Survivors also told Eyewitness News their attacker was given a lesser sentence.
https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/loca ... 2tWVLQjHgc"He pulled the weapon out, he said give me everything you have," said Bergeron.
She says the attacker took her car, along with everything else inside it.
Meanwhile over in Mid-City, that same day, another victim who asked us to protect her identity said she had just gotten home from running an errand, when the exact same thing happened.
"There was a white car catty-corned blocking me in and next thing I turn and there's yelling, and there's a gun barrel in my face. The kid is yelling to get the "F out the car, get the F out the car," or else he'll shoot, so thinking I might die in that moment, my life flashed before my eyes, I complied."
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This survivor was a victim of the same attacker who carjacked Bergeron. The women said the juvenile was sentenced to three years probation. New Orleans District Attorney, Jason Williams said in part, "It was abundantly clear based on the facts, evidence, and circumstances that serious jail time was required…. "We are extremely disappointed in the sentence that was ultimately handed down."
But it was more than just the sentence that didn't sit right with the victim, it was the high profile figure sitting alongside the attacker's family that had the survivors confused and angry.
"The mayor is sitting by their side, consoling his family and it just kind of makes you think, whose side is the city on? Like, are they on your side? Do they care about victims?"
The woman who asked to remain anonymous said, "She was sitting on the side of the attacker. She was sitting next to his mom. She was there for his mom and she wasn't there for us. She was there for the crime."
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We reached out to the Mayor's office asking why Mayor Cantrell was at court Thursday and why she was supporting the juvenile's family. We didn't hear back.
3 years probation for pointing a gun in the face of a white woman, stealing her car, and everything else. Now imagine if it were a white boy who pointed a gun in the face of a black woman and stole her car. And yet they call it systemic white privilege in the justice system.
I couldn't help but think of the Book of Mormon where they prophesy of those in power who put the innocent in jail while letting the guilty go free.