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Title: Are the Jackson Police Concerned About Justice or Bad PR?
Post by: Shana A on December 14, 2010, 08:43:13 AM
Post by: Shana A on December 14, 2010, 08:43:13 AM
Are the Jackson Police Concerned About Justice or Bad PR?
Posted by Betsy Phillips on Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 2:00 PM
http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2010/12/13/are-the-jackson-police-concerned-about-justice-or-bad-pr (http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2010/12/13/are-the-jackson-police-concerned-about-justice-or-bad-pr)
Jenci Spradlin has as much new stuff about Akasha Adonis's situation over in Jackson as you're likely to find. I won't repeat all of the things that you can read for yourself. But I do want to say a couple of things.
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2. Even if what the police say is true — that Adonis shoved first the man who broke her jaw and ripped out her teeth — that doesn't make what happened to her okay. All the time, when women are harassed, people ask, "Why didn't you just punch him?"
This is why. Because a man can be verbally harassing you (which the police stipulate did occur) and if you do anything other than just take it, the police might decide you don't need justice.
Posted by Betsy Phillips on Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 2:00 PM
http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2010/12/13/are-the-jackson-police-concerned-about-justice-or-bad-pr (http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2010/12/13/are-the-jackson-police-concerned-about-justice-or-bad-pr)
Jenci Spradlin has as much new stuff about Akasha Adonis's situation over in Jackson as you're likely to find. I won't repeat all of the things that you can read for yourself. But I do want to say a couple of things.
[...]
2. Even if what the police say is true — that Adonis shoved first the man who broke her jaw and ripped out her teeth — that doesn't make what happened to her okay. All the time, when women are harassed, people ask, "Why didn't you just punch him?"
This is why. Because a man can be verbally harassing you (which the police stipulate did occur) and if you do anything other than just take it, the police might decide you don't need justice.