The lawyer said he’s baffled that prosecutors pursued the case and that a youth judge oversaw a sentence that included probation and requiring the child to write a report about Kobe Bryant.

A 10-year-old Black child in Mississippi who urinated in public in August was sentenced Tuesday in youth court to three months’ probation, a decision the child’s attorney says was influenced by race.

Quantavious Eason, who is in the third grade, was arrested by Senatobia police Aug. 10 after a police officer saw him relieving himself outside next to his mom’s car when the woman was inside an attorney’s office, according to family attorney Carlos Moore.

Given the circumstances, any child would have done the same thing, Moore said. He noted there was no public restroom at the attorney’s office.

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    I just think the article doesn’t give enough detail. At the same time, I also don’t think it matters really what the person writes about as long as it’s some sort of topic that has to do with being a good community member.

    • Perhaps the urge is to make the person write about why they shouldn’t do the crime again (not that this should have been a criminal matter), and the instinct is to make the person feel ashamed about their antisocial behavior. Better to build a relationship to a positive role model in the community than to label the person as shameful, imo.