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National March in Kennet, Moline-cutter facing 15

National March in Kennet, Mo for line-cutter facing 15 years on Nov. 16

By Pharoh Martin NNPA National Correspondent
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 8:53 AM CST

(NNPA) - Because of a trip to Walmart three years ago, Heather Ellis is now fighting for her life. The 24-year-old former college student is facing felony charges that could get her up to 15 years in prison after being arrested for an incident that stemmed from her cutting a line at a Walmart in Kennet, Missouri.

The case is garnering national attention because of the racial underpinnings and perceived multiple injustices involved. It goes to trial Nov. 18. On November 16, the Your Black World Coalition, NAACP, American Civil Liberties Union, National Action Network, and Southern Christian Leadership Conference plan to converge on the small town of Kennett to protest and heighten the publicity.
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obamamama, sorry I couldn't find your posting,
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15 Years for cutting a line.
I guess they need to lock up most of the old, the pregnant, the mothers, the disabled, who cut those lines regularly.
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posted by MrJeresy
26 days ago
So much for the NEW South!!!
Missouri and ALL states in the South are still just a nail scratch away from overt and blatent racism.
The northern states aren't too far behind.
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posted by Quippian
25 days ago
Only the people who live in the south can change it
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posted by rwilliery
25 days ago
When my husband told me this happened in a small town in Missouri, I asked him if it were Kennet. My great aunt lived there for years. Its reputation precedes itself. In response to the remark that only the South can solve this problem, the problem not only affects the South. It affects the North, the East and the West. St. Louis, Missouri is the gateway to the West. We must all remain in the struggle. Remember our greatest civil rights leaders came from the South.
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posted by havemercy
25 days ago
I cannot believe this foolishness is going to trial. Talking about a waste of tax payers money. This is an example of a "gross mis-carriage of justice". Hopefully. "JUSTICE" will prevail.
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posted by npage
23 days ago
Does anyone know all that went on? There is something else besides cutting the line. She resisted arrest, assaulted a cop, and whatever. Perhaps the charges are unjustified, but let's get the facts. Please.
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posted by obamamama
23 days ago
I attached the artical, there was more to it. also the St Louis papers are carring the story
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posted by rwilliery
23 days ago
all I saw was yada yada yada. Did she do a Serina on the cops?
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posted by obamamama
23 days ago
In a nut shell - You know I must like you to do this!
Cusotmer went off on her, she went off on the customer, cashier and store manger got some action

Cops showed up-Cops went off on her, she and her parents went off on them -

she went to jailcharged with initially charged in 2007 with four misdemeanors, including assaulting on a police officer, resisting arrest, trespassing and destroying police property.

charges were subsequently dropped –

Thinking that she was in the clear Ellis went back to school in at Xavier University.-

A month later the Ellis family found that a felony arrest warrant for Ellis had turned up.-
the prosecutor upgraded the misdemeanors to three Class C felonies because Ellis refused to accept a guilty plea deal.

The pending felony charges have cost Ellis job offers and a shot at going to medical school.

Black folks yelled at the town nov 3
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23 days ago
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