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The term “systemic racism” has been bandied about quite a bit in recent months, with right-wing critics of those who cite it as one of the major problems that our nation must overcome to have our democracy survive and prosper denying its very existence.
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New evidence surfaced today to provide these naysayers — who likely don’t wear face masks during the pandemic but seem to cover their eyes with blinders or rose-colored glasses to prevent themselves from seeing what is so obvious to so many others — with sufficient evidence of the racist rot pervading our justice system that it will hopefully make claims that it is nonexistent evaporate.
Vice News correspondent Roberto Aram Ferdman posted the shocking information about how prosecutors in Kentucky tried to leverage a plea deal for the ex-boyfriend of Breonna Taylor into an excuse to exonerate her police officer murderers of any responsibility for their no-knock home invasion that resulted in the young Black emergency medical technician’s death.
On Tuesday, we were told Breonna Taylor’s ex-boyfriend Jamarcus Glover was offered a plea deal, which would have required him to say that Taylor was part of his drug operation. Just now, the family’s attorney shared a picture of a plea deal that appears to show it is true pic.twitter.com/E9nsWQLKrb
— Roberto Aram Ferdman (@robferdman) August 31, 2020
According to the family’s lawyer, he only has this photo, which was shared w/ him. The others listed in the document were all arrested on 3/13. Unclear why Breonna Taylor is included as a member of Glover's “organized crime syndicate,” but… easy to see why they would want that
— Roberto Aram Ferdman (@robferdman) August 31, 2020
This shameless attempt at retroactive victim-blaming to prevent the prosecution of the police officers involved is one of the most despicable prosecutorial maneuvers imaginable in these times when so much of the country has been outraged by police brutality and abuse of power, joining Black Lives Matters protests in record numbers.
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The very idea of predicting a plea deal on smearing the name and reputation of an innocent victim of a deadly police screwup is not only infuriating, but it also demonstrates the stunning lack of accountability that is routine in the halls of justice in way too many of our disunited states.
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Response to Ferdman’s post was fierce among those who have needed no additional proof that systemic racism has perverted America’s justice system to far beyond the letter of the law.
And more proof that there should be video of these same cops! https://t.co/8wYKlGDHMb
— Mary#Blacklivesmatter (@careabout) August 31, 2020
They want to be able to say her death wasn't as bad as it sounds, and that she wasn't as good of a person as we say she was. Just like they do with every other police killing. Hell even this will be used against her. "see?? She was a criminal! Why would they want to charge her??"
— Edward Silva (@EdwardSilva28) August 31, 2020
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Until America’s justice system stops trying to protect corrupt cops and their disgusting misdeeds, mistakes and deliberate trickery, our cities will be filled with unrest, at least until a Democratic regime takes power and works hard to reverse the tragic source that we’ve trodden for the past three and a half years.
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Original reporting by Roberto Aram Ferdman at Vice News.
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