Be My Voice Aunty Be the Voice of the Hood.

I have mentioned before that my nephew is currently incarcerated in the Allegheny County Jail awaiting an appeal. He wrote me and I wrote him back.

I have used social media to talk about the hood since 2008. I mainly am on facebook and my followers tend to be middle class women of all races and both political parties. Our issues deserve to be heard by both Liberals and Conservatives. We are dying and being locked up and it's time people hear our voices.

I received his letter last Saturday and was so excited. What he wrote me made me cry. His mother, my sister, told him what I have been doing and that I was speaking to middle class friends were listening. He said that he likes that and maybe one day maybe a movement will started to really deal with the issues that affects the hood. He  said "Be my voice Aunty." he wrote that several times. That made me cry. I will never stop telling people about what it's like living in the hood. I will never stop telling people the truth about Poverty.
This just inspires me more.

The people who made mistakes in their youth should be able to pay for their mistakes not pay for them forever.

The plea bargain system needs to be fixed or get rid of it. Mandatory sentencing removes the judges discretion.
Non violent drug offenses should do their time based on the sseveraly security of the drug. However, Drs writing illegal prescriptions for prophet should receive the longest sentence. Opiates are the worst. Laws like Three Strikes your out laws or any drug laws that sentence people for selling drugs to more time than Homicide is a broken system.

It may be poor white folks living in a Trailer park or a poor black or Latino living from the Projects today but tomorrow it may be your loved one. Especially if you know they are innocent.

I will be your voice nephew. I will fight for you.
#freeriq