#cjrobinson

[africanglobe]

AFRICANGLOBE – A Black teen in Alabama will spend the next 65 years of his life behind bars for a murder that was committed by police officers. In 2015, Lakeith Smith, 15 at the time, was allegedly involved in two home break-ins in the town of Millbrook, Alabama, according to WSFA. When Smith and his friend, A’Donte Washington, were confronted by police, the police claimed that Washington, 16, had a gun. Without hesitation, the police shot Washington four times, killing the teenager at the scene. The officer who shot and killed Washington, still unnamed, was not charged because courts ruled that the killing was justified.

https://www.africanglobe.net/headlines/teen-spend-65-years-prison-murder-committed-police/

[beauti4soul]

These Are Some #BullShit #Charges He didn't #CommitMurder They Need to be talking to those #KillerCops and the Judge was mad so he was okay with giving him All of that #PrisonTime . You see #WhitePeople do worse #Crime than that get #probation or #HouseArrest 👿 😠 The five #Suspects had broken into two homes in Millbrook in February of 2015, according to the #MontgomeryAdvertiser when they were confronted and chased by #police . Washington, who was 16, had pointed his gun at an #officer when he was shot, Teen turns down 25-year prison offer, instead gets 65 years 😡😲😔 Elmore County teen sentenced in #accomplice #liability case #AlabamaTeen The judge even overheard #LakeithSmith saying "I don’t have time for this" as he was waiting for his case to be called, according to WECT. "You got plenty of time for this," #Judge #SibleyReynolds told Smith as he sentenced him to consecutive terms in an #ElmoreCounty #Courtroom "When I called the case earlier you said you ain’t got time for this, so I didn’t know if you had time for this now?" "I don't think Mr. Smith will be smiling long when he gets to #prison, " #chiefassistant #districtattorney #CJRobinson told the Advertiser. "We are very pleased with this sentence. Because the sentences are consecutive, it will be a long time before he comes up for even the possibility for parole, at least 20 to 25 years." Smith laughs during a previous #CourtAppearance (WSFA) Smith was given 30 years for #felonymurder 15 years for #burglary , and two 10-year terms for #theft , according to the #newspaper. His grandfather asked the #judge to show some #Leniency . "Give him a chance to tell you he's sorry," he said to the judge, according to #WECT . "He’s had every opportunity," the judge responded. "I've asked two or three times today." " #Are you sorry ?” the grandfather asked Smith, according to the station. The teen said he was sorry for what he did and for his "homeboy," a reference to Washington, according to the station. #JusticeForLakeithSmith give him a Fare Chance #FairTrial #NoDoubleStandards put #Race ~ #Racism off to the side in these type of #Situations 🤛 #SMDH the crime was All wrong but HE DIDN'T MURDER ANYBODY.