California student Julian Adame remains in jail eight months after breaking lamp in Tokyo
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Reactions to Adame’s arrest have been mixed. While many are able to sympathise with his plight, others believe some details of the story, including claims that he punched an officer, are missing. Smith did admit to radio station KTXL that “At one point the police officer grabbed his arm and it snapped back and hit the officer in his chin.”
Regardless, everyone can agree that Japan’s legal system, which is known to commonly deny bail and use long periods of detention to extract confessions of guilt, is not one you want to get caught up in.
American Student Finds Out The Hard Way That White Privilege Doesn’t Work In Japan
Julian Adame reportedly broke a lamp in Japan.
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Written By NewsOne Staff
Posted January 24, 2019
According to Fox 40, Adame, who was traveling after studying aboard, was bar hopping and ended up breaking a lamp. He is now in prison for nine months with the charge of “obstruction of the performance of official duties.” He pleaded guilty and was ready to pay a fine, but his mother claims the case keeps getting pushed back.
Wow. Sounds like being Black in America.
被疑者側のアメリカ人の話ばっかで、取材がないので、なんともいえないが、・・・・記録用だね。