mr. Lonnie Johnson.
Let me say this.
I don’t necessarily blame this young man.
I blame him for his opinions.
I don’t blame him for the position that we’re in right now
because he has stated his bias. I don’t blame him anymore from applying
for a job
here at the DA’s office. And I was blamed,
for convicted said about a pedophile
for applying at a job. I love Elementary School,
I would blame the principal who hired him
and a principal, who knows? He has this problem to leave them in an
office
leaving that position.
So my fight is not with him. My fight is with him off
because I say to her.
The first thing you learn about law, is this supposed to be?
You suppose not only avoid bias, do you also
avoid the
appearance of bias
there is no way that you can have on
a young man
who has put a picture of a black woman.
Next to the trash and said, I can’t tell the difference
and say that there is no bias with that individual,
you just can’t do it.
So
since Kim OG won’t do her job or has not to date done
her job by terminating this young, man,
I’m calling on every judge
when this young man comes in.
Court
and then the defense bar when y’all make ya’ll objection saying I don’t
want I don’t want to try this case because young man because he has a bias.
There’s too many discs witness engines and too much discretion that
a prosecutor has
just had. Just let that bias go
and assume they, that bias is not exhibited somehow in the decisions
he’s making.
So every defense lawyer,
when you go into the courtroom, and you have this guy there as the prosecutor,
I object to him,
after he be removed, from the case.
Every judge when he comes in your, under your try and your court for trial,
I’ll say I’m not going to have this, you will not try a case
in my court only to have it. The case reversed on appeal
because there’s biased by
the prosecutor.
And not only that,
it goes further than everyone ought to be as outraged as
I am right now
because if you are a real black woman as a defendant,
there’s no way you can go in and take you getting a fair Shake.
If that guy is the prosecutor,
because he’s made too many decisions
that impact quite where you were
where you are right there.
He makes a decision.
That’s what offer is going to be. What’s going to charge you with what, plea offers will be,
would be offered to you.
They’re too many decisions that made by him so you can’t feel like you’re getting a fair Shake
If
you are a taxpayer
in Harris County,
you ought to be outraged at Kmart would allow someone with this
type bias to go in to try a case. Only to know that
case is going to be reversed on appeal and you don’t pay to try it again.
You
ought to be outraged and you ought to be calling her off the saying.
Don’t make us pay to retry cases again,
don’t put convicted criminals
or would be convicted.
The criminals, I don’t know on the street because they’ve been tried,
they’ve been convicted but because a prosecutor was biased. The case was
overturned and now you got a criminal out on the street. The things she says
she’s trying to avoid
I say, come on you got to do better
and it goes It goes.
Well,
I don’t think she’s gonna resign
and it’s gonna be a while before we get a chance to re-elect.
But right now she’s in this job, she need to do the job and
get rid of this guy.
He’s told you, he has a bias, he’s exhibited.
That bias and you can’t let that bias go.
And
if the if the prosecutors,
I’m sorry, if the judges
won’t
recuse, this guy
then
defense lawyers, take it up on appeal
and and taxpayers.
The more we end up having to repay for cases, the reach
be retried the more it convicted criminals get their cases
overturn, as a result of this. At some point we’re going to say to
Kim out, that’s not acceptable
and you have to do something different. You can’t let bias exists
in this case.
And Harris County, courts,
124,
we find you at the polls.
Mr. Weyman.
I need everybody. Repeat after me.
Hey! Hi! Hey,
this sexiest, prosecutor gotta go
sexiest, prosecutor. Got to go.
And grabbing your clothes out.
Good afternoon,
thank you for this opportunity to speak.
I actually came to just stand with my sisters because
it’s obvious that there is a lack of standing with black women
here in Harris County
and that cannot continue
on with you sister Candace. You know, Candace and I have joked
on several occasions.
Eventually our work is going to cross over
and I pity the fool.
That brings us together
could get Justice for black women.
Kmart here we are again.
And what I want to say about Kim August, this is not the first
time
that Kim AAG
has upheld
a travesty against black women.
And I’m going to go a step further than to say
we need to be aware and recuse going forward.
This
man actually took it upon himself to hunt
black
women on social media.
He was not
responding
to an attack.
He was not responding to a question, a comment or anything
like that.
He took it upon himself to seek out black women
and
attack them.
Them.
Harass them in such a way that many black women
content
creators on social media.
Have shut down their account because of his attacks.
I
am a black woman
And I know what it feels like
to be hunted
by someone that doesn’t like me because of my color
and
my gender,
this is intersectional
so Kim on can be a woman
but it hits different when you’re a black woman
and it is not for Kim ought to say what is and is not forgivable.
When there is a crime,
a Prejudice committed against one of us.
When we have reached out in the past to collaborate
with Kim AAG
doors, have been consistently slammed in our face.
Well sis, you said it
Kim odd. We are firing you at the polls
and we will hold you accountable for every single thing you have done
every
offense, you have committed against black women within our community.
