Nicole Dunson Bowen's FIght for Freedom
- von: Nicole Dunson Bowen's Freedom FIghters
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SIX-MONTH PREGNANT MOTHER, WIFE, WHITNEY YOUNG AND FLORIDA A&M ALUMNI RECEIVES CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PRISON SENTENCE FOR INCIDENT AT 2010 SUPER BOWL IN MIAMI, FLORIDA
The cruel and unusual sentence imposed by Judge Stacey D. Glick, appointed in January 2009 to the 11th Judicial Circuit of Miami-Dade, will frighten mothers and wives everywhere who possess the instincts to protect their loved ones when perceived danger is evident and shock the consciousness of any advocate struggling for the justice and welfare of children and families.
On February 6, 2010, National Football League (NFL) employee Richard Logue and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Eduardo Escobar approached Nicole Dunson-Bowen as she put her 3-year-old daughter and mother in the car during the 2010 Super Bowl weekend in Miami, Florida. Both men were dressed in plain clothes and did not have any visible identification nor did the men verbally identify themselves to Dunson-Bowen as they reached over her shoulder and began pulling items out of her car while shoving and elbowing her.
Logue, the NFL employee shouted out racial epithets and knocked her to the ground where she sustained injuries (as indicated in Medical Records).
Without knowing the identity of these men, Dunson-Bowen became frightened and assertively questioned the men in an attempt to protect her child, mother, and belongings. This action was later identified in court documents as an %u201Caggressive stance%u201D.
When Nicole got her footing she fled to the driver-side door of her vehicle and drove off. She went one block and saw an officer; she immediately stopped the vehicle and requested help. After Dunson-Bowen explained the situation that took place with the two men, it was initially thought by police to have been a mix-up and miscommunication of sorts, when Dunson-Bowen attempted to press charges on both the NFL employee and ICE agent for their aggressive actions and bodily harm, she was in-turn detained and arrested despite the fact she initiated the complaint with the police.
The two men later said their suspicion of Nicole selling t-shirts justified their conduct.
Nicole was charged with one-count of felony battery against a police officer and a misdemeanor battery against the NFL representative. The case was tried before a jury. The weight of the evidence during the trial was heavy in Dunson-Bowen%u2019s favor. However, over the objection from her public defense attorney, a bicycle cop, Officer Molina, gave the final testimony of the day to jurors against Dunson-Bowen. The defense was not made aware of Molina until the day of trial nor was he even the officer on-duty the day the incident occurred.
However, Molina is the husband of Judge Glick%u2019s judicial assistant.
The jury found Nicole guilty on all counts. During sentencing the prosecutor agreed with the recommendation of Pre-Sentencing Investigation that she should receive %u201Cless than 364 days.%u201D The public defender requested probation. However, Judge Stacy Glick imposed a three year prison sentence and two years of community control (house arrest after prison).
The defense asked that a bond be set for Dunson-Bowen so that the pregnant wife and mother of a toddler could be released while the case was appealed. However, Judge Glick said she was a %u201Cflight risk%u201D and denied the request.
Dunson-Bowen is 6 ½ months pregnant and suffers from placenta previa. Due to complications and the premature birth of her 3-year-old daughter, her current high-risk pregnancy will require a C-section for the delivery of her baby. She has been to the emergency room six times and in outpatient care12 times, and needs daily medical attention.
In the time Dunson-Bowen has been in the Dade County Women%u2019s Detention Center three inmates have miscarried in the sixth month of their pregnancies. Dunson-Bowen is frightened that without the proper medical attention she needs that the loss of her baby will be her fate as well.
Nicole is a graduate of Whitney Young High School in Chicago, Illinois, the alma mater of First Lady Michelle Obama. She is a biology pre-med graduate of Florida A&M University; and she has held positions with the Florida Department of Children and Family Services, Early Learning Coalition and and Florida A&M University. She is not a criminal. The officers were not injured during the incident. She is not a danger to herself or society. So if there is NO VICTIM how could there be a crime deserving of a three-year sentence that removes a devoted mother from her family and community, causes suffering and a severe sense of loss to her young child and husband and forcing her to give birth to her second child in a prison?
