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Via Pasadena Now: California Black Lives Matter Leader In Pasadena Convicted Of Felony ‘Lynching’ Charge…
A visibly shaken Jasmine Richards, leader of Black Lives Matter Pasadena, stood in a corner Wednesday morning, huddled against a soda machine, on the ground floor of the Pasadena Courthouse, trembling, as her attorney, Nana Gyamfi, consoled her.
The court had just called. The verdict in her felony “lynching” case was in. The charge is now officially known as Attempting to Unlawfully Remove a Suspect from Police Officers, but until quite recently, CA Penal Code § 405a described the charge of “taking by means of a riot of any person from the lawful custody of any peace officer” as “a lynching.”
Richards, 28, was the first African-American ever actually tried on these charges, said Gyamfi. Others had been initially charged, but the charges had been eventually dropped or reduced. No African-American had actually ever stepped into a courtroom to face the charge.
Richards has been a very visible member of the Black Lives Matter Pasadena community over the last year. She consistently refused to speak with the press, and advised her group of followers to do the same, yet spoke up loudly at City Council meetings, usually in matters concerning the Pasadena Police and the Black community.
Earlier that morning, sitting in a courtroom hallway, Richards had talked quietly and admiringly with her mother about a recent meeting with black activist Angela Davis, who had said, in the face of adversity, “We just go on.”
Richards, stoic at first, now broke down at what she was facing, weeping inconsolably, afraid to go upstairs to face the verdict.
“You’re here now, this is where we are,” Gyamfi said to her, trying to calm her. “Breathe deep.”
“I don’t want go to jail,” Richards said, crying harder. “I don’t want to go through this anymore.”
Richards, her mother, her attorney and a small group of supporters huddled together, hugging, joking and making small talk as Richards gathered herself to make the elevator ride back up to Department H on the sixth floor where Superior Court Judge Elaine Lu, and a jury, waited.
The court called again. Where is the defendant?
“Let’s go,” said Gyamfi, finally.
The group gathered in the small elevator. Richards’ eyes were reddened and teary-eyed, as the elevator lurched upward.
Richards had been arrested and charged with felony lynching following a Saturday, August 29, 2015 incident in a Pasadena restaurant in which a young black woman was detained after allegedly not paying for her meal.[…]
Meanwhile, Najee Ali, director of Project Islamic Hope, said, “The conviction of Jasmine Richards … is a tragedy, and hopefully a learning lesson for young misguided activists who believe disruption and violence is a tool for solving the problems in our community.”
“The selection of that charge, ‘lynching,’ sends a chilling message to those who support civil rights, to stay out of Pasadena,” said attorney Caree Harper, former attorney for Kenneth McDade, father of 2012 police shooting victim Kendrec McDade.
Richards will return to the court on June 7 to answer her two pending misdemeanor charges, along with her formal sentencing on the felony lynching charge.
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Via Pasadena Now: California Black Lives Matter Leader In Pasadena Convicted Of Felony ‘Lynching’ Charge…
A visibly shaken Jasmine Richards, leader of Black Lives Matter Pasadena, stood in a corner Wednesday morning, huddled against a soda machine, on the ground floor of the Pasadena Courthouse, trembling, as her attorney, Nana Gyamfi, consoled her.
The court had just called. The verdict in her felony “lynching” case was in. The charge is now officially known as Attempting to Unlawfully Remove a Suspect from Police Officers, but until quite recently, CA Penal Code § 405a described the charge of “taking by means of a riot of any person from the lawful custody of any peace officer” as “a lynching.”
Richards, 28, was the first African-American ever actually tried on these charges, said Gyamfi. Others had been initially charged, but the charges had been eventually dropped or reduced. No African-American had actually ever stepped into a courtroom to face the charge.
Richards has been a very visible member of the Black Lives Matter Pasadena community over the last year. She consistently refused to speak with the press, and advised her group of followers to do the same, yet spoke up loudly at City Council meetings, usually in matters concerning the Pasadena Police and the Black community.
Earlier that morning, sitting in a courtroom hallway, Richards had talked quietly and admiringly with her mother about a recent meeting with black activist Angela Davis, who had said, in the face of adversity, “We just go on.”
Richards, stoic at first, now broke down at what she was facing, weeping inconsolably, afraid to go upstairs to face the verdict.
“You’re here now, this is where we are,” Gyamfi said to her, trying to calm her. “Breathe deep.”
“I don’t want go to jail,” Richards said, crying harder. “I don’t want to go through this anymore.”
Richards, her mother, her attorney and a small group of supporters huddled together, hugging, joking and making small talk as Richards gathered herself to make the elevator ride back up to Department H on the sixth floor where Superior Court Judge Elaine Lu, and a jury, waited.
The court called again. Where is the defendant?
“Let’s go,” said Gyamfi, finally.
The group gathered in the small elevator. Richards’ eyes were reddened and teary-eyed, as the elevator lurched upward.
Richards had been arrested and charged with felony lynching following a Saturday, August 29, 2015 incident in a Pasadena restaurant in which a young black woman was detained after allegedly not paying for her meal.[…]
Meanwhile, Najee Ali, director of Project Islamic Hope, said, “The conviction of Jasmine Richards … is a tragedy, and hopefully a learning lesson for young misguided activists who believe disruption and violence is a tool for solving the problems in our community.”
“The selection of that charge, ‘lynching,’ sends a chilling message to those who support civil rights, to stay out of Pasadena,” said attorney Caree Harper, former attorney for Kenneth McDade, father of 2012 police shooting victim Kendrec McDade.
Richards will return to the court on June 7 to answer her two pending misdemeanor charges, along with her formal sentencing on the felony lynching charge.
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