BY NBC NEWS
Jackson, Mississippi The family’s attorney revealed on Tuesday that the mother of a 10-year-old black youngster who was given a book report and three months of probation by a Mississippi judge for urinating in public has refused to sign the probationary agreement and has requested that the complaint against her son be dropped.
Quantavious Eason’s mother, Latonya Eason, had originally intended to sign the agreement to protect herself from the possibility that the prosecutors would increase her son’s charge, as they had promised. However, after reviewing the entire agreement on Tuesday, she had second thoughts, according to lawyer Carlos Moore.
“A probation agreement that treats a 10-year-old child like a criminal is something we cannot, in good conscience, accept,” Moore stated. We will take all required actions to contest the terms, as they are not in our client’s best interest.
According to Moore, Quantavious’s probationary conditions were comparable to those that prosecutors would impose on an adult, including prohibitions against carrying a weapon and requirements that he submit to random drug tests conducted by a probation officer.
the mother of a 10-year-old black youngster It’s simply an ordinary probation. It seemed intelligent to me for a young person. However, Moore noted, “Those are the same terms an adult criminal would have.”
The deal also stipulated that the youngster would have an 8 p.m. curfew, which would have gone into force over the Christmas break. The conditions of the deal are based on a sentence that Tate County Youth Court Judge Rusty Harlow issued on December 12. The judge ordered Quantavious to do a two-page book report on the late NBA player Kobe Bryant in addition to serving a three-month probationary period.
According to the mother of the child, on August 10, Quantavious urinated behind her car when she was in Senatobia, Mississippi, visiting a lawyer’s office.
40 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee, the hamlet has 8,100 residents. When police noticed the boy urinating, they took him into custody. He was placed in a squad car and driven to the police station by officers.
Although the child’s mother claims he was placed in a detention cell, Senatobia Police Chief Richard Chandler stated the youngster was not handcuffed.
the mother of a 10-year-old black youngster Chandler claimed that the officers disregarded their training on how to manage youngsters a few days after the incident. He claimed that other cops involved in the arrest will face disciplinary action and that one of them is “no longer employed.” He did not say whether the former officer resigned or was dismissed or what kind of punishment the other officers would get.
The court prosecutor who was assigned to work on the case did not come back right away. Williams’s worker stated that the lawyer was unable to comment on matters concerning minors.
the mother of a 10-year-old black youngster Moore filed a motion asking the Tate County Youth Court to either dismiss the case or schedule a trial after encouraging Quantavious’s mother not to sign the probation arrangement. That motion has a hearing set for January 16.
According to the family’s lawyer, Quantavious Eason’s probation included requirements that were identical to what prosecutors would ask of an adult, such as having to submit to random drug tests administered by a probation officer.
