What is justice? Kansas City man faces prison after years of clean living
A Kansas City man who has spent more than half of his adult life in prison has turned his life around.
But, he may be going to back to lock up, despite living clean since his release.
STORY: www.kctv5.com/2024/06/13/what...
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They have NEVER cared about people being rehabilitated! Its always been about convictions and money!
@LadyAtheOnly
Ай бұрын
💯 🎯 💯🎯
@jaykay5838
Ай бұрын
Private prisons. A brilliant idea the Europeans came up with during jim crow era. Prisoners in the U.S. is BIG MONEY.
@Jewelkraftscookies
Ай бұрын
Yes it's all about money. Sometimes. Yes it seems the way. But career criminals make it all about money too
@RonSafreed
Ай бұрын
The truth is that the criminal justice system "is coming after the good folk & no longer after the true criminals"!! They plan to detain tens of millions like they did in the communist countries of the twentieth century, an "American gulag prison system"!!
@CDCYA
Ай бұрын
That's it!
Craziness!! Facing 20years?? yet they let killers and abusers out 🤬
@Laughing_At_The_Liberals
Ай бұрын
It's the liberal way
@hittrennathompson8286
Ай бұрын
Agreed
@user-mp9rd4hg8b
Ай бұрын
On one hand, we cry out for habitual criminal to get longer sentences, and on the other hand leniency for people who commit crimes. Can't have it both ways.
@truthhurts2879
Ай бұрын
Stop it, he has an extremely violent and criminal history, which goes against you the more you wrack up. Do you think if you live a good life in between crimes commited somehow makes you not be held accountable for your crimes lol? 😅
@LinkRocks
Ай бұрын
@@Laughing_At_The_Liberals Missouri is a red state, genius.
Prosecutors waiting 4 years to charge him how is this legal?
@user-mp9rd4hg8b
Ай бұрын
Statute of limitations. "I've learned my lesson this time" is what they all say. If he really is the exception… this time… I hope he does get probation.
@jamesgretsch4894
Ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure they will just give him probation. I could be wrong but that's my belief.
@saaah707
Ай бұрын
@@user-mp9rd4hg8b you say "this time" but really he learned his lesson after the first time. after that his "crimes" were possession of a weapon for self-defense and personal use of drugs, both things hunter biden did 🤣
@justanotherguy469
Ай бұрын
Wait till they start charging people for things that were not a crime when it was done, retroactively. The Adult Survivors Act in NY state was created to get Donald Trump, and it has set a dangerous precedent.
@AnastasiaBeaverhousn
Ай бұрын
Statue of limitations!!
There's a 5 year statute of limitations on a drug charge an they waited 4 years??? Y'all need to leave this man alone and let him live his life!!!
@AB-dl1hz
Ай бұрын
7 years if it's a felony and they said they waited 3 years
@StarFighters76
Ай бұрын
Yeah, just let him go. If it was such a problem, they should have done something about it right away. Since they didn't, then just move on. This is the problem I have with statute of limitations. Law enforcements/detectives wait till the last minute before doing anything. I knew a couple guys who are in prison for pedophilia, but they were picked up one month before the statute expired. I'm sorry, but I say let them go, because it wasn't such a huge problem when it was first reported, so why is it so important at the last minute? Other victims could have been piling up, and all law enforcement was doing was twiddling their thumbs. Laziness like that should not be acceptable. If you can't be on the ball when serious crimes like that are happening, then you are in the wrong line of work. And BTW, obviously the two guys I knew was rightfully arrested and locked up, and are where they belong. That isn't the point I am making, in case that messaging gets lost somehow.
@kevinl8616
Ай бұрын
FELONY'S ARE 7 YEARS
@joecarey4356
Ай бұрын
Im white. I've been in prison 2x. I have been clean for years. Change the law or follow it. Just because you cha ge your life. This means you are absolved of all your crimes. NO. Especially, a gun crime. The news lied from the beginning of this report. Said, Dui, drugs and theft. But , he has a gun charge
@alphonsomorris793
Ай бұрын
This happens all the time
Going after this man but the guy who *might* have killed 3 “friends” in his back yard - nothing!!! Seriously 😐
@JohnRangel-if2qm
Ай бұрын
what other scenarios you want to make up and add to the story?
