Justice?
April 22, 2009
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Posted by Michael S. Langston
I’m not sure when, but at some point in our country I think society as a whole simply gave up on the idea that justice should be equally shared among the population regardless of your job, your wealth, your government position, your friends, or whatever.
Now we sit complacent and knowingly joke about the perverted justice system which obviously gives the wealthy and well known advantages over us “normal” folk.
Even the idea of innocent until proven guilty has been perverted to the point that you can basically be jailed due solely to what a complainant said.
Law enforcement as well – people cling to outdated ideas that a community police force needs to separate themselves from the community itself by calling them “civilians” and automatically assuming the word of an officer should more weight than the word of a defendant.. Not every drug user getting arrested needs a swat team…
Either way – here’s yet another example of what is supposed to be “justice”.
Rich guy football player kills a girl while running a stop sign with a BAC of .19 (article):
…(Leonard) Little received 60 days and 1000 hours of community service. Six years later, after the involuntary manslaughter conviction was wiped from his record, Little was again arrested for drunk driving…
Rich baseball player dies from a drunk driver (article):
The man police say was driving drunk when he ran a red light and struck a car, killing a Major League Baseball pitcher and two others has been charged with murder.
Categories: Judicial System
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