Black boy, 10, must write essay on Kobe Bryant after peeing in public

A Senatobia Police car in front of the Senatobia Police Department building (The Tate Record/AP)

A 10-year-old black boy who peed in a car park must serve three months’ probation and write a two-page essay on the late basketball star Kobe Bryant, a Mississippi judge has ordered.

Tate County Youth Court Judge Rusty Harlow handed down the sentence on Tuesday after the child’s lawyer reached an agreement with a special prosecutor.