Vernon Rose
Vernon Rose is a South African social worker.
— From September 1980
The Sun Interview
We Are People
Interviews With Inmates Of Hillsborough Prison
The day I sat in the courtroom, there were three or four white men with the same charges, but they let them pay out, maybe seven or eight hundred dollars. I was black. The man didn’t say nothing about no fees or charges. They gave me the maximum sentence. My skin color gave me away. I can base it down to that. I didn’t have the money, so I got to pull the time. It’s just as simple as that.
September 1980
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