Mississippi Boy Gets Probation For Urinating In Public & Required To Write 2-Page Paper On Kobe Bryant

A juvenile who was taken into custody by Senatobia Police officers for the act of urinating in public was sentenced to three months of probation and was obliged to compose a paper about Kobe Bryant that was two pages long.

The child’s arrest on August 10 caused controversy even within the police department, which resulted in the termination of an officer who had been detained for the duration of the child’s detention.

According to his mother, Latonya Eason, who spoke to FOX13, the young kid, who was ten years old at the time, stepped behind his mother’s car in order to urinate while she was inside an attorney’s office.

The first officer who spotted her son was about to release him with a warning, according to Eason. However, once a lieutenant arrived at the scene, he was placed in the back of a police car and sent to jail.

“I think it’s ridiculous,” one Senatobia resident said Tuesday. “I have two boys and that’s how I potty trained them.”

According to a second mother from Senatobia who spoke with FOX13, she believes that the police are giving precedence to non-issues.

“I think we should be focusing on things that are more important,” said Patricia Mitchell. “There’s bigger issues to be concerned about than a 10-year-old urinating in public.”

“He did not expose himself,” said Carlos Moore, who’s representing the child. “There was no public restroom available and he went to the bathroom behind a car. Discreetly.”

In a prior interview with FOX13, the young boy stated that he was being confined in a detention cell. After some time, he was eventually charged with being a youngster who required services and then sent back to his mother.

Chief Richard Chandler of the Senatobia Police agency announced immediately after the arrest that one of the officers would no longer be employed by the agency and that several other officers would be subject to disciplinary action.

“It was an error in judgement for us to transport the child to the police station since the mother was present at the time as a reasonable alternative,” Chief Chandler said after the incident. “Mistakes like this are a reminder in this profession as to the continual need for training and refreshers on the various topics that we encounter each day.”