{"id":5493,"date":"2013-09-02T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=5493"},"modified":"2013-09-01T23:13:13","modified_gmt":"2013-09-02T03:13:13","slug":"watkins-family-on-other-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/watkins-family-on-other-cases.html","title":{"rendered":"Watkins family on other cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nIt&#8217;s not so much what you know as what you can prove,\r\nsays a concerned father, and the mother wants better representation\r\nfor others whose children like her daughter have gotten caught\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/mrs-watkins-says-her-14-year-old-daughter-was-charged-with-a-felony-at-pine-grove-middle-school-despite-no-evidence.html\">\r\nin a felony with little if any evidence<\/a> at school. \r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9645473263\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Know Your Rights say the Watkins parents\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7286\/9645473263_5fd802c25a_n.jpg\" alt=\"Know Your Rights say the Watkins parents\"><\/a>\r\nMrs. Watkins said after her daughter was\r\ntackled at school be a deputy,\r\nshe found &#8220;there are a lot of children in the judicial system\r\nthat may not have good representation.&#8221;\r\nShe and Mr. Watkins and George Boston Rhynes\r\nare starting an organization to at least show concern.\r\nGeorge said in one visit to juvenile court\r\nhe encountered two families with problems with \r\nprobation and law enforcement knocking down doors and searching without\r\nsearch warrants.\r\n<p>\r\nMr. Watkins wants to help people know their rights.\r\nThings we older folk may have done as children now there\r\nare laws against, and the children and their families\r\nneed to know things like the difference between a felony\r\nand a misdemeanor, and the importance of writing things down.\r\n&#8220;Details is all that matters.&#8221;\r\nLater he noted that<!--more--> it&#8217;s not enough to go to church,\r\nbut &#8220;there needs to be an application class&#8221;\r\nso people can get out and &#8220;take the next step&#8221;\r\nand put some paper behind it, such as\r\n&#8220;file a suit on a police officer&#8221;,\r\nwhich he said the Watkins have done.\r\n<p>\r\nMrs. Watkins amplified that the more information you have,\r\nwho, the time of day, etc., the more you can do.\r\n&#8220;You&#8217;re allowed to film; film if you need to, but please know your rights.&#8221;\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KoEZlnonTDE&#038;list=SP8hJJKKtdDz7HLcAYlvNRN7F1EOTvPvHe\">\r\nthe video,<\/a>\r\nin which Mr. Watkins explains how to file a lawsuit against police.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KoEZlnonTDE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\nVideo by George Boston Rhynes for bostongbr on YouTube.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nIf enough people know their rights, maybe we can all stop the\r\nschool to prison pipeline.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s not so much what you know as what you can prove, says a concerned father, and the mother wants better representation for others whose children like her daughter have gotten caught in a felony with little if any evidence at school. 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