There have been previous cases when Judge Glick removed herself from court proceedings because the testimony of Officer Molina, posed a conflict due to his marriage to her subordinate. Though requested by the defense, this did not happen in Dunson-Bowen%u2019s case and Glick%u2019s demeanor throughout seemed to be one of displaced loathing for Dunson-Bowen.
In 2009, NFL player Donte Stallworth was sentenced to a 30 day jail term after pleading guilty to DUI manslaughter in the death of Mario Reyes, who was struck and killed by Stallworth in Dade County.
So one must ask, why would Judge Glick impose such a harsh sentence on a mother with no prior criminal history and in spite of the recommendation of an independent pre-sentencing investigator and the prosecution?
This is the type of justice that has destroyed the lives of so many African American families. We must demand justice because no person can be free so long as one innocent person is being persecuted. We cannot sit quietly by and let judicial incompetency destroy so many lives.
Petition:We the undersigned, call on all advocates of children & families, supporters of a fair judicial system and civil rights activists to stand united in making a change in the way the judicial system allows for numerous injustices to occur without holding accountable the government, society and the involved parties.
We must demand the Florida legal system reverse the decision of this judge. If the Lindsey Lohan's, Donte Stallworth%u2019s and Paris Hilton's of the world can get justice, we must demand justice here.
%u201CA threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere%u201D, you must become a part of the solution because this could be you or your loved one.
The cruel and unusual sentence imposed by Judge Stacey D. Glick, appointed in January 2009 to the 11th Judicial Circuit of Miami-Dade, will frighten mothers and wives everywhere who possess the instincts to protect their loved ones when perceived danger is evident and shock the consciousness of any advocate struggling for the justice and welfare of children and families.
On February 6, 2010, National Football League (NFL) employee Richard Logue and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Eduardo Escobar approached Nicole Dunson-Bowen as she put her 3-year-old daughter and mother in the car during the 2010 Super Bowl weekend in Miami, Florida. Both men were dressed in plain clothes and did not have any visible identification nor did the men verbally identify themselves to Dunson-Bowen as they reached over her shoulder and began pulling items out of her car while shoving and elbowing her.
Logue, the NFL employee shouted out racial epithets and knocked her to the ground where she sustained injuries (as indicated in Medical Records).
Without knowing the identity of these men, Dunson-Bowen became frightened and assertively questioned the men in an attempt to protect her child, mother, and belongings. This action was later identified in court documents as an %u201Caggressive stance%u201D.
When Nicole got her footing she fled to the driver-side door of her vehicle and drove off. She went one block and saw an officer; she immediately stopped the vehicle and requested help. After Dunson-Bowen explained the situation that took place with the two men, it was initially thought by police to have been a mix-up and miscommunication of sorts, when Dunson-Bowen attempted to press charges on both the NFL employee and ICE agent for their aggressive actions and bodily harm, she was in-turn detained and arrested despite the fact she initiated the complaint with the police.
The two men later said their suspicion of Nicole selling t-shirts justified their conduct.
Nicole was charged with one-count of felony battery against a police officer and a misdemeanor battery against the NFL representative. The case was tried before a jury. The weight of the evidence during the trial was heavy in Dunson-Bowen%u2019s favor. However, over the objection from her public defense attorney, a bicycle cop, Officer Molina, gave the final testimony of the day to jurors against Dunson-Bowen. The defense was not made aware of Molina until the day of trial nor was he even the officer on-duty the day the incident occurred.
However, Molina is the husband of Judge Glick%u2019s judicial assistant.
The jury found Nicole guilty on all counts. During sentencing the prosecutor agreed with the recommendation of Pre-Sentencing Investigation that she should receive %u201Cless than 364 days.%u201D The public defender requested probation. However, Judge Stacy Glick imposed a three year prison sentence and two years of community control (house arrest after prison).
The defense asked that a bond be set for Dunson-Bowen so that the pregnant wife and mother of a toddler could be released while the case was appealed. However, Judge Glick said she was a %u201Cflight risk%u201D and denied the request.
Dunson-Bowen is 6 ½ months pregnant and suffers from placenta previa. Due to complications and the premature birth of her 3-year-old daughter, her current high-risk pregnancy will require a C-section for the delivery of her baby. She has been to the emergency room six times and in outpatient care12 times, and needs daily medical attention.
