Black mom jailed b/c her kids went to white school

Ohio – An Ohio mother of two was sentenced to 10 days in jail and placed on three years probation after sending her kids to a school district in which they did not live. Kelly Williams-Bolar was sentenced by Judge Patricia Cosgrove on Tuesday and will begin serving her sentence immediately.
The jury deliberated for seven hours and the courtroom was packed as the sentence was handed down. She was convicted on two counts of tampering with court records after registering her two girls as living with Williams Bolar’s father when they actually lived with her. The family lived in the housing projects in Akron, Ohio, and the father’s address was in nearby Copley Township.

Additionally, Williams-Bolar’s father, Edward L. Williams, was charged with a fourth-degree felony of grand theft, in which he and his daughter are charged with defrauding the school system for two years of educational services for their girls. The court determined that sending their children to the wrong school was worth $30,500 in tuition.

When I read about this case, a few thoughts went through my mind. First, it’s clear that the court is trying to make Kelly Williams-Bolar into an example. Even the judge in the case, Patricia Cosgrove, said that her sentence was appropriate ”so that others who think they might defraud the school system perhaps will think twice.”

Secondly, it’s interesting how courts find it convenient to make someone into an example when they happen to be poor and black. I’d love to see how they prosecute wealthy white women who commit the same offense. Oh, I forgot: Most wealthy white women don’t have to send their kids to the schools located near the projects.

Third, I’m not sure why the court is treating this law-abiding mom like a thug who ran into a building with a shotgun and robbed the district of $30,000. Instead, they could simply subtract the amount it costs for her kids to go to the second school from the amount that would be spent for them to attend the first one. I’m sure the difference would still be substantial, since American educational apartheid dictates that schools in poorer neighborhoods are of significantly less quality than other schools. The racial divisions within American schools are nothing less than a blatant and consistent human rights violation and should certainly be treated as such.

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BOOM, all i needed to know.

 

The schools are designed and staffed for a certain number of kids, you can view it as someone doing what's best for their children, but when to many students frequent one school overcrowding becomes a problem.

 

^ yeah it wasn't because they were black

 

I'm sure that if they caught a middle to upper-class family the story would have played out so much differently, Would have been a fine at most. This is a ridiculous punishment for the offense. The mother was just trying to get her children a better education.

 

upper-class family wouldn't get caught

 

tl;dr                

 

Thats not true, my old principal was demoted and fined 20K after they found out he sent his Kids to a NY school while they live in New Jersey.

 

successful troll was successful

 

It's political.

The system is being reworked to allow parents to send their children to other school with the use of vouchers. This is simply a Republican last hooah stick it to Obama sort of thing.

 

was it necessary to include her ethnicity in the title?

 

eather way i truly didnt give not even the smallest fuck in the world

 

OP is black and hates it.

 

It's a joke, 10 days jail and 30k fine for trying to give your kids a better education. America is surly a Country ruled by the retarded <insert bush photo here> and your laws don't make sense at all.

 

Yes they do make sense. I'm pretty sure those who made it up are much smarter than you. For example, when you go to a FREE public school, they only get paid if it's under the correct district. It fucks shit up when you're a dumbass and don't PROPERLY apply for a transfer. For example, I legally changed my school from one place to another and they allow me to do so because I'm in good standing.

 

Can i have one?

 

No, it wasn't. But no one reads anything these days unless the titles are sensationalized

 

This isn't a racial thing, nor is this a lady trying to send her kids to a better school thing... this is a lady committing fraud, plain and simple. While her intentions could have been for the better, she still broke the law.

 

Still a jail sentence and a fine is way to harsh, paedophiles get less in some cases.

OP being black probably made things a little worse, you know how people are hypocrites..