The lawyer said he’s baffled that prosecutors pursued the case and that a youth judge oversaw a sentence that included probation and requiring the child to write a report about Kobe Bryant.

The lawyer said he’s baffled that prosecutors pursued the case and that a youth judge oversaw a sentence that included probation and requiring the child to write a report about Kobe Bryant.

A 10-year-old Black child in Mississippi who urinated in public in August was sentenced Tuesday in youth court to three months’ probation, a decision the child’s attorney says was influenced by race.

Quantavious Eason, who is in the third grade, was arrested by Senatobia police Aug. 10 after a police officer saw him relieving himself outside next to his mom’s car when the woman was inside an attorney’s office, according to family attorney Carlos Moore.

Given the circumstances, any child would have done the same thing, Moore said. He noted there was no public restroom at the attorney’s office.

  • Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world
    822·
    11 months ago

    Even if this were a grown man… how is peeing in public a jail sentence or probation?? Here you just get a fine. Or am I too european to understand?

    • Cap@lemm.ee
      651·
      11 months ago

      Not only that put if you do it as an adult you will be put on the sexual offenders list for life. Yay America!

        • Fosheze@lemmy.worldEnglish
          15·
          11 months ago

          Technically it can happen. Usually is doesn’t. Peeing in public is technically indecent exposure if you are seen (which someone has to see you to catch you anyways). Indecent exposure is considered a sexual offence and can be tried as such.

          But from what I’ve seen in my area of the US if you get caught pissing in public you will just get a fine unless you are a frequent repeat offender or there is some extenuating curcumstance like doing it in full view of other people. It’s one of those things where technically it can get you labeled as a sex offender but it rarely actually does. Of course we have plenty of corrupt judges and that decision lies solely with them so it is always a possibility.

        • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netEnglish
          101·
          11 months ago

          No. California recently got rid of or changed it though I forget the particulars other than it doesn’t come with a sex offender charge now. Another state had also done much the same before California did. Michigan, I think?

    • khannie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      26·
      11 months ago

      European here. Public urination is illegal and a friend of mine was nearly charged for peeing on the side of the road on a country lane at the woods when we were kids (edit: around 16).

      This whole thing is crazy though. 10 year olds need to pee.

      • noobnarski@feddit.de
        1·
        11 months ago

        Here in Germany it is illegal and you can get fined (no jailtime, as long as you dont try to show your dick to everyone).

        But I have never heard of anyone getting fined for it, but I only know people who pee in bushes and shit, no one that is so trashy that they pee on buildings and stuff, because I would imagine that those cases are prosecuted much more stringently.

        If you stop at any reststop at a highway or country road its also not very unlikely to see someone peeing into some bushes.

      • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
        1·
        11 months ago

        There’s also a big difference between doing it on a street and doing it in the country road. The main difference being you’re not peeing on concrete.