In the time Dunson-Bowen has been in the Dade County Women%u2019s Detention Center three inmates have miscarried in the sixth month of their pregnancies. Dunson-Bowen is frightened that without the proper medical attention she needs that the loss of her baby will be her fate as well.
Nicole is a graduate of Whitney Young High School in Chicago, Illinois, the alma mater of First Lady Michelle Obama. She is a biology pre-med graduate of Florida A&M University; and she has held positions with the Florida Department of Children and Family Services, Early Learning Coalition and and Florida A&M University. She is not a criminal. The officers were not injured during the incident. She is not a danger to herself or society. So if there is NO VICTIM how could there be a crime deserving of a three-year sentence that removes a devoted mother from her family and community, causes suffering and a severe sense of loss to her young child and husband and forcing her to give birth to her second child in a prison?
There have been previous cases when Judge Glick removed herself from court proceedings because the testimony of Officer Molina, posed a conflict due to his marriage to her subordinate. Though requested by the defense, this did not happen in Dunson-Bowen%u2019s case and Glick%u2019s demeanor throughout seemed to be one of displaced loathing for Dunson-Bowen.
In 2009, NFL player Donte Stallworth was sentenced to a 30 day jail term after pleading guilty to DUI manslaughter in the death of Mario Reyes, who was struck and killed by Stallworth in Dade County.
So one must ask, why would Judge Glick impose such a harsh sentence on a mother with no prior criminal history and in spite of the recommendation of an independent pre-sentencing investigator and the prosecution?
This is the type of justice that has destroyed the lives of so many African American families. We must demand justice because no person can be free so long as one innocent person is being persecuted. We cannot sit quietly by and let judicial incompetency destroy so many lives.
Petition:We the undersigned, call on all advocates of children & families, supporters of a fair judicial system and civil rights activists to stand united in making a change in the way the judicial system allows for numerous injustices to occur without holding accountable the government, society and the involved parties.
We must demand the Florida legal system reverse the decision of this judge. If the Lindsey Lohan's, Donte Stallworth%u2019s and Paris Hilton's of the world can get justice, we must demand justice here.
%u201CA threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere%u201D, you must become a part of the solution because this could be you or your loved one.
SIX-MONTH PREGNANT MOTHER, WIFE, WHITNEY YOUNG AND FLORIDA A&M ALUMNI RECEIVES CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PRISON SENTENCE FOR INCIDENT AT 2010 SUPER BOWL IN MIAMI, FLORIDA
The cruel and unusual sentence imposed by Judge Stacey D. Glick, appointed in January 2009 to the 11th Judicial Circuit of Miami-Dade, will frighten mothers and wives everywhere who possess the instincts to protect their loved ones when perceived danger is evident and shock the consciousness of any advocate struggling for the justice and welfare of children and families.
On February 6, 2010, National Football League (NFL) employee Richard Logue and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Eduardo Escobar approached Nicole Dunson-Bowen as she put her 3-year-old daughter and mother in the car during the 2010 Super Bowl weekend in Miami, Florida. Both men were dressed in plain clothes and did not have any visible identification nor did the men verbally identify themselves to Dunson-Bowen as they reached over her shoulder and began pulling items out of her car while shoving and elbowing her.
Logue, the NFL employee shouted out racial epithets and knocked her to the ground where she sustained injuries (as indicated in Medical Records).
Without knowing the identity of these men, Dunson-Bowen became frightened and assertively questioned the men in an attempt to protect her child, mother, and belongings. This action was later identified in court documents as an %u201Caggressive stance%u201D.
When Nicole got her footing she fled to the driver-side door of her vehicle and drove off. She went one block and saw an officer; she immediately stopped the vehicle and requested help. After Dunson-Bowen explained the situation that took place with the two men, it was initially thought by police to have been a mix-up and miscommunication of sorts, when Dunson-Bowen attempted to press charges on both the NFL employee and ICE agent for their aggressive actions and bodily harm, she was in-turn detained and arrested despite the fact she initiated the complaint with the police.
The two men later said their suspicion of Nicole selling t-shirts justified their conduct.
