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.

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        Even If it was I would take a piss on your officer.

        God America is weird, you realize in most European countries if you are caught pissing in the street the police will:

        1 shout to try and scare you and then tell you to fuck off

        2 nothing else unless you have a private beef with that specific cop

        3 Scandinavian countries are their own thing, but Scandinavians probably wouldn’t piss in the street lol

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          We realize that, but in America you become a police officer for one of two reasons: you actually believe they are the good guys (lmao) or you want to abuse power over people and fuck around in a fast car.

          I’m sure you can guess who 90% of the applicants are.

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            Northern Europe meanwhile actually has a problem where no one wants to become a cop. Mostly because you’re not allowed to do these things and you get paid more in McDonald’s anyway.

            Of course there is still the option of becoming a politician.

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            Due to the cult mentality, the first group very quickly becomes the second.

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            Or guys who want to play with guns, because gun laws usually exempt police officers, even off duty.

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          My guess is Scandinavians also find ready access to public urinals. In Mississippi this would be a wholly unthinkable expenditure of govt tax funds which are already allocated to a for-profit prison, probably. Mississippi is a third-world state.

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            Ain’t just Mississippi. Public toilets are generally infrequent in most of the US… Fast food franchises are frequently the only bathrooms you can use.

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      Last year I took my daughter to her therapist. She goes after hours. I really had to pee. There was no bathroom in the waiting room and all the other places in the building were closed, so I ran out and peed behind the dumpster. Sometimes you just have to pee.