The most racially polarizing issue since Jim Crow is in front of our noses and white people see it as simply following the law.
No, it isn’t a race issue, it is a police state issue. But white people don’t see it. We think the police protect us, but those who are not white do not see it. We have so many laws in America we are all guilty of something just about every day. We just don’t see it.
Can we get past institutional abuses of our rights? Only through transparency. I welcome Anonymous and their reports that show routine monitoring of our cell phones and other domestic spying. Yes, it is illegal, but who is going to arrest the police? Are you? Will you be the test case that stands tall and waits a year in prison while your case goes to court?
The only person arrested and charged in Eric Garner’s case is the guy who recorded the killing on his cell phone. Does anyone really think that is not related? Does the guy have a right to record the police? I guess we will find out some day, if he doesn’t plea bargain out of it. In the mean time he is in prison.
The honor we give our veterans is beginning to sound hollow. Do we really have freedom? Where? And who are those brave people who stand up for our freedom? Republicans only fight for one right, the right to bear arms. Where are Republicans when we want to deprive immigrants of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to criminals the equal protection of the laws? For that matter, where are the Democrats?