Nicole was charged with one-count of felony battery against a police officer and a misdemeanor battery against the NFL representative. The case was tried before a jury. The weight of the evidence during the trial was heavy in Dunson-Bowen%u2019s favor. However, over the objection from her public defense attorney, a bicycle cop, Officer Molina, gave the final testimony of the day to jurors against Dunson-Bowen. The defense was not made aware of Molina until the day of trial nor was he even the officer on-duty the day the incident occurred.
However, Molina is the husband of Judge Glick%u2019s judicial assistant.
The jury found Nicole guilty on all counts. During sentencing the prosecutor agreed with the recommendation of Pre-Sentencing Investigation that she should receive %u201Cless than 364 days.%u201D The public defender requested probation. However, Judge Stacy Glick imposed a three year prison sentence and two years of community control (house arrest after prison).
The defense asked that a bond be set for Dunson-Bowen so that the pregnant wife and mother of a toddler could be released while the case was appealed. However, Judge Glick said she was a %u201Cflight risk%u201D and denied the request.
Dunson-Bowen is 6 ½ months pregnant and suffers from placenta previa. Due to complications and the premature birth of her 3-year-old daughter, her current high-risk pregnancy will require a C-section for the delivery of her baby. She has been to the emergency room six times and in outpatient care12 times, and needs daily medical attention.
In the time Dunson-Bowen has been in the Dade County Women%u2019s Detention Center three inmates have miscarried in the sixth month of their pregnancies. Dunson-Bowen is frightened that without the proper medical attention she needs that the loss of her baby will be her fate as well.
Nicole is a graduate of Whitney Young High School in Chicago, Illinois, the alma mater of First Lady Michelle Obama. She is a biology pre-med graduate of Florida A&M University; and she has held positions with the Florida Department of Children and Family Services, Early Learning Coalition and and Florida A&M University. She is not a criminal. The officers were not injured during the incident. She is not a danger to herself or society. So if there is NO VICTIM how could there be a crime deserving of a three-year sentence that removes a devoted mother from her family and community, causes suffering and a severe sense of loss to her young child and husband and forcing her to give birth to her second child in a prison?
There have been previous cases when Judge Glick removed herself from court proceedings because the testimony of Officer Molina, posed a conflict due to his marriage to her subordinate. Though requested by the defense, this did not happen in Dunson-Bowen%u2019s case and Glick%u2019s demeanor throughout seemed to be one of displaced loathing for Dunson-Bowen.
In 2009, NFL player Donte Stallworth was sentenced to a 30 day jail term after pleading guilty to DUI manslaughter in the death of Mario Reyes, who was struck and killed by Stallworth in Dade County.
So one must ask, why would Judge Glick impose such a harsh sentence on a mother with no prior criminal history and in spite of the recommendation of an independent pre-sentencing investigator and the prosecution?
This is the type of justice that has destroyed the lives of so many African American families. We must demand justice because no person can be free so long as one innocent person is being persecuted. We cannot sit quietly by and let judicial incompetency destroy so many lives.
Petition
"We the undersigned, call on all advocates of children & families, supporters of a fair judicial system and civil rights activists to stand united to make a change in the way the judicial system allows for numerous injustices that occur without questioning and accountability of the government and society.
We must demand the Florida legal system reverse the decision of this judge. If the Lindsey Lohan's, Donte Stallworth%u2019s and Paris Hilton's of the world can get justice, we must demand justice here.
%u201CA threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere%u201D, you must become a part of the solution because this could be you or your loved one.
Petition unterzeichnenPetition unterzeichnenThe cruel and unusual sentence imposed by Judge Stacey D. Glick, appointed in January 2009 to the 11th Judicial Circuit of Miami-Dade, will frighten mothers and wives everywhere who possess the instincts to protect their loved ones when perceived danger is evident and shock the consciousness of any advocate struggling for the justice and welfare of children and families.
On February 6, 2010, National Football League (NFL) employee Richard Logue and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Eduardo Escobar approached Nicole Dunson-Bowen as she put her 3-year-old daughter and mother in the car during the 2010 Super Bowl weekend in Miami, Florida. Both men were dressed in plain clothes and did not have any visible identification nor did the men verbally identify themselves to Dunson-Bowen as they reached over her shoulder and began pulling items out of her car while shoving and elbowing her.
Logue, the NFL employee shouted out racial epithets and knocked her to the ground where she sustained injuries (as indicated in Medical Records).
