[domenad]

Don’t mean to sound like Sharpton’s bartender, but if the kid had been white someone would have gone to jail. It’s as simple as that. No, I can’t prove it, but I believe it nonetheless.

[Crim]

Word.

[driftdiver]

“Don’t mean to sound like Sharpton’s bartender, but if the kid had been white someone would have gone to jail. It’s as simple as that. No, I can’t prove it, but I believe it nonetheless.”

I don’t agree. There were black people among the defendants.

[freespirited]

but if the kid had been white someone would have gone to jail

If the kid had been white, he would almost certainly not have had sickle cell trait (SCT). Those who do, like this boy, have a high risk of death from exertion.

The jury probably felt that, given the presence of SCT, this death could not be attributed to the guards beyond a reasonable doubt.

[Vob]

Martin Lee Anderson had sickle cell anemia. It was not noted on his paperwork when he was admitted to the boot camp program even though his mother knew he had a physical condition that disqualified his participation. Being admitted to the program kept him out of the adult penal system.

Google sports related deaths from sickle cell. The paramedics that responded to the camp found him breathing but unresponsive. The first medical examiner found sickle cell to be the causation of death. A second medical examiner found death by asphyxiation.

[MBB1984]

In our PC world, I believe it much more likely that they would go to jail with the kid being black.

[Diplomat]

Don’t mean to sound like Sharpton’s bartender, but if the kid had been white someone would have gone to jail. It’s as simple as that. No, I can’t prove it, but I believe it nonetheless.

If the kid had been white, you'd never even heard of the story or seen the video. Multiple kids die every year in these types of camps. How many other stories are you aware of?