Posts tagged jail.

“Michal, It was shoplifting, and I’m white…I think I’m going to be okay.”

thegrittynews:

Cornell Capa. Attica Correctional Facility, NY 1972

…Diallo said she decided to go public—first in an interview with Newsweek/The Daily Beast and later this week on television with ABC’s Robin Roberts—because she wanted to counter anonymous attacks and inaccurate media portrayals that she is everything from a gold-digging con artist to a part-time prostitute.

“Because of him, they call me a prostitute,” Diallo said angrily, referring to Strauss-Kahn. “I want him to go to jail. I want him to know there are some places you cannot use your power, you cannot use your money.”