Without knowing the identity of these men, Dunson-Bowen became frightened and assertively questioned the men in an attempt to protect her child, mother, and belongings. This action was later identified in court documents as an %u201Caggressive stance%u201D.
When Nicole got her footing she fled to the driver-side door of her vehicle and drove off. She went one block and saw an officer; she immediately stopped the vehicle and requested help. After Dunson-Bowen explained the situation that took place with the two men, it was initially thought by police to have been a mix-up and miscommunication of sorts, when Dunson-Bowen attempted to press charges on both the NFL employee and ICE agent for their aggressive actions and bodily harm, she was in-turn detained and arrested despite the fact she initiated the complaint with the police.
The two men later said their suspicion of Nicole selling t-shirts justified their conduct.
Nicole was charged with one-count of felony battery against a police officer and a misdemeanor battery against the NFL representative. The case was tried before a jury. The weight of the evidence during the trial was heavy in Dunson-Bowen%u2019s favor. However, over the objection from her public defense attorney, a bicycle cop, Officer Molina, gave the final testimony of the day to jurors against Dunson-Bowen. The defense was not made aware of Molina until the day of trial nor was he even the officer on-duty the day the incident occurred.
However, Molina is the husband of Judge Glick%u2019s judicial assistant.
The jury found Nicole guilty on all counts. During sentencing the prosecutor agreed with the recommendation of Pre-Sentencing Investigation that she should receive %u201Cless than 364 days.%u201D The public defender requested probation. However, Judge Stacy Glick imposed a three year prison sentence and two years of community control (house arrest after prison).
The defense asked that a bond be set for Dunson-Bowen so that the pregnant wife and mother of a toddler could be released while the case was appealed. However, Judge Glick said she was a %u201Cflight risk%u201D and denied the request.
Dunson-Bowen is 6 ½ months pregnant and suffers from placenta previa. Due to complications and the premature birth of her 3-year-old daughter, her current high-risk pregnancy will require a C-section for the delivery of her baby. She has been to the emergency room six times and in outpatient care12 times, and needs daily medical attention.
In the time Dunson-Bowen has been in the Dade County Women%u2019s Detention Center three inmates have miscarried in the sixth month of their pregnancies. Dunson-Bowen is frightened that without the proper medical attention she needs that the loss of her baby will be her fate as well.
Nicole is a graduate of Whitney Young High School in Chicago, Illinois, the alma mater of First Lady Michelle Obama. She is a biology pre-med graduate of Florida A&M University; and she has held positions with the Florida Department of Children and Family Services, Early Learning Coalition and and Florida A&M University. She is not a criminal. The officers were not injured during the incident. She is not a danger to herself or society. So if there is NO VICTIM how could there be a crime deserving of a three-year sentence that removes a devoted mother from her family and community, causes suffering and a severe sense of loss to her young child and husband and forcing her to give birth to her second child in a prison?
There have been previous cases when Judge Glick removed herself from court proceedings because the testimony of Officer Molina, posed a conflict due to his marriage to her subordinate. Though requested by the defense, this did not happen in Dunson-Bowen%u2019s case and Glick%u2019s demeanor throughout seemed to be one of displaced loathing for Dunson-Bowen.
In 2009, NFL player Donte Stallworth was sentenced to a 30 day jail term after pleading guilty to DUI manslaughter in the death of Mario Reyes, who was struck and killed by Stallworth in Dade County.
So one must ask, why would Judge Glick impose such a harsh sentence on a mother with no prior criminal history and in spite of the recommendation of an independent pre-sentencing investigator and the prosecution?
This is the type of justice that has destroyed the lives of so many African American families. We must demand justice because no person can be free so long as one innocent person is being persecuted. We cannot sit quietly by and let judicial incompetency destroy so many lives.
Petition
"We the undersigned, call on all advocates of children & families, supporters of a fair judicial system and civil rights activists to stand united to make a change in the way the judicial system allows for numerous injustices that occur without questioning and accountability of the government and society.
We must demand the Florida legal system reverse the decision of this judge. If the Lindsey Lohan's, Donte Stallworth%u2019s and Paris Hilton's of the world can get justice, we must demand justice here.
%u201CA threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere%u201D, you must become a part of the solution because this could be you or your loved one.
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