Cormega Copening, 17, of Fayatteville, North Carolina, had to strike a plea deal with authorities to ensure that he avoided a 10-year prison sentence. The charge? Child pornography, yet in a very strange way. Copening, who was 16 at the time, took nude photos of himself and ‘sexted’ them to his girlfriend, also a 16-year-old Black teen at the time.

Although the teenage girl is now 17 as well, she was also charged with multiple counts of making and possessing photos of their naked bodies. She took a plea deal in both July and earlier in September (of this year). The conditions of them both avoiding any jail time would be for them both to work  30 hours of community service, and will be banned from having a cellphone for a year. In doing so, their records are cleared and they will avoid registering as sex offenders.

The system of racism/white supremacy has reached so far and wide in its efforts to murder–or incarcerate–as many members of Black Society as possible…even if it means conjuring up outlandish charges against two young Black kids who, like many other teens of all backgrounds and ethnic origin, have engaged in rambunctious behavior a time or two. Mostly, this is only a result of “raging hormones”  in conjunction with the fact that the human brain (particularly the male brain) doesn’t fully develop until the age of 25, which makes it difficult for a teenager to properly rationalize.

It’s apparent that Cormega Copening and his 16-year-old girlfriend at the time are both contrite for their actions. What Copening and the girl deserve at this point is a clean slate, and a fair shot at experiencing adulthood unscathed by burdensome legal woes…like the majority of their teenage peers of the dominant society are able to do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE4GCnkRXY0

Here’s a link to the story.

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1. Marcus Garvey School (Los Angeles)

School Type: Co-ed & Pre-K/Elementary Private School

Head of School: Dr. Anyim C. Palmer

Website: http://mgsla.org/

2. NationHouse (Washington, D.C.)

School Type: Grade School

Head of School: Kwame Agyei Akoto

Website: http://www.nationhouse.org/

3. Timbuktu Academy (Detroit)

School Type: K-8

Head of School: Cha-Rhonda Edgerson

Website: http://www.timbuktuacademy.org/

4. Sankofa Academy (Houston)

School Type: Grade School

Head of School: Toni Imani Fisher

Website: http://sisterhoodcreations.com/sankofa_academy

5. Betty Shabazz International Charter Schools/Barbara A. Sizemore/DuSable Leadership Academy (Chicago)

School Type(s): K-12

Head of School: Frank Davis

Website: http://www.bsics.org/

6. Freedom Home Academy

School Type: Private Home School (Based in Chicago)

Head of School: Marcus Kline

Website: http://www.fhaintl.org/index.php

7. Little Sun People (Brooklyn)

School Type: Preschool

Head of School: Fela Barclift

Website: http://www.littlesunpeople.com/

8. ILE OMODE SCHOOL (Oakland)

School Type: Pre K-8

Head of School: Jahi Awakoaiye

Website: http://www.ileomode.org/draft1/index.htm

9. Imhotep Institute Charter High School (Philadelphia)

School Type: High School

Website: http://imhotepcharter.org/website/

 10. Kamali Academy (New Orleans)

School Type: K-12

Head of School: Dr. Samori Camara

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According to St. Paul’s KARE-TV, Abrams, who is autistic, was on his way home from his job at the Minnesota State Fair when he was approached by two officers, whose names were Peter Buzicky and Richard Wegner. Abrams explained he was wearing headphones at the time of the incident, so he could not hear the officers speaking to him. The officers reportedly stepped to Abrams to ask him for his I.D., and the situation escalated from there. According to Wegner’s report, Abrams refused to place his hands behind his head and was visibly irritated by the cops’ invasion of his personal space.

Abrams was then slammed to the ground by the officers, which resulted in him later suffering two seizures. The primary reason for Abrams’ frustration with the race soldiers closing in on his personal space is directly linked to one of the issues of Abrams’ condition, and that is “touch sensory issues” which make him extremely territorial.

Only after Abrams’ mother, Maria Caldwell, stated that her son was autistic, was he not charged. Unfortunately, it took the young autistic Melanoid teen to receive an unnecessary brutal assault from law enforcement to prove his innocence. The transit station (where Abrams was assaulted) is currently investigating the incident. Here is a video clip of the story below.

http://bcove.me/j5bistyj

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Follow this link for the story on Mansur Ball-Bey’s untimely death.

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