The formula is simple: hire an expensive lawyer, blame your (unlikely to be charged) relatives for tampering with evidence, toss the mother of the victims (who lacks the financial savvy to hold out for an equitable settlement) a pittance, and walk away scot-free.
Jennifer Porter, a white woman from a relatively wealthy family hit and killed some poor black children with her car. After the kids bounced off of her windshield, she failed to stop and render assistance – the children were still alive when she fled.
She called home, hid her car, supposedly had mommy and daddy wash off the blood and gore, and turned herself in almost a week later only after it became apparent that she would most likely be caught.
She was never placed in handcuffs, and now she will never see a day of jail time for her actions.
This is not surprising: justice is blind and deaf only to the pleas of the poor who cannot afford fancy lawyers.
There is little doubt that had the colors of victims and driver been reversed, a different result would be playing out right about now.
Posted by Norwood in Florida, Tampa