Drug-court graduate campaigning against crack cocaine
By Mary Schenk
Monday December 22, 2008
John Dixon
Wayne T. Jackson sits in the living room of his Rantoul home on Thursday, holding signs he uses at anti-crack cocaine rallies he has organized. Jackson graduates from Champaign County drug court today.
URBANA – It may not have seemed like it at the time, but Dec. 22, 2006, was a great day for Wayne T. Jackson.
A diabetic who was too winded to run after snatching a woman's purse in downtown Champaign, he was easily busted.
"It was the ultimate crack-addict move. There was no chance for success but I'm not thinking of that. I'm just thinking of the next hit. I was very relieved to be stopped by the police and taken to jail," the 43-year-old Rantoul man said.
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