JUSSIE SMOLLETT – INVERTED JUSTICE
Joseph Sullivan
Warning: Controversial Content!!!
If you’re a reader who knows me personally or even if you’re only a casual reader of what I’ve written previously... then I hope you know how strongly I believe in the color-blind application of the law.
But if you’re predisposed (prejudiced) in your belief that only “racists” criticize black people - then I suggest you find something else to read because I can’t reach you and you can’t be reached about this subject…
There’s an element of the Jussie Smollett “case” that is being completely avoided in the mainstream media - even FOXNews dances on “egg-shells” about it… I won’t…
Indignant politicians and media talking heads complain that Mr. Smollett is receiving kid-glove treatment because he is such a “big important celebrity”.
Oh Really?...
Time and again - in every case, I can recall where the elements of a Liberal metropolitan environment; a black man or woman suspected of criminality and intense national media attention intersect – “INVERTED JUSTICE” is far more likely to result than a color-blind application of the law. What happens instead is the ugly specter of justice turned upside-down when the alleged “wrong-doer” is either freed outright or is otherwise treated more like a victim of crime than as a criminal suspect.
On the other hand, when white people are involved in confrontations with black criminal suspects - and somehow survive those encounters by defending themselves appropriately - the underlying crime is marginalized and the injury or death of the alleged black criminal suspect is accentuated.
Let’s recall an incident that occurred a few years ago in Ferguson MO. (a suburb of St Louis). A young black male named Michael Brown was involved in a strong-armed robbery of a convenience store. A description of the suspect went out over the police radio and he was observed by a white police officer named Darren Wilson in a clearly marked police vehicle. Before the officer could exit his patrol car a violent encounter began when Michael Brown reached into the driver’s door of the police car and attempted to grab the officer’s handgun. Brown was subsequently shot by Off. Wilson while Brown was still attempting to take his handgun, and then again while he stood outside the police car. This version of events has been borne out by several eye-witness statements including some black witnesses.
In the days following the shooting, the entire matter of the black suspect’s criminal behavior was minimized - the video evidence of the “gentle giant” man-handling the store clerk at the convenience store robbery was sidelined (if mentioned at all).
The false narrative of “hands-up - don’t shoot!” was inserted by the group – “Black Lives Matter” so that the appropriate defensive actions taken by Officer Wilson were put on trial before the court of “public opinion” by a clearly tilted local and national mainstream media. It’s my opinion that “Black Lives Matter” has proven itself to be an anti-police movement whose apparent purpose is to persecute white police officers (and their employing agencies) whenever incidents of violent encounters with black criminal suspects take place.
The mainstream media served-up the false narrative to the exclusion of the real facts of the case - if for no other reason than to turn the criminality of a black suspect into a case of alleged “wrongful death” by an “over-reacting white police officer”. Riots then resulted until the Governor sent in the Missouri state police and the National Guard to forcefully restore order.
Many similar incidents could also be cited… Whenever racial factors combine with heavy media attention and racially-driven black activism - black criminal suspects are too often elevated to “high profile” individuals and subsequently given extraordinarily applied “discretion”.
By the way, Officer Darren Wilson was subsequently fired by the Ferguson Police Department in an effort to calm the stirred-up black community… How and where he earns a living these days is undisclosed (perhaps as it needs to be)…
And so there it is... INVERTED JUSTICE!
Because whether it’s a matter of “jury nullification” by a mostly black jury (as in the O.J Simpson murder trial” or the discretionary decision to drop all charges in the Jussie Smollett case - something very wrong has taken place.
When President Obama’s former Attorney General Eric Holder complained that America was a “nation of cowards” who lacked the courage to have an honest open discussion about race relations. He never followed-up to bring about that discussion - even though he could have easily done so in his capacity as the Attorney General – partnering with a patronizing mainstream media.
A reasonable conclusion can be drawn that Mr. Holder was either unwilling or unable to present a compelling case on his hypothesis. So much for his criticism of a phenomenon where “color-blind justice” is so clearly called for. Or perhaps Mr. Holder holds a latent belief that black people are disproportionately accused and prosecuted and that this justifies the handling of cases like Smollett’s. This fails to address the obvious factor of disproportionate criminality by black offenders (when compared to the general population) – or the fact that these suspects were subsequently convicted of their crimes.
At this point, it certainly bears mentioning that while Holder was the Attorney General - an incident occurred involving Black Panthers during the 2008 elections. Two “New Black Panthers” - Minister King Samir Shabazz and Jerry Jackson were charged with intimidating white voters at a polling place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Eric Holder’s Department of Justice subsequently refused to bring charges and no explanation was ever offered… However, Holder later insisted that the DOJ doesn’t consider the race of an alleged victim when deciding which cases to pursue.
The Smollett case clearly demonstrates an element of “reverse racism” - because Smollett FALSELY accused non-existent whites in an allegation of racial assault and homophobic conduct as well as a FALSE allegation that these imaginary attackers wore MAGA hats (FALSELY tying them to President Trump) – and by extension to Trump’s supporters as well.
The case was professionally investigated by the Chicago Police Dept. and charges were brought by the District Attorney against Smollett alleging that his entire “victimhood” was completely fabricated in every aspect!
I hold these and other similar cases up as examples of “Inverted Justice” - especially when alleged criminality is so clearly apparent. What’s more, the element of FALSE claims of racist, homophobic and white-nationalist behavior by imaginary white attackers can have no other purpose than to inflame the black and homosexual communities against President Trump and any white person who supports him.
So Eric Holder and Kim Foxx deserve to be challenged whenever their claims of color blindness in the application of the law are contrary to the true facts. Groups like the “New Black Panthers” or “Black Lives Matter” should never be given credibility when they make false and incendiary claims which harden the hearts of blacks and whites and other minorities toward one another. Doing otherwise damages the cause of JUSTICE itself. The notion that “racism” is only present in white people – while immunizing blacks and other minorities is ridiculous on its face and insults all human reason, logic, and objectivity.
Justice is never found at the extremes of the legal spectrum - but is best found in the center – where facts and evidence are weighed to prove guilt or innocence.
Finally, “reverse racism” is still RACISM… Rather than Smollett being nominated by the NAACP for an “Image Award” later this evening - SHAME should drive him from the popular culture and public consciousness...
Because ultimately – rejection and hatred of the American system of justice will not unite us – but it certainly divides us.
