Comments by "wily wascal" (@wilywascal2024) on "Van Jones reflects on a 'mic drop' in the courtroom" video.

  1. It's good that Julius Jones, an innocent man, won't be executed, but the Republican Oklahoma governor refused to grant clemency, so he could still face decades behind bars, which is a travesty. It's also good that the prosecution is presenting a solid case against the three white men who lynched Ahmaud Arbery, but the fact that it even happened, that the defense lawyer is making racist arguments and using dog whistles, and that it took a video tape, public outcry, and months before deciding to prosecute is terrible. What is obvious from both cases is the systemic racism which still pervades America, which Republican leaders and Republican SCOTUS justice try to deny. What we have is a two-tier justice system----one for minorities and the poor, and one for Whites and the wealthy----that breeds injustice.
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  2. Three White supremacists who lynched an innocent unarmed Black man hired white supremacist defense lawyers. Should we really be surprised?
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  3. Racist two-tier law enforcement, two-tier justice system, two-tier representation in government--all disadvantaging minorities--while Republican SCOTUS Justices blind themselves to systemic racism, and Republican politicians, media, and demagogues cultivate, exploit and profit from white grievance BS and white supremacists. That's the disease still killing America ever since it's Declaration that "all men are created equal."
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