DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. -- Some residents in DeSoto County are voicing concern over the sentence for Lindsey Whiteside, a former youth minister, who pleaded guilty to sexual battery of a minor and managed to avoid prison.

Monday, a judge sentenced Whiteside to three years on house arrest and seven years of supervision, after she pleaded guilty to sexual battery of a minor. • Lindsey Whiteside in court • Lindsey Whiteside

“I want to reverse the roles. If this was a male, if this was a person of color, if this was anything other than a young white woman, we wouldn’t be standing here having this conversation today,” said Aubrie Johnson, a Hernando, MS resident.

Johnson has been following this case since the beginning and has used her TikTok to advocate for the victim.

“If the courts aren

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