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No Justice for Black Humans?
Joshua Brown, witness to the senseless murder of Botham Jean, was gunned down (shot in the mouth no less) for testifying against a white police officer.
My first thought is that there is in fact no such thing as a justice system in this country. This situation is blatant proof. The few times the system gets it "right" pale in comparison to the number of times they get it wrong.
My second thought is that this is what happens when Black people participate in the "just-ice" system . They are routinely left out in the cold to die and suffer at the hands of racists.
Botham Jean and Joshua Brown's murders are ridiculous. How is it that a white police officer can walk into a black man's home, gun him down, and receive just 10 years with the possibility of parole after 5 years?
The Somali officer, Mohamed Moor, who killed a white woman in Minnesota, received 12.5 years and no possibility of parole. He was disgraced and made to seem an animal. Amber Guyger essentially walks however.
According to CBS news,
"Dallas County prosecutor Jason Hermus, the lead prosecutor in the Guyger case, told the Dallas Morning News on Saturday that Brown stood up at a time when others wouldn't say what they knew.
