False Accusations and interrogations are very serious situations that many people in today's society have often experienced more than once. These accusations will always be considered unless further proven true with evidence and facts behind it. These are situations that are rarely spoken about or fought to be solved. These reports are based on a video about someone who was integrated without a lawyer or his parents and was executed. The court manipulated and used him to their advantage knowing that he didn't have a lawyer or his parents with him.

During this zoom meeting we did an icebreaker in which we introduced ourselves. We said our name, our group, and our favorite borough. I said Brooklyn as my favorite borough because I lived there all my life and it is a fun place to be. We then watched a video about someone who was integrated without a lawyer or his parents and was executed. When the video was finished Min. Onleilove asked us what we thought of it. I said it's crazy how they manipulated him to their advantage knowing that he didn't have a lawyer or his parents with him. The police officers just wanted him to say what they wanted to hear. They see a black person and they automatically think they are guilty. I also said how the court system was rigged because they were able to convict him without any actual evidence. It's even more crazy how it took them 70 years to realize that he was innocent the whole time. They were too busy trying to convict an innocent black child while the actual culprit is loose. She then asked us what we should do about this problem. I said we should have programs for the Youth so that they can know more about their laws and their rights so that something like this can never happen again. It is sad how things like this are even happening today. We should also make more stories like this known to the public so that people could be more aware of what is happening.

—Gabriel Moreau

Yesterday during the Stay Woke meeting we touched on a very sensitive subject. We talked about the story of George Stinney Jr. A fourteen year old child who was accused of the rape and murder of two white girls, ages 7 and 11. He had seen them hours earlier when the day they went missing. He overheard them talking about where they were going and the sheriff started pointing finger towards George Stinney. The officers went to his home where he was there alone. That was a perfect opportunity for them to do what they needed to do and show why the justice system is so messed up. They asked him how he knew where the girls were going and George told them that he overheard them talking about going to where they were going. The officers then said that he was in trouble and dragged him to the cop car to take him to get interrogated. For hours they questioned him without a lawyer, his parents, or any legal representation. It went to court and because he was black and everyone in the courtroom was white he was found guilty on all charges and was planned to be executed by the electric chair. During the first attempt at his execution he ended up escaping and running back home. But he was found and brought back to be executed and this time with a crowd. With his execution he became the youngest person to ever be executed in America. HE WAS ONLY 14. In 2013 his siblings brought the case back up, testifying for their late brother and in 2014 they found George Stinney was wrongfully convicted and all charges were dropped. What stood out to me was that it took almost a whole lifetime, 70 years, for them to figure out that what was done in this case was unjust. The fact that young black men still get questioned without any legal representation or their parents till this day shows how little the “justice” system has changed. When will the government learn that their “justice” serves little to no justice at all.

—Brandon Lino