There was a warrant out for my arrest until last year because I skipped school one time in 12th grade. For 6+ years they reassigned my “case” to several different judges. The school to prison pipeline is very real & DPS is a hub because of its high population of poor Black ppl

I didn’t even know there was a warrant until I got hit by a car & the police I called to help me told me that I was lucky I was out of jurisdiction because he could’ve arrested me.

I called the court to see why I had a warrant for my arrest. By this pint I was in my 2nd year of grad school. They said it was from my truancy ticket in 2011. I said can I come in to fix it? The lady said if you come in you will be arrested.

So I said fuck that & never went in. I was going to attempt to fix it again last year & idk why or how after 6+ years they decided to close it but it was gone. But the sheer ridiculousness of the entire thing is sumthin I think about all the time.

I would’ve had an arrest record for skipping school 1 time when I was 17. I’m not shocked by how they’re treating that young girl. I’m pissed off because they’re potentially ruining her life over nothing. The legal system was designed to keep you in it. She dnt deserve tht

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