• Episode 43 - The Worst Story of 2023 That You Never Heard

  • Feb 6 2024
  • Length: 19 mins
  • Podcast

Episode 43 - The Worst Story of 2023 That You Never Heard

Listen for free

View show details

  • Summary

  • Episode 43 - The Worst Story of 2023 That You Never Heard

    In this episode, we discuss the August 10, 2023 case where Quantavious Eason, a 10-year-old Black boy from Senatobia, Mississippi, was arrested after he urinated behind his mother’s car while she was inside a local business.

    Four Senatobia police officers arrested the third grader when they saw him urinating in a public parking lot beside his mother’s car. Despite his mother being present after the incident, the officers put the 10-year-old in the back of their squad car and booked him into a cell before releasing him.
    Paige Williams, the Tate County Youth Court prosecutor, took the case and cited Quantavious as a “child in need of services.” According to Quantavious’s attorney, Williams threatened to upgrade the citation to “disorderly conduct” if the family pushed for a trial.

    Where are the adults in the room? If this isn’t the biggest waste of tax dollars and a serious abuse of power, I don’t know what it is!

    If you like what you hear in the podcast, please subscribe, LIKE the show, and FOLLOW me on Twitter at @PetersonThe or @Guerillapreneur. If you are interested in business and entrepreneurship, check out my other podcasts, Guerrillapreneur: The Art of Waging Small Business Warfare (https://www.spreaker.com/show/guerrillapreneur-podcast), Gigging: Everything and the Sharing Economy (https://www.spreaker.com/show/gigging-everything-sharing-economy), and Career Coaching Xs and Os (https://www.spreaker.com/show/careercoaching-xs-and-os). Subscribe and never miss an episode.

    Episode Sources:
    Equal Justice Initiative, “Mississippi Jails and Prosecutes 10-Year-Old Black Child for Peeing Outside.” eji.org, 21 December 2023. https://eji.org/news/mississippi-jails-and-prosecutes-10-year-old-black-child-for-peeing-outside/

    Harrison, Heather, “Punishment Dropped For Black 10-Year-Old Who Peed in Public.” mississippifreepress.org, 5 February 2024, https://www.mississippifreepress.org/39630/punishment-dropped-for-black-10-year-old-who-peed-in-public#:~:text=Senatobia%20police%20officers%20arrested%20the,him%20in%20a%20jail%20cell.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-mark-peterson-show--652501/support.
    Show More Show Less
Show More Show Less

What listeners say about Episode 43 - The Worst Story of 2023 That You Never Heard

Average Customer Ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com.au reviews

Amazon Reviews
No Reviews are Available
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.