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Marini -> RE: The Grand Jury has decided in Ferguson (11/28/2014 9:02:25 AM)
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What a very, very, well written statement!
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ORIGINAL: starkem
I will say this....justice denied is justice deferred. People seeking justice will not tolerate undue justification. In the absence of this man being tried for the death of Brown, dissatisfaction became a prevailing sentiment. It does not change the outcome of a grand jury, but it does send a clear message of the dissatisfaction.
Timothy McVeeigh (sp?) was arrested without incident, John Gotti had similar results. It is not a matter of self defense that is in question here; it is a criminal matter of excessive force to subdue a suspected criminal that is in question herein. The so called grand jury and the people of such ill repute don't think the method, in due course, of apprehension was excessive. However, people that perceieve a pattern of policemen abusing the great deference given to their authority will not garner empathy from anyone except close family and friends and the idiots that think it is okay. I can excuse the family and friends because they have a viable vested interest.
The people otherwise situated, however, will not receive the same sentiment of respect. No matter what your position for absolving the officer of this percieved innocence, their are people who will oppose that viewpoint. Moreover, such opposition will oppose the very notion that black men are somehow not apprenhendible or worthy of the same regard when it comes to law enforcement.
What is very unsettling about this notion is that the implication of justifiable force, in this matter and others, is unwarranted and not tenable. Specifically to this matter, criminal defendants have been indicted for lesser offenses and therefore the indignation of some that alleged action of the officer is not readily percieved. To say that this indignation is somehow idiocity is a failure of addressing the underlying problem that motivates the policy of who is denned dangerous and life threatening to legal apprehension.
There was a recent case of a white suspect who allegedly had killed and/or injured several law enforcement personnel; yet he was eventually apprehended, without lethal consequences albeit he was considered armed and dangerous. This is not an arbitrary act of apprehension of such dangerous persons; nor, the act of pursuit of black men being expendable in such matters. George Zimmerman endured a trial for his defense of his actions. People desired the same justice in this matter. I don't see any action thereafter their dissatisfaction rising to the level of savagery implied in these adverse postings. I see ignorance or lack of empathy -for sake of abetter description- to the plight of people who deem this pattern of injustice as intolerable. Can you dig that???
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You should submit this post as an editorial.
The Grand Jury was WRONG---there should have been a trial.
Justice Denied IS Justice Deferred
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