Sarah Culhane is white. Michael Brown is dead.

[muriel_volestrangler]

Less than one month later, 19-year-old Sarah Culhane of Princeton, New Jersey crashed her blue BMW into another car in Bensalem, Pa. When police attempted to pull her over she took off and police eventually abandoned following her in a high speed chase on the city streets. Culhane later hit another car with her BMW — injuring a woman — before fleeing once again only to hit a third car. Culhane then abandoned her car and fled on foot, before being arrested by police. As police took her into custody, the Amherst College student and field hockey athlete resisted arrest, kicking one police officer in the head before being subdued.

Culhane was charged with aggravated assault, accidents involving injury, resisting arrest, red light violation, driving at unsafe speed, and reckless driving. A judge felt her charges were serious enough that he set her bail at $750,000.
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According to the Bucks County Courier-Times, the prosecutor overseeing the case of 19-year-old Sara Culhane — who crashed her BMW into three cars, injured a woman in the process, and assaulted a police officer while resisting arrest — is dropping most charges against the young woman. Culhane will see two felony charges of aggravated assault and attempting to elude police, along with misdemeanor resisting arrest and traffic violations dropped to to a single misdemeanor charge of a crime involving personal injury.

According to NJ. com, as a first time offender Culhane will be eligible for a first-time offender program in Pennsylvania, allowing her to avoid jail time, with the promise of a clean record after completing a rehabilitation program and public service.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/sarah-culhane-is-white-michael-brown-is-dead/

[uponit7771]

1. " is dropping most charges against the young woman..." would most likely NOT happen to Brown either

[FLPanhandle]

2. More like, who can afford a good lawyer.

Some expensive lawyer with good connections worked out that deal.

[benz380]

9. It's hard to get a good lawyer if you're dead. nt

[malaise]

3. NO WP here

none at all

[SummerSnow]

4. She has the complexion for the protection

[GummyBearz]

5. Standard

This is standard for all white people. All are born with BMW's and get out of jail free cards. As the title correctly deducts, this is 100% about white privilege and has nothing to do with socio economics

[Scruffy Rumbler]

7. You're right...it is all about class....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Louis_Gates_arrest_controversy


It was only because she was rich she got off.....

She had four aces up her sleeve: white, rich, young and female.

[FLPanhandle]

8. Yep

A poor white person wouldn't be able to afford the attorney that pulled this off.

Good attorneys are expensive and mommy & daddy shelled out a lot for this one I bet.

[benz380]

10. I believe being white may have saved my life.

I was accused of running the only signal light in our area. A deputy entered the left turn lane going the same direction as I was. I had been behind him on the highway for several miles, so why would I break the law? He had a red left turn light, I had a green light to go straight. A car pulled out in front of me from the right so I locked the brakes. I ended up in the middle of the intersection and had to drive through to get out of traffic. By this time the light turned red. The deputy turned on his lights and I figured he was going after the car that ran the light from the right. But no, he pulled me over accusing me of running the light. I jumped out of the car trying to explain i wasn't at fault, and he told me to get back in the car. It took him around 20 minutes to issue me a ticket. During this time I got out of the car two more times. Both times he ordered me back in the car. I took the ticket and paid it. My word against his. Later it scared me to think that if I had been a person of color I would probably be dead.