I think it's very important to know your rights! Especially if you ever have a encounter with a law enforcement officer. You can exercise your rights and I wish my seventeen year old son would have known his when he had an encounter with local police officers. I received this information from the Youth Justice North Carolina Organization. If An Officer Violates Your … [Read more...]
I Can’t Stay Silent…
I recently shared a post about my seventeen year old son who was a victim of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, being detained for a crime he didn't commit and being with a group of friends who were all guilty of walking while black! If you missed that post, you can read Durham: Racial Profiling Much? #BlackLivesMatter #AllLivesMatter Below is a recollection of my … [Read more...]
Durham: Racial Profiling Much?!?!
Racial Profiling: The use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense. You never want to get that phone call and it's one of your children, in this case my seventeen year old African American son telling me that he's been detained by the Durham police and that he did NOTHING wrong! It was Friday around 4:10 pm and my son had … [Read more...]