@chinadoll534
Ай бұрын
@@JohnRangel-if2qm no one is making up anything. Hes speaking fact’s
@jonniehickson5599
Ай бұрын
@@JohnRangel-if2qm You can Google it.
@jatsmith8021
Ай бұрын
@@chinadoll534 Your point is well understood. Just know you can't convince people who have ulterior motives.
@justanotherguy469
Ай бұрын
@@JohnRangel-if2qm George Bush and WMD's. Hillary Clinton destroying emails. 50 FBI agents promoting a false dossier against Donald Trump. Bill Clinton giving Jennifer Flowers $850,000 for hush money. Anthony Fauci lying about a "pandemic". Would you like some more?
I pray 🙏 this young man received no jail time and drop charges so he can continue being with his family and working.
@sweetbeauty2153
Ай бұрын
Yes in Jesus name!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@irandude1655
Ай бұрын
It’s unbelievable that in 2024, people still think prayer would do anything. It’s lazy way of thinking you are doing something.
@SMcCaskill
Ай бұрын
He won't be sentenced until August.
@bostongirl3507
Ай бұрын
@@irandude1655 It's unbelievable that in 2024 people still think prayer does not work!!
@debrashannon-cyrs9777
Ай бұрын
God Will Do It🙏🏾
OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK!
@markebareeves9760
Ай бұрын
Only with blacks
@ianbattles7290
Ай бұрын
America has a legal system, not a justice system.
@sherrycanada892
Ай бұрын
Because it's not justice,,,it's Just Us. They really don't care about you!!!
The prison system is supposed to be about rehabilitation, not vengeance.
@Frank-sr1dz
Ай бұрын
💯💯💯💯💯
@markaddison4642
Ай бұрын
As long as segregationist and their younglings in it. Justice is manipulated by anti black bigots in real-time. Accountability and fairness are hijacked in real-time.
@ronnieitaquab1008
Ай бұрын
Yeah sure
@craiglefevre4087
Ай бұрын
Don't forget it is also meant to be a prophylactic.
@saaah707
Ай бұрын
actually it's about maintaining a certain hierarchy in society, when you understand this, everything else will begin to make sense
They literally give murderers bond and let them walk free but this dude just had some drugs and he’s being punished after he is already reformed. Why not make him do probation or fine him?
@jeremiahsams2848
Ай бұрын
He's been out for 4 years.
@M.K.386
16 күн бұрын
I think the government's pissed off because drug dealers take money out of the government's pocket. That's why they're so much harder on drug dealers than they are on murderers. The real criminals are the court and justice system.
The Federal prosecutor obviously doesnt have a clue saying "It is just the business of the law " , the law isnt supposed to be a business , it is about justice and paying your debt to society and rehabilitation .
@JohnnyRelentless
Ай бұрын
That thinking of the prosecutor is why we have a legal system rather than a justice system.
@slowpoke96Z28
Ай бұрын
Exactly.
@ent1311
Ай бұрын
Maybe he gets kickbacks from private prisons he sends prisoners to.
@slowpoke96Z28
Ай бұрын
@@ent1311 did you even watch the video???
@carltonwalton9819
Ай бұрын
@@JohnnyRelentless he’s extremely clued in. It is a business.
He took accountability for his actions, I see no logic in locking this man up for 20 years when he could be working and contributing to society. They really should take into account his more recent behavior as a hard working family man.
@BD-ez9si
Ай бұрын
Exactly 💯!!
@Laughing_At_The_Liberals
Ай бұрын
The System does not care
@ent1311
Ай бұрын
@@Laughing_At_The_Liberalsthey care when it's people like Trump though 😢
@jeremiahsams2848
Ай бұрын
He did the crime.
@HisNameIsYah
Ай бұрын
@@jeremiahsams2848 what about whytes who do the crime and get lighter sentences? Ah, I forgot. Prisons are businesses too, we gotta get them businesses in some way right? What better way than putting people we don't want to see gain power in there right?
It seems he's learned his lesson. Pardon him please Gov.
@wirepaladin4317
Ай бұрын
It's a federal case.
@joannleichliter4308
Ай бұрын
@@wirepaladin4317Perhaps a new President will pardon him.
