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Debra Jenkins — Justice for Her Son

This morning’s newspaper brought news stories of two friends who have inspired this web page of the Nonviolent Worm. There was a front page story about Will Allen, the founder of Growing Power, who is the real inspiration for my small efforts to write about a home model of Growing Power in this “Diary of a Worm.” It is a story about Will’s winning the MacArthur Genius award of a half million dollars, no strings attached. On the front page there is a picture of Will speaking with the Mayor of Milwaukee, Tom Barrett.

On page 3 in the local news section there is a story about Debra Jenkins. Debra is a friend that I met at the prayer vigils for homicide victims. Her only son, Larry, was shot and killed by Jon Bartlett, “one of the five police officers that were later convicted in the notorious beating of Frank Jude Jr.” (MJS) Debra’s son was unarmed, committed no crime, but was shot at 14 times, seven hitting him, by Mr. Bartlett because he was scared and ran from him. His mother Debra, seeking justice for her son, Larry Jenkins brought a federal lawsuit against Mr. Bartlett and the city. Although all the witnesses to the incident testified that Larry Jenkins poised no threat to Bartlett when he shot, she lost the lawsuit and the appeal. Now the city lawyers have won a judgment against her of $35,000 for bringing the lawsuit. This judgment against Debra Jenkins seems to have been initiated after Mr. Bartlett, who is now serving a 17-year sentence in Federal Prison to be followed by two other sentence in state prison, filed a lawsuit against the city contending “he was injured in the episode, and that the city should pick up the tab.” The Judge in the case against Debra wants the Mayor to sign off on the $35,000 Judgment. The Mayor’s spokeswoman “said the mayor would not comment on pending litigation and referred the matter to the city attorney’s office” which would not answer the reporter’s calls.

So one of my inspirational friends, Will, receives a “genius” grant for his urban farming efforts and my other friend, Debra Jenkins, receives a judgment against her for seeking justice for her dead son. The Mayor honors one and ignores the other. Maybe the fact that these two friends are brought together in the newspaper the same day offers some hope that we can work together, growing power, to bring justice to moms like Debra.

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