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  • White Lawyer That Spat on Black Student During a 2020 Protest Chooses Jail Over Probation

    White Lawyer That Spat on Black Student During a 2020 Protest Chooses Jail Over Probation

    A white lawyer who spat on a black high school student during an anti-racism march in Milwaukee in 2020 has chosen to go to jail over probation, AP News reported. 

    Stephanie Rapkin, 67, a Shorewood attorney was found guilty of

    “misdemeanor disorderly conduct”

    in April in connection to the incident, reports reveal. 

    According to the outlet, Rapkin tried infringing on the 2020 George Floyd protest in the Milwaukee area by parking her car in the middle of the street in an attempt to block demonstrators. She was approached by the teen, who reportedly

    “organized and led the march,”

    and other protestors who asked her to move. Rapkins then hocked up a loogie and spat it at the boy. 

    She was arrested and charged with a hate crime that was later reduced. On Tuesday Milwaukee County Judge Laura Crivello gave Rapkin the option of 60 days in jail or a year of probation with 100 hours of community service, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. The lawyer declined the probation taking the 60-day sentence. 

    “It’s not viable,”

    she told the court.

    “I’d rather go to jail right now and take care of it.”

    Rapkin also faces a charge of assaulting a police officer who arrested her at her home the following day of the march. According to the criminal complaint, Rapkin

    “kneed him in the groin.”

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • Black Teen Mistaken For Robbery Suspect While Driving His White Grandmother Files Lawsuit Against Officers Involved

    Black Teen Mistaken For Robbery Suspect While Driving His White Grandmother Files Lawsuit Against Officers Involved

    A black teen who was pulled over and arrested while driving with his white grandmother in 2018 is now suing the cops involved because they never told him what the arrest was for except that they received a

    “suspicious tip,”

    The Root reports. He now wants to know what made him look suspicious. 

    In 2018, Akil Carter was riding with his grandmother Paulette Bar, and her friend, Sandra Adams, both white women, from church when he was suddenly stopped by police. The incident occurred near the Mayfair Collection outlet mall in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Carter was pulled over by Officer Patrick Kaine who said in court Monday that he received an

    “urgent notice”

    from a

    “tipster”

    about a block boy robbing two white women inside a blue Lexus. 

    Dashcam footage obtained by WISNM 12 News shows the moments leading up to Carter’s arrest. Kaine is heard yelling at the teen to get out of the car with his hands up and walk backward toward the officers. Kaine is seen drawing his .40 caliber Glock service weapon while another officer is handcuffing the teenager. Carter is then placed in the back of the patrol car while his distraught grandmother explains that the boy is her grandson. The officer is heard apologizing to the women and says he was given the wrong information from

    “tipsters”

    who were reportedly never to be found. 

    Carter’s attorney, claims his Fourth Amendment right to be protected from

    “unreasonable seizure”

    was violated. In the lawsuit, it says officer Kaine had

    “no probable cause to believe Carter was doing anything criminal,”

    reports state. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?