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My name is Mike Edison, I a 68 year old White guy who tries to help men and women who are incarcerated or their families. I was arrested on felony charge when I was Shahein’s age. My father was affluent and we were White. I was able to get bailed out of jail and get good legal representation. When I went to Court the boy (he was 16yrs old) in front of me in Court was sentenced to 20 years in prison for stealing a bucket of KFC. HE was Black, poor, had no legal representation. This opened my eyes to how unjust the legal systems is, and how terrifying jail is. I was in jail, but only for a few days…that was enough!
If you believe in social justice, please, help this young man get a fair chance within a very broken system. Jackie's Winbush’s son is currently in jail without funds to make bail and get a fair chance to build his case.
She does not even have $200 to put towards a $2,500 bail to get her son out of Rikers. My heart gets broken almost every week with stories like this, or the homeless shivering in the street, while the rich dine in splendor and go on their vacations to Islands. I drove Jackie and other ladies up to Albany for the March for Justice, being clueless I stopped for food at a rest stop, two of the women ordered hot water. Hot Water? Eat something ! I said. They didn’t have $5 to do that, only food stamps. I said my treat, they bought cheese sandwiches.
This is from his mother Jackie to me…. “Shehein might have a chance to be free and fight the case and be able to go to school. He's in a special G.E.D program now he has to explain to them why he missed those days usually the system doesn't make it easier for young men with no criminal history to have an opportunity to go to school after they've made a mistake but I am hopeful and once again keep me posted on any assistance you can provide every dollar counts Amen”
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