Miles Davis
Davis was later acquitted of 3rd degree assault and disorderly conduct.
Davis was later quoed as saying that the incident, “"changed my whole life and whole attitude again, made me feel bitter and cynical again when I was starting to feel good about the things that had changed in this country.”
grace was put on probation because of charges of assault and theft for “biting her mother’s finger and pulling her hair” and stealing another student’s mobile phone which she later returned. she expressed remorse at her actions multiple times afterwards and participated in therapy sessions and completely stayed out of trouble, her mother and teacher said that she was doing well at school despite the switch to online classes which caused her to become distracted due to her ADHD. she couldn’t keep up with her homework and her caseworker filed a violation of probabtion against her without bothering to learn about her disabilty or academic performance. the judge ellen brennan called her a “threat to the community”. all because she didn’t complete her fucking homework. she’s been in the juvenile detention centre for over a month now.
this is how to contact michigan’s attorney general to ask them to overturn the ruling, which i got off twitter from this thread, which also links to various groups that are organising on grace’s behalf
this is contact info for the judge herself, which along w contact info for the school district is included in the link to the petition. stress that michigan’s governer gave an executive order limiting the incarceration of children during the pandemic unless they posed a ‘serious threat to the community’ and the judge has already disregarded best practice for keeping grace safe by forcing her to appear in court in person during a pandemic, stress that grace’s teacher has disagreed with her caseworker’s assessment of the situation, saying that grace’s problems with adjusting to online learning largely reflect those shared by her classmates and that the caseworker filed a violation of probation before actually confirming with grace’s teacher if grace was meeting expectations
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Edit: this wasn't an official replacement, credit for the statue goes to the artist, Marc Quinn, who showed up with a team in the early hours of the morning and quickly installed the statue, then left before authorities could arrive
Email the court at circuitcourt@oakgov.com to urge them to reverse their decision and send Grace home. Don’t use a template, write your own email. Alt you can call them at 248-858-0424.
Sentencing a Black child with a learning disorder to imprisonment for not adjusting well to a massive upheaval in her way of life is violence. Letting it happen is violence.
Federal officers with no badges in unmarked cars are disappearing peaceful protestors off the street in Portland. There is no accountability. Donald is ordering it, and cheering them on.
This is every dystopian fascist government nightmare come true.
as if shooting protesters in the head and assaulting street medics wasn’t enough, the feds in portland are now throwing ppl into unmarked cars like the fucking kgb or some shit i wish i could say this is unbelievable and yet
