Thursday, May 28, 2009

Justice, Racine Style

Tisa Hawes, the woman who did nothing while her boyfriend tortured her son to death, received 3 years in prison yesterday: http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2009/05/28/local_news/doc4a1dd1c54a767495271483.txt. (I just love the Journal Times' headline minimizing Brian Hawes' death: "3 years prison for mom whose son suffocated." By that measure, gunshot victims in Racine cannot be murdered, they just bleed to death.)

Jessie Rodriguez, Tisa Hawes' boyfriend, faces 7 years for killing a two year old, after physically tormenting him for months.

Meanwhile, Adrial White continues in his efforts to regain his legal freedom after blowing away a predator that roamed our streets at night, stealing from others.


Party on, Racine, party on!

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

That bitch should have gotten life! I am glad to see she's gonna do SOME time(not enough).......were'nt they concidering just giving her probation? Maybe someone in jail will pull a Daumer on her...

OrbsCorbs said...

The values in this city are SO screwed up . . .

We spend millions of dollars on "studies" to find out why the babies of crack whores die young, but when someone murders their own child, no city official even blinks.

OKIE said...

The laws need to change. I can probably get 5-10 for having more than the legal limit of pot but she only gets 3 years for allowing someone to abuse her children?
That is total bs.
I think Constantine did everything he could but the law is the law.

kkdither said...

It is as if nothing makes sense anymore and there is no honesty or equity.

You can get fined for not wearing a seatbelt, smoking in a govt building, parking too close to the corner, but you can neglect your children or your pets or shit on your neighbors and nothing happens. Or you can be a habitual criminal and just not pay your fines.

Did you hear the complaining that is going on now because they want to force the police to include race in the data collected when they stop or question you? They said it would "cost too much." Please. It might cost the police to be more accountable in who they stop and what actions they take.

Don't get me started on Adriel White's case either.... a productive taxpaying citizen who had enough of unfair policing of the city and was frustrated, fed up and foolish enough to try to take the criminals on by himself. The high and mighty will say he was solely defending his property. I wholeheartedly disagree.

SER said...

KK...I agree about the “cost too much”, yes that is total BS. I’m not sure but I thought that information was listed on your drivers license, if not it should be. Drivers license are what most people use for identification purposes so they have that information already.

Then I think, if you are breaking the law, does it really matter what color you are, you are in the wrong. So that sure as hell cannot be racial profiling.

Huck Finn said...

SER I think race is evident with the picture on your license....

kkdither said...

From what I gathered from the report was: tracking the race issue was intended to quell the complaints of racial profiling in stopping and questioning people.

No, race is not listed on your license. Do you really think data collection would stop someone who is racist from pulling over more blacks than whites? There would be some, um, other explanation for it...

drewzepmeister said...

That kills me to see scum like them get away "scott free". GRRR!

SER said...

Huck...not really. If you look at my drivers license, I look like a Mexican and a lot of people think I am.

MinnesotaChick said...

Now... taking bets that 'time served' will be taken into this. Doubt she'll serve 3 years. It's a shame that drug dealers and DUI face a harsher sentence than someone that knowingly allowed her children to be abused.

JMO

SER said...

I cannot believe they are not collecting demographics on every stop.

The community complains certain ethnic groups are targeted. Police say they do not know what to do to curtail certain activities in the city, but no one is collecting information.

Items such as:

Reason for stop
....Moving Vehicle violation, i.e. speeding, DUI
....Vehicle equipment, i.e. burnt out light
....Suspicious looking, i.e. crime recently committed in area.
Location of stop
Time of stop
Length of time of stop
Quantity of persons questioned
Age(s) of person(s)
Gender of person(s)
Race of person(s)
Was it a vehicle stop
Was it a pedestrian stop

And very important

Results of stop
....Citation issued
....Taken into custody
....Warning issued
....No action taken

This may seem like a lot, but if you have a “check off sheet”, it would not take much time at all.

I believe with information like this, it will demonstrate there maybe a lack of police patrols in certain areas and other areas my not need as much. Officers could utilize their time more efficiently.

If you are not going to be pro-active, all you are going to do is “chase fires” all day.


Here endeth the lesson..........

kkdither said...

SER for Police Chief! You're not Mexican, SER? I'll be darned.. lol