Controversial Arrest: 10-Year-Old Boy's Public Urination Leads to Harsh Sentence and Federal Lawsuit

A 10-year-old boy in Mississippi has been sentenced to three months probation for public urination, a decision that lawyers argue was influenced by his race. The boy was handcuffed and detained in a cell for nearly an hour after being caught urinating in a parking lot. The sentence requires him and his mother to check in with a judge monthly and write a two-page essay about his favorite basketball player. The family's attorney believes the arrest and sentence were unreasonable and plans to take the case to federal court, alleging racial bias.