@hittrennathompson8286
Ай бұрын
Agreed
@ia6145
Ай бұрын
This is a federal case not state. So is only the president or the judge that can do that. Well in a Republican state that won’t happen except the president intervenes. They rather allow tax payers to keep him in prison so that prison business empire to keep growing. The good thing God will always teach these people a lesson one day for destroying peoples lives through the justice system. America is the only developed country in the world that run their justice system like a third world country
@chrisgullett4332
Ай бұрын
Y'all are super naive. Falling for these criminals that claim they turned their life around. It is comedy gold. Did we not just see the guy on Rogan who got out, got a government job, and was working for the innocence project, but then murdered somebody? This guy was on parole, broke the law, and he knew what could happen. No remorse for him. Maybe he should not have broke the law while on parole, and this would not have happened. Rules are easy to follow. The bad part in this is he chose to break the law, and now he wants you to feel sorry for him. It is nobdy's fault but his.
Let this man raise his daughter
So use taxpayers money and waste money versus a productive member of society… that’s a waste…
@rhondapotter6989
Ай бұрын
It's done all the time. Lots of studies showing it is better financially for states to actually help non violent, drug users instead of housing them in jail. In my opinion, it is better to have active decent members of society versus jailing and no real help.
@chocolatecaramel4447
Ай бұрын
Yes, cause he's Black. They don't mind paying to keep Black folk in chains.
Everyone has a constitutional 6th Amendment Right to a speedy trial . That Public Pretender posing as an attorney needs to be ashamed of himself.
@Laughing_At_The_Liberals
Ай бұрын
What rights? The system does what it wants
If he had a bunch of money and Power, He would be ok,, Justice is not the same for everyone...
@didgya
Ай бұрын
So true
Here is a man that not only turned his life around, he is taking accountability by turning his life around, where is the justice if he is sentenced to go back to prison? Prayerfully hoping that the sentence will be probation
I hope the system gives him a break. I know what it's like, having been in the system myself for some years. I'm also a recovering addict, 42 years clean. My life changed drastically when I surrendered to the recovery process. We can change!
@paulaevette7379
Ай бұрын
❤GOD BLESS YOU🙏
there are cases where locking someone up is not in the best interest of the people
@jeremiahsams2848
Ай бұрын
People or justice?
Legislators holding people back from getting ahead legally in life Creates crime
@chrisgast
Ай бұрын
Not just legislators. Hiring managers also choose to keep people from improving their lives despite doing a lot right and are expected to be perfect.
@justz3973
Ай бұрын
All while they get to commit all the white-collar crimes in the world that they want! Just look at Donald Trump… He is a six decade offender!
@hittrennathompson8286
Ай бұрын
Amen
@johndunn9819
Ай бұрын
Prisons are very profitable business. Politicians are corrupted to funnel prisoners to them. Citizens on the street live with the fallout.
@ronnieitaquab1008
Ай бұрын
Tradition
So suspend sentence, if he breaks the law then make him serve his sentence. Prosecutors prosecute who they want.
Put him on felony probation and let it go.
@miguelbermudez5426
Ай бұрын
Not even. Drop charges and keep it moving
@hittrennathompson8286
Ай бұрын
Agreed
@hittrennathompson8286
Ай бұрын
Or just let him go...he is upstanding citizen now with family
@Fireslanga1
Ай бұрын
I just got off and got a job at airport. Amen
@wirepaladin4317
Ай бұрын
@@hittrennathompson8286 No judge is just going to let the issue drop. Since he has turned his life around, a probation is the lowest he will receive. The problem is that it was a sales of narcotics case and it is a federal case. I love redemption stories.
Sad , I hope he gets a break on this.
He is the 1% and there are exceptional circumstances.
You make exceptions for the exceptional. The Governor has the authority to pardon him.
@wirepaladin4317
Ай бұрын
He does not, it is a federal case. Only the president.
@johndouglascross
Ай бұрын
Not on federal charges only the president can pardon
@wirepaladin4317
Ай бұрын
@@johndouglascross You are right, a governor has no right to pardon in a federal case.
He needs a real lawyer!!
What happened to the right of a timely trial?
This is ridiculous. The prosecutor should be fired.
This is so twisted. The prosecutor could have, easily, agreed to release him until his next hearing. And the prosecutor could just as easily, also agree to only giving him probation. Hope this brother truly gets real justice.
Just curious, how can he get a job as a truck driver with DUIs? I believe in redemption and second chances. I'm genuinely not judging. Man, three years to charge someone is cruel.
