Friday, April 15, 2011
Justice delayed...
"Justice delayed is justice denied" is a useless proverb because our court system rarely generates justice and always generates delay. Nevertheless, despite the best efforts of our court system to eliminate justice, occasionally justice prevails by accident.
Crystal Mangum, who ruined the lives of those Duke lacrosse boys and got away with it, continued her long criminal career thereafter. Now she's finally done something that the court system noticed, because her victim this time was black.
As long as the criminal is black and the victim is white, all is peachy keen for FBI and the courts. Situation normal, no action needed. But when the victim is black, all hell breaks loose. ¶ 4:57 AM
Crystal Mangum, who ruined the lives of those Duke lacrosse boys and got away with it, continued her long criminal career thereafter. Now she's finally done something that the court system noticed, because her victim this time was black.
As long as the criminal is black and the victim is white, all is peachy keen for FBI and the courts. Situation normal, no action needed. But when the victim is black, all hell breaks loose. ¶ 4:57 AM