As
for mr. Wesley
internalized racism.
We’ll eat at your soul
but before it gets to your soul,
black women in Harris County will shut you down.
And if we have to take your boss with us,
we will
when, when when
Because in this County
black women,
we will not kneel
and we will not take this.
So not only do we need to be aware
of this gentleman and I’m being extremely kind
moving forward,
but I call for Kim OG
to evaluate every single case that he has ever laid.
His hands on
that is had to do with the black woman.
This is Criminal Justice.
This is about Criminal Justice Reform.
it’s bigger than just misdemeanor bail reform, which can log
you suck at that, too.
But this is also about making sure that our communities are
safe.
That are black homes are not disrupted by biases
within
the court system.
This is about making sure that black women are not unfairly
mishandled
in the criminal justice system.
Even when that perpetrator shares, the same skin
as us,
we will not continue to take this
Kim AAG,
find a new.
Career.
This one
is over.
Thank you.
My name is Greta Braun.
I am a human being
and African-American
woman.
A mother,
a daughter,
a sister,
a friend,
and the executive director of bridges to empowerment.
What
I am not
is trash
or garbage
I’m here today, standing in solidarity with my sister’s,
against
the cruel,
and unnecessary Target of hate
from the Ada
that we have met you
black. Women are historically
the most, under-represented
undervalue
underappreciated
and under-protected of all women in Texas
in
this country.
And in the world,
we will know
No longer tolerate blatant,
disrespect and disregard
from anyone,
especially
someone charged with a career,
to protect
and serve
black. Women have been
unnecessarily attacked
and victimized by this Ada. And we want
Justice
Dar
in Jesus name. I will say this.
Ada
had called out
one of our Jewish sisters.
One of our white sisters,
one of our
aapi sisters,
one of our lesbian sisters,
we will be standing with you all, as you receive the Justin
a long time ago when it happened,
come on,
the fact that it has taken this long and that nothing has
been done is appalling
and I stand
with
The last Sister
Kim art?
I did not vote for you.
I did not support you. I supported your candidate and I
can guarantee you in 2024 that will
happen.
Again,
I will guarantee you all
20:24 black girl magic will
rise. Oh dear.
We are sick
and we are tired. Yes,
and we will not
Sleep again,
okay? And our last speaker, for the press conference will be
another elected official that has traveled from Brazoria
County,
so let’s bring up Miss
councilwoman, eunetta Murray
Council and let me just say this and I’m done.
It’s Sons me. I’m an educator, I’m a councilman
but let’s be clear. Let me tell you why I’m hurt.
He kept saying dark-skinned women, let’s be
clear
that’s what hurt me, you know, I heard me
cuz I’m a dark-skinned woman.
You know why hurts me?
We have students that’s watching
that are dark skinned.
And let me say this,
it’s beautiful. Its beauty
in every color, like right, whatever in the rainbow
African-American women,
it is a rainbow. You can choose what you want,
you won’t like,
don’t you want whatever? But it’s
just very yeah.
But
to just,
Pinpoint
dots being women.
I got a problem with that.
So what we have to do.
Yeah, it’s a skim off but if
the society in which we live, your Governor,
I’m going from the top to the bottom.
We’re going to change that Dynamic
of this
right now.
Oh, or important, whether your light like her or doeth
like me.
I am dark
a dark-skinned. Beautiful
black
one
and it’s gone.
Got to stop
today.
We are not going to stop
flowers myself.
All these ladies,
we’re going to fight to the end. I’m not on fighting for
her life skin.
For all black women,
the kids that are tired of being looked upon
because of that speed.
When will this
You’re pretty
enough
is enough and I’m done.
Thank all of the sisters soldiers
who attended
this press conference today and spoke.
What is so devastating to all of us
is that this is a black man were talking about not a white guy. That’s
right.
Normally when we talk about someone making hateful remarks on social
media
about the skin color of black people to particular black women.
We think about some non-black person
but this brother is
is a real modern day Fiddler.
He is a modern-day Jim
if you ever seen Uncle Ruckus, he’s personified here
at this Courthouse.
There’s no way that we can allow this brother to continue
to work in this courthouse and represent
all taxpaying. Citizens
of Harris County
and I firmly agree. I firmly agree
with those other speakers who said this,
had he done this same behavior
and committed. The same action social media
About gay women.
God forbid about Jewish women.
Yeah.
He would have been a real Kyrie Irving right here. Yes. Right. Yeah. They
would have gave him a list of Demands that he had to meet.
They forgave him. But gave him conditions to the Forgiveness,
we have to do better
and I agree with the brother. We spoke
brother Lonnie, he’s right.
We got to do better.
This is a disgrace.
So thank you, brothers, and for being here,
are there any questions?
Thank you for your presence and your patients will be started late. And thank you, so, very much
for being here. Thank you.