@jeanineruggs7301
Ай бұрын
Tell that to Trump
@r.williamcomm7693
Ай бұрын
Probably that the DUIs are more than 10 years old due to the prison time of the guys he’s teaching.
@2021noname
Ай бұрын
I know people who have CDLs who have old DUIs. I think it depends on the deal your lawyer works out
@scarecrow6741
Ай бұрын
@jeanineruggs730dumb1
@elguapo3277
Ай бұрын
SAP program
Sometimes the law is an ass.
@Frank-sr1dz
Ай бұрын
💯💯💯💯✌️
We know how this ends. That 10 year old will be 30 before he's free again.
if they put him back, it will ruin him
The man deserves a break. Heartbreaking.
I think all his record should be considered showing especially how he has turned his life around and trying to help others.....hes actually trying to do good with his life.😢
That Federal Prosecutor needs to look in the mirror and decide what kind of person he wants be. They have so much power.
LORD, please help this man..
This is so hard to watch, I sure hope the right people will get involved and help this man of honor,who helps people now and becomes a mentor to them, this rarely happens and he can do so much good for people in the system,
There is the letter of the law...but...we...at times...forget about the "spirit of the law"...
@shanefsr6609
Ай бұрын
wtf?!, "...spirit of the law....?", did you just make that up thinking you were saying something profound?,
@Goodkidjr43
Ай бұрын
@@shanefsr6609 Who came up with the term: Spirit of the Law. Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu (1689-1755) was the author of the Persian Letters (1721), Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and of their Decline (1733), and of The Spirit of the Laws (1748). You beeze needun to do sum resuch befo uze makes a stupids statmunt like dat.......
@Goodkidjr43
Ай бұрын
@@shanefsr6609 Example. Slavery was legal but many people helped slaves escape slavery which was severely punished. A little history goes a LOOOOOOOOOONG way. God bless
@willielittle9301
Ай бұрын
@shanefsr6609 The law...just any other man-made object or situation...can be augmented based on the circumstances...
@otisjenkinsjr.3556
Ай бұрын
@@shanefsr6609 if you're going to be condescending, at least be smart...
Leave this man alone for God sake.
_Prosecutorial discretion_ means they have leeway to decide whether or not to follow through on charges, right? Given the circumstances, seems like prosecutors ought to use common sense here.
As a former trucker I can assure you that training convicts to drive a semi is a recipe for disaster.
@elainesabatino7467
Ай бұрын
Ikr? I thought the same thing. Black Privilege On Steroids!
@paulapii1761
Ай бұрын
@@elainesabatino7467 So much courage online
US prison has nothing to do with rehabilitation!
Society needs to step up for this man.
Unbelievable
Good for the ex-Father-in-Law; Redemption exists as does mercy... do the right thing ... how about a letter campaign to the governor or judge? ... Please don't waste tax payer money, please, please don't waste this Man who has done the work...
Relying on a public defender is their biggest mistake. Five to ten grand on the right lawyer and this will all disappear. Trust me I know from personal experience. That may sound like a lot of money but what is 20 years of your life worth?
@kelvinmorris1991
Ай бұрын
You may have that type of money, he probably doesn’t
@Winstonrodney6989
Ай бұрын
@@kelvinmorris1991 when Your life depends on it you find a way to pull it together. He seems to have family that are sticking up for him maybe they could lend him some cash. The only hope in this story is that the public defender seemed competent and invested in this case. That’s a good sign.
If this guy is so dangerous that he needs to be removed from society for 20 years, why the hell did the prosecutors wait 4 years to pursue charges against him???
Man.....this seems really unfair. This isn't a lesson that needs to be taught anymore.
They dont want this man or anyone else for that matter to actually rehabilitate because then they cant make money off them! This is the reason recidivism rates are so high!!
The system is broken. Fucking broken!
A couple years doing the right things, but half his life spent doing the wrong things.
Yup the system doesn’t want you rehabilitated you are worth more to them as a prisoner. Corrupt system
Why they let murders walk around and this man they take away that day. This is why we have so much crime today. The ones who are non violent and changing their life around get easily lock up while the ones who have numerous assault charges keep getting probation.
