understand about the law, it s not the intent, it s the action. you listen to me i didn t have any action against her, though. yes, you did, because when we looked at the film, there is contact with your leg and her body. that constitutes i understand that, but did you see me just turn around directly and just kick her? okay, and that s what i m telling you. in that situation, when it comes to the law, it s either yes or no, and it s not your intent. you can bring that up, but in terms of an officer of the law, it s either it happened or it didn t. i ve asked d.o. bryant earlier what is your history of behavior problems. and he said you ve had a few minor, but not so serious. i m going to take that into consideration, okay? you understand? so, with that said, i m going to find you guilty, but i m going to reduce it down to two weeks instead of 30 days no commissary. crawford has avoided additional criminal charges for
they provide services that help ease the monotony of jail. oh, gosh, when you don t have anything to read? this is just a godsend. they are so happy to see me come. these are books from the library. they ve been given to me by a resale shop or friends that bring them to my house because they ve already read them. i m a volunteer. i have a full-time job. and i ve been doing this every thursday for seven years. here s one, darling. okay. richada crawford says when she was a girl, books played an important part in her life as well. she says she was a good student, but things changed at home when she announced in sixth grade that she was gay. people love me at school, people love to be around me. but my mother, why must you down me, know what i m saying, for being gay, for being who i am. when you think of your mother you think of the person that s going to be there for you, that s the person that uplifts you. you get picked on at school she
say everything okay, you re still beautiful. but growing up, it was the other way around. crawford says other problems at home, including suffering sexual molestation from a family friend, caused her to lose the things that she valued and that her rage led to crime. it got to the point i was rebelling against everybody. i felt like i m going to be hurt i want everybody hurt around me. that s why i would go to juvenile for assault and battery. you know what i m saying? a whole lot of stuff. i was a rebel, i really was. you couldn t tell me nothing, you couldn t control me. that s why i was so out of control, because i hated to be controlled, you know. now at age 20, crawford is awaiting trial on a charge of drug trafficking. prosecutors have just offered her a plea deal to serve 85% of her 15-year sentence, or about 12 years. still reluctant to accept the deal, crawford will discuss it with the woman she considers her spouse, star brown. she s my life. i love her to death.
[ bleep ] doing me wrong! but crawford denies the allegation. that s what they accuse me of doing was starting an altercation with somebody. so i said, okay, if you all are going to move me from this pod i may as well fight the girl. i might as well get a reason to go to seg. might as well have a reason, and they stopped me in my tracks. do you have an anger issue? that s what they told me but i don t believe i do. if i m really mad to the point where i just can t take it no more, i write. but if i m to the point i m mad and you re right here in my face, we re going to have a problem, you know? though only 20 years old, crawford has had numerous stays at tulsa county, dating back to age 16, when she was sent to the juvenile facility after stabbing a man who she says was physically abusive toward her. he put his finger in my face like he was about to tell me what to do.
okay? just be quiet. crawford is taken to the women s segregation unit where she will remain confined to her cell 23 hours per day, pending an investigation into the matter. just let it pass. it s a moment in time. coming up we was physically fighting and then he hit me too hard so yeah, i stabbed him. richada crawford s troubled past, and when they brought you in the first time, the reason you went to seg is that you refused to house with the mexicans. joseph giroux explains himself. but let s be honest. nobody likes dealing with insurance. see, esurance knows it s confusing. i literally have no idea what i m getting. i don t know either. i m just the spokesperson. but that s why they re making it simple - so that even actors, like us, can understand it. i m not an actor. i d love to tell you more but i only have thirty seconds.