with multiple stays in the jail, adrian smalls is familiar with the intake process. he s awaiting trial after punching a man during a pool game. the victim was left in a coma. he suffered brain damage. i always expect the best but prepare for the worst, you know. because i know that is my reality. i could end up in prison. smalls faces up to 20 years if found guilty. he admits to injuring the man and has pled not guilty in hopes of reaching a plea deal for a shorter sentence, but says the odds are stacked against him because he is represented by a public defender. i m putting my life in the hands of a public pretender. my representation is, i feel, minimum. very minimum. i come in this jail and talk to 150 other guys who got the same lawyer. so, how much time does she even have to put in on my case or, for that matter, anybody else s? i talk to clients every day who are extremely frustrated, and i can t say that their concerns are not perfectly
write what i think. before you strap on your combat boots and pick up your gun to shoot remember this lesson i m trying to teach must go forward if my message is ever going to get through. you could easily learn about guns, drugs, murder and sex if that was the only thing ever taught to you. but now that you re grown think about the consequences before, not after you shoot. this is one of the books that i ve been reading. called breaking the curse of willie lynch, the science of slave psychology. a lot of my writings come from after i read books like this. anybody can tell you anything. unless you dig into that subject for yourself, you always have a judgmental aspect on it. america has the nerve to spend billions of dollars on wars in afghanistan and iraq when, in fact, the real war is right here in america and blacks are under attack. so many dead bodies are being stacked in these new modern day plantations, prisons, are overpacked. medicaid and medicare is being cut while the pric
you come in this jail and talk to 150 other guys who got the same lawyer. adrian smalls voices serious concerns about public defenders. and they agree with him. i can t say that their concerns are not perfectly legitimate. you know how painful heartburn can be. for fast-acting, long-lasting relief, try doctor recommended gaviscon. it quickly neutralizes stomach acid and helps keep acid down for hours. relieve heartburn with fast- acting, long-lasting gaviscon. and helps keep acid down for hours. the things we do rising before dawn. sweating it out. tough to do it all.
and jail in jail. ratliff will be allowed much more time out of his cell and have other privileges restored. ready to eat some food, some conteen. shave. looking pretty rough. i actually just got a mirror i could see myself in. i look bad. ratliff is now in the same unit as adrian smalls, who has been writing spoken word pieces while awaiting trial. stand up, black man, stand up and rise to power. this is our year, our month, new day and the time is ours. we must all crawl before we walk and also think before we speak. because the blood of our black brothers mixed with the tears of our black mothers have cried our very own red sea. smalls hopes to reach a plea deal on his charge of assault and battery, the result of a punch that left another man brain damaged and in a coma. this is where i spend a lot of my time at right now. this is like my outlet. i call it my lab. i sit and write my mind.
shoot remember this lesson i m trying to teach must go forward if my message is ever going to get through. you could easily learn about guns, drugs, murder and sex if that was the only thing ever taught to you. but now that you re grown think about the consequences before, not after you shoot. this is one of the books that i ve been reading. called breaking the course of willie, the science of slave psychology. a lot of my writings come from after i read books like this. anybody can tell you anything. unless you dig into that subject for yourself, you always have a judgmental aspect on it. america has the nerve to spend billions of dollars on wars in afghanistan and iraq when, in fact, the real war is right here in america and blacks are under attack. so many dead bodies are being stacked in these new modern day plantations, prisons, are overpacked. medicaid and medicare is being cut while the price of a good education is being jacked. written for the people. my people. by yours truly,