It doesn’t look good for this young man. Because justice isn’t blind in America. Justice s👀’s color very well.☝🏾
They need him to replace the ones that are getting out of prison so they can still make money
He a problem because he is helping people the system is fix it a game to them 😢
So they put his case on the bottom of the pile because it wasn’t a priority?? Suddenly it’s a priority?? If he was that much of a threat then he should’ve stayed in jail.. welp, the prosecutor got one thing right. It’s a business for them!! For him it’s his life!! Let this man be a father to his children and live his life!!! Seems he’s more productive OUT of jail than in jail..
Prayers Up 🙏🏽
He's living what the reasoning is for incarceration. You want to see people change for the better for lesser crimes, and he's done that. 20 yrs is ridiculous on top of him previously spending half of his life in prison. I hope and pray he remains free!
How is caging a human being not personal? That prosecutor sounds like a hitman.
What happened to guarantee of a speedy trial?
Whatever happened to the mercy of the court ?
@stephanieann622
Ай бұрын
Amen. Our justice system is a joke. It’s not broken, it was never fair to begin with.
They should look at what is happening now. This is just not right.
He was caught with drugs while on parole and he belongs back in prison. He knowingly broke the law and his probation.
I'm not sure why there can't be a law that says if someone is rehabilitated then they won't put them back in prison? Because that is a good idea and that's not how justice system works.
Praying for you.
How much and what type of drugs were involved?
Our courts are so broken..
Drug cases shouldn't be treated as murder cases.
The system is not for us
State governor needs to step in.
We have a legal system, not a system of justice. Let us hope that a judge will come through for him. Failing that, perhaps the next President will issue a pardon.
You can't be a career criminal change for 3 then expect sympathy from the law. Regardless of people's opinions and feelings, You still have to face your consequences i think Mike understands that.
That is cruel and unusual treatment. This is wrong.
To plead to possession with intent to sell, how much was he really in possession of? Gun involved, too. A long record of crimes and prison time. Im glad that he seems to have turned his life around. Now the best thing to do to continue that turn around is to accept what he did and the punishment that comes along with it. Would we all be pleading for this guy if it was something other than a drug charge?
That is so F** up on so many different levels.
For profit legal system ..... never had a justice system
I'd have plead innocent and charged the court with cruel and unusual punishment.
That's not fair 😢 they should take into account the life he's had the past 4 years and give him probation or drop the case
What is the name and email of the judge's govt office?
Its not the content of this man's character but the color of his skin!!! Very sad 😢.....His contribution to society and him turning his life around has been impeccable......how dare they 🥺😔🤨😡😤😠...... unbelievable!!!
What kind of justice system is this
The state shouldn’t have longer than a 12mo statute of limitations on charging people or holding debts over the heads of citizens. I’m good for there to be longer statutes for the state to be made aware of a crime if there is a citizen victim that doesn’t immediately report it immediately, especially in cases of battery or violence…. But that’s it. Either charge them as soon as you become aware of the crime or let them be.
I hope and pray the judge and jury dismiss his case. 🙏🏾
This is not justice.
Kevin Miller needs a serious wakeup call for what he said.
Governor should pardon immediately. The AG should file prosecutorial misconduct citation against the overzealous attorney. God will use this man wherever he is placed. Those who put him behind bars will one day face judgement, may God have mercy on them.
This is how prosecutors can excuse themselves without taking the exception that this man has achieved beyond expectations.
Yeah they must be back logged. My son was a crime victim last year, Judge keeps pushing case back. Though the boy that hurt my son has probably improved his life, I hope he is still convicted, even if its 4 years from now. This case bothers me because he is not violent like the criminal that hurt my son.
What happened to a speedy trial.
What's the purpose of good behavior when you aren't given credit for it. The system works for a while then breaks down.
if he had crossed the border to get here they would let him go again or deport so he could cross the border again.
What about the statue of the limitation law? Any evidence to prove or defend his case is gone due to them. They needed him to admit being guilty to legally put him back in. He got bad advice.
Bummer. Sounds like he will probably get 4 to 8 years. The Feds don't play.
Sounds fishy 😒man is no threat to anyone.. change his life& changing others around him...yeah..this sounds personally..someone in the justice department has it in for him😒😡
Rehabilitation system is completely broken!
WOW 😳😲 prayers 🙏
No, there is no justice.
It was never JUSTICE It was always JUST US 💪🏿