just as she was about to get into a fight with another inmate. doing me wrong! [ 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
their cells, televisions, and the ability to socialize with others. but sometimes, that leads to conflict. we just had an officer call on the radio that she needed help. don t know what the issue is but we should find out shortly. now i m getting in trouble for what? so can i go ahead and fight it, then, if i m going to get in trouble? ain t fighting nobody, that s the whole gist. i m going to do something i m going to do it to get out. get her out of here. richada crawford has just been restrained by detention officers after a conflict with another inmate. get [ bleep ] off of me! you better let my [ bleep ] go, like this. let them go! crawford is currently awaiting trial on a charge of trafficking crack cocaine. she s pled not guilty. break my [ bleep ]! get off my foot. get off my foot. i m not on your foot. i m not doing anything wrong! [ bleep ] after crawford trips one of
what, two inches below your nose. yeah. yeah. according to staff, crawford became uncooperative when told to get off the phone. at this point, she s telling the two male, the supervisor and the deputy, they can t touch her because it s rape and it s illegal for a male officer to touch her. of course, that s not the case. corporal desouza is giving her verbal orders she s not going for. me and the backup have our spray. corporal desouza puts the handcuffs on her, put her in the arm bar. she s uncomfortable, she can t move. she s not hurt. then she starts kicking. i inform her she is not allowed to kick, any assault is a criminal offense. so, we take it to the next step, where we re in the hallway, and you see that we re struggling
assaulting a person, understand what i m saying? can i jump in here for a minute? go ahead. this is what you need to 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 da
but some 300 volunteers like susan stockwell, play an important role as well. 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