Showing posts with label justice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label justice. Show all posts

Friday, March 31, 2023

Mike Pence and Ron DeSantis prayers are Answered! Donald Trump indicted! Two-Tiered Justice!

He's "Indicated".  He's Running*. 
“When you guys put somebody in the car and you're protecting their head, you know, the way you put their hand over, like, don't hit their head... Don't hit their head. I said, you can take the hand away, okay?” - Trump asks Police to rough him up
Traitor Trump has been indicted.  It would be fantastic if this breaks the dam open for future charges, including the attempt to steal the 2020 Georgia election for the perfectly infamous phone calls (including one just revealed two and a half years later), the Special Counsel investigating Trump's stealing of Classified Documents from the United States, and of course, the Attempt to Overthrow the Government of the United States on January 6th 2021.

But, if I have to have Trump, who's been committing crimes since the 1970's, arrested for his gross sexual escapades, so be it.  Also as a reminder, remember when it was revealed disgusting toad-stool dick Trump arranged to have a tryst with Stormy Daniels and then illegally paid her off with campaign donations and in revenge those Dirty Trump humping Columbus Ohio Vice Squad entrapped Stormy Daniels and arrested her for illegal touching in 2018, and then she was RWOC, and then Stormy sued them, and then she won $500,000, and then two were fired and two suspended? 

A two-tiered system justice is what rightwingers have always wanted and what they've attempted to ensconce into law via "Religious Liberty" and "State's Rights" arguments since the 1960's.  Plus, the Unequal Application of Laws is also a key component of Fascism, which is the goal of the Republican Party.  However, Donald Trump understands this only in as much as it benefits him; thats why his outbursts are rally round him, defend him, protest for him, fight for him.  Trump saw the generations long grift set up by Republicans and swooped in to pick the easy fruit but, he doesn't know how to or care to share the spoils.  His understanding of the rightwing mind is one of an Amoral User of a sociopath.

Ron DeSantis has a different sense of low cunning and that's why he's being more explicit in his declarations that he is off the people I am one of you, as it were, instead of Trump's I am your Retribution.  But, DeSantis does not have the Trump's "Gift of Gab" and is too stilted in his delivery.

So, now the watch is on.  Who will be the first to shiv Trump?  Right now, all the Republicans are per formatively beating their breasts, wailing, and tweeting furiously at this "Soros-backed Manhattan prosecutor and his political agenda" but, eventually as the 2024 campaign gets closer someone is going to have to say Trump needs too step aside.  But, the problem is all the Republicans know whoever does that will be a Target for Trump vitriol and lose the support of the Extreme MAGA, without which they can not win the 2024 Primary.

What each potential Republican candidate wants to do is to step forward and pretend to be Mark Anthony in Julius Caesar.  Then they can declare their undying love for Trump, and bewail the Martyred Prince, and how the Democrats aided by the BLM/Antifa/FBI/LGBTQ+/Soros/DeepState stole the Prince who was Promised from them... and why you should support me and I will exact your Revenge upon them.

*- You can tell this image is Fake because Trump isn't svelte, can't run, and is a waddling 350lbs blob of hot orange diarrhea stuffed inside a hefty bag of a suit.

Sunday, July 14, 2013

George Zimmerman Acquitted due to Victim Blackness

 Better a Hundred Guilty Men should go Free than an Innocent One should go to jail. Well, George Zimmerman's just become One of a Hundred.

Zimmerman is guilty but, he's been acquitted because his victim is of no consequence. The facts surrounding this Killing show beyond a "reasonable doubt" that George Zimmerman is Guilty Second Degree Murder. Which is why Right-Wingers have been screaming into the Internet for a year and a half to get Zimmerman off.

Thus, they made the smearing and slandering of Trayvon Martin their Cause Celebre.

Martin's background has no bearing on the incidents surrounding the night of his murder. Setting aside the fact he committed no crime on his final night on earth, his past marijuana use and minor incidents at school were unknown that night to his killer and thus can not have played a role in Zimmerman's decision to ensure this one wasn't going to get away.

Zimmerman hadn't witnessed anything other than a "suspicious" young black male was walking around the neighborhood. What made Martin suspicious? There's a reason Towns used to have Signs which read: Ni[clang], Don't Let the Sun Set on Your Black Ass in Town. Walking while Black is still a crime in most of America.

In Law Enforcement paralance, Zimmerman is a "White Hispanic" just as he was refered to. While, Race is a bullshit construct designed to seperate people, Law Enforcement in most States still adhere to the Black/White/Hispanic/Asian paradigm. And Hispanic is broken into Black and White subgroups. You need not believe me, simply ask any Illinois Police Officer. But, notice how ignorant Right-Wingers jumped upon the label as Proof Positive! the Liberal Media was trying to railroad poor innocent Georgie.

George Zimmerman is 250+ pounds of soft bubble gum. His former MMA instructor could see it, testyfing he was "just physically soft" and "non-athletic". His girlfriend who accused Zimmerman of Domestic Violence, knew he was soft. The Police from multiple contacts with Georgie, his 46 calls to 911, and his arrest for Battery to a Police Officer no doubt knew he was soft. And soft, wide-waisted, flabby assed wannabes like Zimmerman need that Gun to Prove their tough.

