‘Wait, He Did What?’: Texas Judge Shocked by Prosecutor’s Rationale for Charges Against Young Man Stopped for ‘Walking While Black’, Immediately Throws Out Case Video Shows
A criminal court judge in Texas delivered a stunning victory for a Black defendant facing charges of marijuana possession by swiftly dismissing the case due to lack of probable cause, and then chiding prosecutors for bringing the case in the first place, suggesting the man’s arrest had clearly stemmed from “walking while Black.” The drug…