Cyrus Langhorne
Grammy-winning rapper T.I. is big mad. The King of the South hit up social media this week to remind fans just how lopsided the criminal system is in 2019.
Tip went to Instagram to share his disgust in a 12-year-old appearing in court on a felony charge for selling CDs and compared it to a former daycare worker only getting probation for attempted murder of a toddler.
Things like this remind us how things really still are in America. SMH. @Tip #SOHHNews pic.twitter.com/xkLXCJ8uaA
— SOHH (@sohh) March 4, 2019
Last week, 12-year-old Corey “Lil C Note” Jackson made headlines after appearing in court following an October arrest for allegedly selling his mixtape at a Georgia mall.
Jackson was in Georgia visiting family when he was arrested in the mall’s food court. Police allege that the young rapper was taken into custody after he was told twice to stop selling his mixtapes. But Jackson‘s lawyer, Mawuli Davis, has maintained his young client’s innocence. “When he was there, he was not selling any CDs,” Davis told CBS 46. (Yahoo! Lifestyle)
Over the past few days, Corey has relied on social media to defend his image.
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Back in 2018, Judge Jay Quam made a controversial decision to avoid giving former daycare worker Nataliia Karia years in prison despite pleading guilty to attempted murder of a toddler.
Instead, Quam ruled that her mental illness justifies a lower sentence. And if she follows exactly her mental health plan – then probation is more appropriate than prison. “I’m going to put you on probation for 10 years. If you make it through 10 years, I have absolutely no doubt that all this will be safe, and that I will have made the right choice here today,” Quam said. (NBC 2 News)