And man, once you have that Gun on your hip, it's weight just screeeeeeeeams for the need to be pulled to prove yourself.

Beyond the blathering of Zimmerman's Defense Attorneys, "Martin armed himself with a sidewalk" for instance, repeatedly badgered Martin's mother to admit Trayvon was responsible for his own death.

Trayvon Martin was under no legal obligation to stop for Zimmerman or to explain his presence in the area to him. None. Trayvon was entirely within his rights to be in that neighborhood.

And the whole incident would have been over when Zimmerman told the Sanford Dispatcher , "Shit he's Running," if Zimmerman had chosen not to follow a young man who had committed No Crime. Zimmerman had no legal authority to follow or confront Martin. But, Zimmerman wasn't going this "asshole get away".

Bruce Lee, when asked what the Best Martial Arts move was, allegedly said; To Run.

Martin did the right thing by running at first but, (and we'll never know the unbiased true sequence of events) he must have decided he'd run long enough from this "creepy-ass cracker".

If there's a Stand Your Ground case to have been made it would have been for Martin. But, despite being within his rights Trayvon made what proved to be a fatal mistake. The entire defense of Zimmerman was based on portraying Trayvon, a young black man out at night in a hoodie as suspicious and complicit in his death. And they're right.

Zimmerman told the Sanford Dispatcher, "This guy looks like he's up to no good, or he's on drugs or something. It's raining and he's just walking around, looking about."

Of course, Zimmerman thought Trayvon Martin was "up to no good" and "on drugs". As he told Dispatch he's black. And this is America. Young Black Males are a priori assumed to be Guilty of something.

Zimmerman hadn't seen him commit a Burglary. Zimmerman hadn't looked at Martin's pupils and couldn't have gotten a whiff of anything while seated in his car with it raining outside to claim Martin was on drugs, other than knowing he was black. But when Martin ran as he knew he was one of those assholes who always got away and Zimmerman the Self-Appointed Watch Captain wasn't going to let this one get away.

Zimmerman admitted on the 911 call that he was following Martin. The Sanford Dispatcher is a Sworn Law Enforcement Officer, so yes she had the legal power to order Zimmerman not to follow Martin. Too bad she phrased her instruction to him as, "We don't need you to do that."

It's one reason my contacts with a possible perp always include Stop Police. Don't Move.

But, that doesn't matter now. Zimmerman's been acquitted, Martin's still dead, and Gun Violence rules the Land.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Illinois passes Drivers License's for Undocumented Immigrants

Governor Quinn signed into law the Illinois State Legislature bill which will allow Undocumented Immigrants to apply for valid State Driver's Licenses starting October 1, 2013.

This is a fantastic development. One of the most worthless arrests I have to make is a No Valid DL. Sans another violation (DUI, Reckless Driving, Speeding 30+ over, No Insurance, Texting in a School Zone, etc...) it's a huge waste of time and resources. And not just for me, but for all the associated Circuit Court Persons.

What this will accomplish is multi-fold. First off thousands of residents in Illinois will now have proper identification. With valid licenses they will be able to acquire insurance and be held liable for minor traffic infractions and accidents.

Additionally, they won't compound minor accidents or violations with a panicked desire to flee the scene.

Now, Right-Wing morons are livid over this citing their fantasy scenarios of Voter Fraud and their general fear of the Brown People but, the Totalitarian Right should applaud this for a number of reasons.

Right-Wingers, with their inherent distrust of Government, should be against arbitrary political boundaries being used to make people "criminals". And as all conservatives are Totalitarians they should applaud the identification process.

However, Right-Wingers are easily lead by their Corporate Controllers. Corporations and Plutocrats love "illegal" immigrants but want their Right-Wing stooges angry at them.

Corporations have always used the immigrant worker to undercut and control the American worker, in a multitude of ways. Plutocrats get to drive down wages and control employment opportunities while displacing Nativist anger at the incoming immigrant as opposed to the Business which happily employs the "illegal".

Also, Corporate interests are best served by having a ready supply of non-citizens because they can exploit them easily. Citizens in America have rights, benefits and protections. "Illegal" immigrants are a a dime a dozen and can be tossed aside if they get hurt or fired if they step out of line.

So, expect the usual round of Right-Wing Outrage and racist ignorant screeds but this is a win for Justice and Law in Illinois.

