Local attorney
examines biases
in criminal justice
system, legal rulings
On Monday night, a crowd of 20
people, mostly women, gathered
in the Ypsilanti District Library
to partake in a panel put on by
Mothering Justice, a non-profit
organization that advocates for
women to become active in policy-
making. The panel discussed how
Black women are viewed in the
legal system.
The focal point of the evening
was the caricature of “Sapphire,”
a character made famous on the
“Amos n’ Andy” show. According
to Ferris State University, the
character Sapphire was a berating
housewife who saw her husband as
a failure and regularly scolded him
for his flaws.
Attorney Erane Washington,
who practiced law for 26 years and
opened her own law firm in 2005,
said the Sapphire narrative has
not only negatively impacted her
clients’ lives, but hers as well.
Washington also told a story of
road rage between an older Black
woman and two young white men.
The two white men jumped out of
the car and started harassing the
woman. Fearing for her life, she
placed her gun on the passenger
seat
and
was
charged
with
brandishing a weapon. Though
the older woman was acquitted,
Washington said she thinks the
situation would have progressed
much differently if she was white.
“If it had been a white man
that pulled the gun out to protect
himself, nine times out of ten no
charges would have occurred,”
Washington said. “But it was a
Black woman, so she was charged
was brandishing a weapon.”
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C.S. Mott hosts
car show for kids
Friendship inspires
annual event on
roof for children
in hospital
On Sunday morning, around
150 kids, family members and
more
than
200
volunteers
gathered on top of the parking
garage at C.S. Mott Children’s
Hospital at the University of
Michigan for the sixth annual
Caden’s Car Show.
The car show takes place
every year during the summer
and is preceded by a fundraiser
the Friday before the show.
Full Throttle, an organization
focused
on
congenital
heart
research, raised around $68,000
dollars this year.
The car show is a way to
brighten the Mott patients’ day
and to raise awareness for organ
donation, according to Christine
La
Jeunesse,
administrative
director for Congenital Heart
Center at Mott. La Jeunesse said
she has helped plan the event
for the past few years and said it
positively impacts patients.
“For
the
families
in
the
hospital it’s time away from a
difficult time in their life,” La
Jeunesse said. “It’s sunshine and
a sense of hope for the future. “
Caden’s Car Show grew out
of a friendship between Jean
Jennings, former president and
editor-in-chief
of
Automobile
Magazine, and Caden Bowles, a
young boy born with hypoplastic
left heart syndrome, which left
him with half a heart. Caden had
a passion for cars that rivaled
most
car
experts,
Jennings
said, which was apparent to
everyone he met. The fundraiser
is named after a hand-drawn car
newsletter Caden created.
Meg
Zamberlan,
pediatric
nurse practitioner and pediatric
heart
transplant
program
coordinator at Mott’s congenital
heart center, called Automobile
Magazine when Jennings worked
as Editor in Chief, and Jennings
decided to go and visit seven-
year-old Caden. Caden was in the
hospital with cancer resulting
from anti-rejection drugs from
the heart transplant he had when
he was one.
Jennings said when she walked
into Caden’s room he was talking
about Jaguar cars, and she was
immediately taken with him.
“I walked in that room and
I could see the ball of light
surrounding
him,”
Jennings
said. “This kid was something to
reckon with. He was so engaging,
he was so amazing.”
They
quickly
formed
a
friendship. Jennings said she
brought him toy cars and books,
and they wrote letters to each
other after Jennings left.
Talk looks at Black
life, legal system
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