JUSTICE
CLOTHED AS INJUSTICE: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE LAWYERING GAME IN AMERICA…
A SINSITER
LAWYERING GAME HAS ENABLED THE LEGAL HUNTING AND MURDER OF BLACK MEN FOR
CENTURIES IN AMERICA
WILL THE GAMES
EVER END?
When
we witness an event playing itself out before us as clear as day only to see it
transmogrified into an unbelievable nightmare by our justice system it is time
to break that system down to its very foundations and begin anew! I had not wanted to admit that our country
had degraded to such a deplorable state until I replayed the ghastly events
leading up to Freddie Gray’s death, a lamentable chain of thorns that began when
he encountered his two murderers, clothed as law officers on an otherwise
ordinary day. From that time on the vicious
details of his assassination began to tear at the flesh of America’s conscience.
We all knew, glancing at the limp, broken body of their victim, Freddie Gray
that they had played a vile and dangerous game with his evanescing life
thinking to absolve themselves of guilt by calling a paddy wagon instead of an
ambulance to disguise the brutal and fatal beating they administered to an
innocent unarmed man. An eyewitness came
forward testifying that Gray’s lifeless, mangled body had bounced around the
inside of the vehicle in the manner of a man who had been completely paralyzed and
could no longer support his weight or summon control of his limbs. We knew that the critical information and
footage leading up to the time Gray’s paralyzed body was forcefully packed into
the vehicle had been conveniently lost, where were the witnesses? Where were
the witnesses? We were all hustled onto
a virtual train that completely forgot the moments before this violently murdered
man had been spirited away by a spurious alibi on wheels. But we all knew or suspected what had really
happened there.
So my question is, “If
you build a lie while deliberately suppressing what could be a viable
alternative theory in order to convince everyone that the alternative does not
exist, does the alternative really exist”?
Why
are Baltimore City officials prosecuting a case that everyone knows does not
exist? What could the outcome possibly
be for a misfired trial? If evidence suddenly,
miraculously become available verifying that Mr. Gray was in fact brutally and fatally
injured prior to entering the police vehicle proving that his mortal wounds were
not an could not have been a result of a “Rough Ride” what would that say about
the ability of our elected officials to accurately interpret a crime scene and follow-up
with an appropriate strategy of enforcement, charging and sentencing? Do we catalog this trial with the one in
which another police officer stood on the hood of a civilian car and fired
dozens of rounds into the passenger’s bodies but was freed?
Has
justice in America degenerated to a sick and depraved game of lawyering? Have we allowed legal loopholes and other such
circus acrobatics to strangle the purpose of law and civilization itself? Are Americans so paralyzed in the face of
pure and determined evil that they have lost their ability to challenge what is
certainly a mockery of and challenge to their very existence? Is there such confidence that no matter what
evil they do some people will always be kept safe from justice?
Police
work is a very physical occupation and there are bound to be skirmishes and
close calls even some unexpected and unintended injury. We have been more than understanding for the
most part regarding the nature of this business because we understand nobody
wants to be incarcerated even if they should be and know they have done wrong,
there is bound to be a tussle here and there.
So we kiss these mediocre skirmishes up to the skies, knowing the world
is not perfect and that these officers certainly were acting in the best
interest of the community. We have to
allow a certain buffer for officer/civilian interactions because of the heated
emotional and physical potential they inevitably unleash. As long as both parties can move on with
minimal bruises and it is clear that the officer was merely doing his job in
the interest of law and order the public is generally satisfied. But we also have to draw a clear line when
something critical occurs such as a homicide!
A homicide is an extraordinary outcome and when a policeman murders a
civilian it is an occasion for us all to pause not only scrutinize what is
being presented as evidence but also to use our common god given sense; in the
vulgar it is called simply, “Horse Sense”!
So when we add up the chips and we discover that our count does not
actually add up to what we should have we have to go back again and ask how did
we get where we went and try to see if the path really makes any sense at
all. That is the job that Baltimore
officials must do now in order to save face with the world.
During
what was called the “Riots” of Baltimore the world witnessed buffoons like
Heraldo Rivera take the side of the police on global television while the
cameras showed that thousands of simple human
beings were clearly upset with them.
He clearly failed to connect with the very phenomenon he had come to
explore because he came to exploit it!
The lawyering of the judicial system has spirited away the truth in this
as in countless other assassinations of black men by police. Police brutality against black men has
evolved for hundreds of years in America to an art form and those who enjoy
this sadistic privilege are reluctant to stand down, they must be broken down!
They must be stopped by any and every legal and peaceful means necessary! Furthermore, our corrupt elected officials
who continue to ignore the truth and empower lies and laws that ultimately
result in a climate where black men can be hunted down like beasts must be uprooted!
We
live in a time where lie and law are synonymous!
FIN
PROUDLY
WRITTEN BY BIGDADDY BLUES
