As Dymond headed toward the breaker, a blue van drove up and three men jumped out rushing toward her. One of them grabbed her saying, "You're a prostitute. You're coming with me."
Would the police have done that to a twelve-year-old white girl? I don't think so. She was African American. She was in shorts on the same block as alleged white prostitutes. Ergo, she must be a hooker.
Three weeks later, according to the lawsuit, police went to Dymond's school, where she was an honor student, and arrested her for assaulting a public servant. Griffin says the allegations stem from when Dymond fought back against the three men who were trying to take her from her home.
She fought back against three men, not wearing uniforms, who were trying to drag her into a van. Of course, the assault charge stinks of intimidation. By arresting her for prostitution, they handed her a lawsuit, so then they tried to fight back by arresting her for acting reasonably in self-defense.
Sometimes I despair for America, you know? But then I remember that we are also the country that elected Obama, and I feel better.
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