or Arrest Her too," has more than 30,000 supporters.
A thread on the popular LSU football blog Tiger Droppings titled "Levar Allen is getting
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What is the point of being a so called "journalist" if you can't or are too lazy to get the facts straight?
I do not agree with the state of Louisiana considering a 17 year old an adult. There is a piece of legislation going through the state house to raise the age of being considered an adult to 18. In Louisiana if you get charged for shop lifting you are charged as an adult if you are 17. If you get a ticket for littering and you are 17 you get charged as an adult. It's absurd.
“New York Daily News senior justice writer”
This has nothing to do with Journalism.
Watch out for speedboats flying overhead.
That was definitely a good movie.
He and Rachel should get married.
Yeah, but what were the odds James Bond would run into him again in Thailand of all places?
I had forgotten about that one. But you’re right!
(it was a different movie? I think so but it’s been too long)
Ah found it - Golden Gun
there's your money line. "hundreds" is not normal. This 'star athelete' is a sexual predator in the making and a good thing for society he was caught now, when there may be a slim chance he can be turned around. And I have the same "shame on you" for both parents. Why aren't they monitoring what is on their child's phone? And if the young man's parents want to say, he's old enough not to monitor, then that is concurrence the young man is old enough to face the consequences of his behavior. Black, white or purple.
Except, not only was the girl charged as well, she was charged first.
I think I’m going to start making tee shirts that say ; “100 iq + 70 iq= approximately 75” so people look before they leap
Unfortunately with the youth we have these days “hundreds” is not all that unusual. I am saying this as a father of a 17 year old son and my son is a chick magnet. If it were up to me I would smash my boy’s phone to pieces.
“You’re that secret agent! That English secret agent from England.”
Please do that.
Of course there is also
fake muslim victim
fake homosexual victim
fake anti-Western culture victim
fake woman rape victim
fake black victim
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