Bonjour Nate, I'm sorry to hear you are being transferred but all things considered, maybe it is for the best. I will see you no matter what. BTW, I received a letter from Shonni Abernathy today. He wrote that he is serving 1 to 6 for a "non-violent drug charge." He just got sentenced to 30 years in August. He was running a meth lab and it blew up and killed 3 people, including his 19 year-old daughter Morgan and a child. That was in 2012. I sent you the letter Don Johnston sent me along with the envelope it was in AND a letter I wrote to you. I got home from the hospital on January 12 and there were 2 letters from you, plus a yellow envelope from Coleman saying that I sent you a "sexually explicit" photo. I opened it and found a Jpeg in which a black man was having sex with two white women. I did not send you that! I have been afraid to even write to you since then because not only did I have that picture sent to me claiming I sent it to you, but in the same envelope they gave me back a letter I wrote to you and the letter and envelope I sent you that Don Johnston had sent me. There is something going on here that I think you are unaware of. It makes no sense that these druggies jumped you and Coleman didn't even punish them but punished you instead.I'm sorry that I haven't written to you. I had a sinus infection for almost a month and it was out of control. It is gone now thank God but I have a cold now instead. lol Talk to you soon.
Thanks for writing! I finished the transcription for your post.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well. I hope your mom is doing well and that you hear from your daughter soon. Good luck with trying to get a job!
What's up cool, This is another great share, we have all been there in some form or another. Of course I had a bias for you throughout the share and was rooting for you so when you delivered the final line " I got myself a dog after that" I LOL here at work as it was unexpected. Think about it, you posted this from Cali a while back and at some point in Mass, you created laughter that ended up disturbing the people around me. Bernie would be proud of you.
That is the power of sharing, Ron
P.S. You also got me present to how much I miss Bernie Mack.
Thanks for writing, I worked on the transcription for your post.
I was very interested to read your thoughts on these issues. I'm a white lady from the UK, so unfortunately I'm not exactly qualified to respond! Black youth in this country are definitely targeted more for 'random' stop-and-search interactions with police. Thankfully, our police do not carry firearms (unless a gun is believed to be involved in the crime, in which case a specialist team with advanced training is recruited). Some officers carry tasers or batons, and I believe all city police officers wear a body camera. Still, deaths do occur - on both sides.
From the massive media coverage of recent events in the US involving black suspects being shot/killed, I can only imagine that being a young person of colour in America today must be terrifying at times. I hope that doesn't sound patronising.
Your post has definitely provided some food for thought.
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I'm sorry to hear you are being transferred but all things considered, maybe it is for the best. I will see you no matter what. BTW, I received a letter from Shonni Abernathy today. He wrote that he is serving 1 to 6 for a "non-violent drug charge." He just got sentenced to 30 years in August. He was running a meth lab and it blew up and killed 3 people, including his 19 year-old daughter Morgan and a child. That was in 2012. I sent you the letter Don Johnston sent me along with the envelope it was in AND a letter I wrote to you. I got home from the hospital on January 12 and there were 2 letters from you, plus a yellow envelope from Coleman saying that I sent you a "sexually explicit" photo. I opened it and found a Jpeg in which a black man was having sex with two white women. I did not send you that! I have been afraid to even write to you since then because not only did I have that picture sent to me claiming I sent it to you, but in the same envelope they gave me back a letter I wrote to you and the letter and envelope I sent you that Don Johnston had sent me. There is something going on here that I think you are unaware of. It makes no sense that these druggies jumped you and Coleman didn't even punish them but punished you instead.I'm sorry that I haven't written to you. I had a sinus infection for almost a month and it was out of control. It is gone now thank God but I have a cold now instead. lol Talk to you soon.
I hope everything is working out for you in the new prison. Good luck and take care of your self.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well. I hope your mom is doing well and that you hear from your daughter soon. Good luck with trying to get a job!
Keep your head up!
This is another great share, we have all been there in some form or another. Of course I had a bias for you throughout the share and was rooting for you so when you delivered the final line " I got myself a dog after that" I LOL here at work as it was unexpected. Think about it, you posted this from Cali a while back and at some point in Mass, you created laughter that ended up disturbing the people around me. Bernie would be proud of you.
That is the power of sharing,
Ron
P.S. You also got me present to how much I miss Bernie Mack.
I was very interested to read your thoughts on these issues. I'm a white lady from the UK, so unfortunately I'm not exactly qualified to respond! Black youth in this country are definitely targeted more for 'random' stop-and-search interactions with police. Thankfully, our police do not carry firearms (unless a gun is believed to be involved in the crime, in which case a specialist team with advanced training is recruited). Some officers carry tasers or batons, and I believe all city police officers wear a body camera. Still, deaths do occur - on both sides.
From the massive media coverage of recent events in the US involving black suspects being shot/killed, I can only imagine that being a young person of colour in America today must be terrifying at times. I hope that doesn't sound patronising.
Your post has definitely provided some food for thought.
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Lisa
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Lisa
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