Jesse J. Holland: The crime for which Karon Blake could have been charged — if there was evidence to charge him — doesn't carry the death penalty. And yet, that's what he got, and it’s what countless other Black boys and men still face in American society.
Mississippi, an open-carry state, does prohibit exhibiting weapons in a rude, angry or threatening manner, but the maximum punishment is a $500 fine and jail, not death. As in Karon’s case, police have not made public much information about Jaheim’s shooting, and they haven’t publicly released footage from the officers’ body cameras.
On Oct. 12, Krieg Butler, a 36-year-old white man, shot dead 13-year-old Sinzae Reed, who lived in the same apartment complex in Columbus, Ohio. Columbus police arrested Butler, but. Because of a recent change in Ohio law, homicide suspects don’t have to prove they acted in self-defense. Prosecutors must prove they didn’t.
According to a statement Monday provided to USA Today by the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office, police in Columbus “are in the process of investigating” Sinzae’s death, and the Columbus Police Department directed USA Today to a Dec. 31 statement that says, in part: “We are aware of the community’s concerns regarding the investigation and want to ensure the community thatBecause of a recent change in Ohio law, homicide suspects don’t have to prove they acted in self-defense.
For those of you who are asking , it doesn’t matter what Karon was doing out so late or whether he or his friends were messing with cars on the homeowner’s street.
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