Dinky Says

What are we teaching our kids about the justice system when one of their classmates is no longer with them, because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Places such as a basketball court, a mall, a school, or just walking home. The old saying by parents use to be “Don’t let the dark beat you home!” Now its “ I hope you make it!”

This is ridiculous! It shouldn’t take a protest to find justice. Then again the figure wearing the blindfold holding the scales says everything needed to be known about justice. So does the phrase “Just us”, when referring to the treatment of African Americans in today’s society. Correction! It the treatment of African Americans handed down from birth.

This is in no way a rant it is just an opinion. We have come so far as people, but we have so far to go that it seems that we are merely stretching at the starting line and we will never see the finish. This is proven fact through the media. Someone deemed it clever to make bumper stickers that said “Don’t Re-Nig” in reference to re-electing the first African American president.

Everyone has their own opinion and entitled to them. Mostly discussed amongst inner circles that share the same opinion. What isn’t realized is the person that agrees with you. After hearing their beliefs come out of another person’s mouthThat they see how ignorant it sounds and secretly blows the whistle.

In the Trayvon Martin situation, they took the word of the shooter who claimed self defense after being told to let the young man go on his way. He being the shooter knew he was wrong, but knowing his right to stand his ground acted anyway. He was standing his ground. He was on a power trip in my opinion, because he saw smaller African American male. The fact that he was carrying a firearm made him feel even more powerful. Now a 911 call surfaces of a young woman in which you can clearly hear Trayvon Martin screaming for help. Yet the shooter claims self-defense. One shot fired, then silence. On lookers coming forward at the time of the shooting, but get ignored by the police department. Guess they were wearing the blindfold of lady justice.

In order for the justice system to work, maybe those chosen to protect and serve should envision their own children or any of their family members or friends in the same situation. Falling on deaf ears should just be a metaphor and not reality when it comes to right and wrong or life or death. The same thought process should also be instilled in those who commit these crimes. The world would be a better place if we all just listened to reason and took our place at the starting line and did our part to win this race. Get it? Race, it's the human race. This is a relay race we are running. Who’s ready to pass the baton?