Today's Top Story:
Yesterday's top story was the dismissal of all charges against the three wealthy white students, who, while attending elite Duke University, were charged with rape and other offenses. The full power of the state came down on the local district attorney in the case to protect these young men from being wrongfully charged and railroaded by an over zealous prosecutor pandering to his local constituency.
Why is this today's top story? Because every African-American in the country is saying "Where is the state when it comes time to protect their young men from this same sort of behavior?" America's jails and prisons are full of young black men, and as DNA testing has partially revealed, many of them are there precisely because the state will not insist on fair trials and proof of evidence. Not if you are black or poor.
Yesterday's top story was the dismissal of all charges against the three wealthy white students, who, while attending elite Duke University, were charged with rape and other offenses. The full power of the state came down on the local district attorney in the case to protect these young men from being wrongfully charged and railroaded by an over zealous prosecutor pandering to his local constituency.
Why is this today's top story? Because every African-American in the country is saying "Where is the state when it comes time to protect their young men from this same sort of behavior?" America's jails and prisons are full of young black men, and as DNA testing has partially revealed, many of them are there precisely because the state will not insist on fair trials and proof of evidence. Not if you are black or poor.
Labels: Politics
posted by Jim | 12:43 PM
1 Comments:
A logical pick for "top story" of the day. But how many days in recent months has a divorce case, or a shark bite incident, or a royal family's girlfriend, or some other really important thing dominated the headlines? Save us from the mundane. Bring REAL news coverage back.
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