Poll of the Day > White Woman STEALS 250K gets NO PRISON. Black Woman steals 43K gets PRISON!!!

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Outrage after 2 women accused of stealing public money in Ohio and 2 VERY DIFFERENT sentences with the white woman stealing 248,000 worth of and the black woman tealing 42,000 worth of dues gets over a YEAR in prison!!

Danielle Sydnor, president of the Cleveland Branch of the NAACP said "God only knows what would have happend if the sentencings would not have been in such close proxity to each other. We wouldn't even probably be having this conversation today, because this would have gone under the radar and been just the normal course of business of what happen sin our criminal egal system every single day"

Black people convicted of crimes in america, on average sentences about 20% longer than whites of the same crimes

Debbie Bosworth, who is white, and a clerk with the Chagrin Falls village utilities and building departments stole 248,000 over 20 years by pocketing cash from residents utility payments and then covered her tracks by moving money from the building dept to the utility dept.

She was indicted on 22 charges including multiple counts of 3rd degree theft and plead no contest meaning she neither contested the chrges nor admitted guilt. She paid back some of the stolen money from her 200,000 pension and covered the remainder by cutting a cheque on the day of her sentence.

Prosecutors sought prison where she could have been snt to 63 years..but the Judge, who is white, opted to give her PROBATION because he paid some of it back and the mayor said she was a lovely woman who didn't ask for jail time in his letter

Karla Hopkins, who is black was not so lucky as she was a secretary and executive assistant at Maples Heights High School after pocketing 42,000 worth of dues and fees she'd collected from students and parents.

She plead guilty to a single charge of 3rd degree felony and her lawyer argued she had mental health issues and a gambling addiction and has since received treatment and gone through a job placement program.

She hasn't yet paid back all of her dues and she emptied the 20,000 in her pension to pay back the bills after she was fired and since paid 5000 toward her restitution.

But Judge Rick Bell, who is white sentenced her to 18 months in prison and scolded her for dipping into her pension

Sydnor however said this is a story of race and of means as Hopkins argued she had no other means of paying back the money which Boswroth was more easily able to do and said "individuals who are poor and innocent are more likely to spend more time in jail and incarcerated than people who are affluent and guilty".

Sydnor is joining other activists and black leaders calling for more transparency in the justice system so this doesn't fly under the radar and community leaders in Ohio are calling on all the county judges to join the project

Does this sound like white privilege to you?

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It likely is.

That said, there may be a legal difference with one having a public school involved, as opposed to a private business. That's not to say that's how I believe it should be.

Regardless, they're both awful people and the white lady got off way too easy with probation.

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maybe sentencing depends on how much of the money is recovered... but it's not stated


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84phU8of02U

Full Throttle posted...

She was indicted on 22 charges including multiple counts of 3rd degree theft and plead no contest meaning she neither contested the chrges nor admitted guilt. She paid back some of the stolen money from her 200,000 pension and covered the remainder by cutting a cheque on the day of her sentence.

Prosecutors sought prison where she could have been snt to 63 years..but the Judge, who is white, opted to give her PROBATION because he paid some of it back and the mayor said she was a lovely woman who didn't ask for jail time in his letter

Karla Hopkins, who is black was not so lucky as she was a secretary and executive assistant at Maples Heights High School after pocketing 42,000 worth of dues and fees she'd collected from students and parents.

She plead guilty to a single charge of 3rd degree felony and her lawyer argued she had mental health issues and a gambling addiction and has since received treatment and gone through a job placement program.

She hasn't yet paid back all of her dues and she emptied the 20,000 in her pension to pay back the bills after she was fired and since paid 5000 toward her restitution.

...so basically one paid the money back and didn't get prison, while the other didn't pay the money back and got prison? -_-

Literally sounds like it was about the money. GTFO with your shitty troll topics.


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This apparent racism looks like exactly the kind of problem PotD can solve

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