FERGUSON RIOTS STIMULATED BY TWISTED JUDGMENTS

For several days now, I spared myself the misery of listening to the right-wing dribble of hate Obama dribble coming out of the mouth of Joe Scarborough (Morning Joe, MSNBC). This morning I turned it on again and the first thing I hear is Joe applying his position as host  to feebly attempt to belittle his guest, Claire McCaskill, Senator for Missouri. Of course, the problem in Ferguson, Mo., the issue of the day, was at the center of the discussion. What called my attention to the discussion was the statement, which by the way the both agreed on; if the Grand Jury indicts him, he will be fired; if the grand jury does not indict him, he should return to work as a police officer. Wow! Is my understanding of our system of justice that wrong?  

In my mind, the concept of a loosely structure grand jury is to decide if the evidence is sufficient to bring a suspect to trial while a subsequent rigorous trail decides guilty. For example, in this case, suppose the grand jury finds the circumstance surrounding the case is such that police Officer Darren Wilson should go to trial; however, the trial by judge or by jury finds him innocent should he still be fired. In a trial, the suspect has council and can defend him or her self. Most importantly, our system of jurisprudence is designed to remove opinions and emotions from judgments. The opinions of the KKK and the NAACP do not matter; only the guilt or innocence applies. Put in the simplest of terms, the trial decides guilt based on fact and not opinion.

This play on words is not trivial; it has real significance in politics. Think of impeachment. An extremely biased Republican Congress decides there is sufficient evidence to bring the president to trial, which means congress “indicted” him. In the minds of people with an agenda, like Scarborough, this means the President is guilty of whatever the radical element in congress decides—he has no way to defend him. It is the duty of the Senate to decide guilt; thus, remove him from office.

If impeaching the president is too far removed from Ferguson for you, think of the media. It is adding aiding abetting the KKK and NAACP in stimulating headline making riots; to hell with the property destroyed and the people who are hurt; think of the excitement—an increase in the number of listeners.  

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