Monday, October 31, 2011

Wall Street's Tricks & Unequal Justice Must Come to an End

Boys down on Wall Street are up to their Tricks
Because there's always a way to put in the Fix
- Halloween 2009, Loudon Wainwright III

Theft of Property exceeding $1,000,000 in value is a Class X Felony. - Theft as described in 720 ILCS 5/16-1 (b) (6.3)

Theft of Billions garners Stadium Naming Rights. - Bank of America's Legal Code
Woe, be to the petty thief or criminal. Bruce Judson points out thousands of #Occupy Protesters have been forcibly and oft times violently beaten, pepper sprayed and then arrested yet the Bankers and Wall Street Criminals are not only not being paraded to jail in silver bracelets but continue to enjoy the financial fruits of their crimes.
Almost 3,000 people have been arrested for activities that caused minimal, if any, injury to our society. At the same time, no financiers have been arrested for blatant legal violations, probably including extensive fraud, which have led millions of people to suffer and have practically brought our great nation to its knees.
They went after Bernie Madoff only because he stole from the Rich. Remember the Rich operate by a different set of rules. And it's these Different Rules (i.e. Laws) which have allowed these Banking Criminals and DoD Defrauders to amass huge fortunes. It is NOT as the Republican Party would have you believe that Wall Street succeeds by superior drive, work ethic, motivation, talent and gumption.

Matt Taibbi points out Wall Street Hoods and Thieves aren't winning by working harder or smarter, they are getting ahead by Cheating and by paying off Policing agents and by rewriting laws to make their crimes legal.
[I]nequities are what drive the OWS protests. People don't want handouts. It's not a class uprising and they don't want civil war -- they want just the opposite. They want everyone to live in the same country, and live by the same rules. It's amazing that some people think that that's asking a lot.
For instance, the changes I would like to see are:

1) End Corporate Personhood.
2) Tax Capital Gains Income as Ordinary Income, increase and collect taxes from Corporate cheats like Verizon, Boeing, BP, and Halliburton, raise the top tax rate to pre-Reagan era levels.
3) Reinstitute the Stock Trade and Exchange Tax at around 0.25%. Make Banks and Wall Street gamblers pay for their own bailouts. We had one from 1914 to 1966.
4) Empower the Consumer Protection Agency, Security and Exchange Commission, DoD Oversight and any other committee which will enforce laws and actually regulate and hold accountable these corrupt Corporate Criminals.

But, despite the obvious appeal to natural law, US legal precedents, equal treatment, and economic fairness, the 1% are deploying their Rightwing Smear Merchants and handpicked Republicans to obfuscate, distort and Lie.

As every Conservative knows when the narrative doesn't conform to your bigoted rightwing views simply manufacture quotes, attribute them to your liberals and propagate them amongst the conservative blog-o-sphere. Meet Jeremy, 38 year old slacker from Occupy Toronto or Occupy Wall Street,
“It’s weird protesting on Bay Street. You get there at 9 a.m. and the rich bankers who you want to hurl insults at and change their worldview have been at work for two hours already. And then when it’s time to go, they’re still there. I guess that’s why they call them the one per cent. I mean, who wants to work those kinds of hours? That’s the power of greed.”
Ha! Take that Marxist Libtards! Except like all things conservative it's a completely made-up quote from a "satirical" (rightwing code for Lies) piece written by Mark Schatzker.

Of course, that didn't stop Rick Perry from repeating it at an erstwhile campaign stop, and from it becoming Internet Fact amongst Rightwing Liars.

The 1% are not going to stop. They have been oppressing people and stealing for so long, they hold it to be their Right. The Divine Right of the One Percent. We have a chance, a slim chance to reserve the flow and strike a blow against the Oppressor Class now. But, to succeed We the People are going to have to suffer beatings, smears, arrests and the indifference of those who cater to the Rich and Elite.

Don't back down, don't give in. Get off of the Sidewalks and Into the Streets!

Update:
Here's what the 1% think of the 99%, from Oliver Willis:
NY Times columnist Joe Nocera has revealed pictures from last year’s Halloween party for the Steven J. Baum law firm, a law firm that has been a key ally of the big banks in foreclosing on homes and evicting people. They represent Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo. When people attack the Occupy protesters or President Obama or Democrats or Liberals for “waging class warfare” that’s because we’ve only just now joined the war. We’ve been under attack, from the inside, for a long time. We’ve only begun now to fight back.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Conservatives are Hypocrites (Watergate Jr)

Conservatives are Hypocrites. And I'm not just talking about their rampant deviant immoral sexual indiscretions but also when it comes to matters of Crime and National Defense - My Senator Dick Durbin points out Republicans are traitors.

Domestic Terrorist James O'Keefe's criminal trespassing under false pretenses and espionage by maliciously interfering with the communications system of a US Senator and member of Homeland Security have highlighted the absurdity of Conservative Justice. If the political labels were reversed and a Liberal was charged with the crimes O'Keefe committed Fox News would have non-stop coverage asking how far up into the Democratic Party this conspiracy reached and intimating this could lead to the impeachment of Obama.

But, because Conservatives hate the US Justice system and America. Fox and the Right Wing Extremists are downplaying O'Keefe's Terrorism as "pranks" and calling him and his 3 fellow Conservative Terrorist 24/25 year old accomplices Dai, Basel, and Flanagan, "kids".

Conservatives view themselves as above and beyond the normal rules of Justice, just as the view the idea that there are two truths, one for their ignorant vegetative followers to keep them docile and in-line and one for the Republican Elite. As such any and all actions they undertake are legal. IOKIYAR. Republicans and Conservatives believe there are two Rules of Law: Anything goes for them and the draconian iron fist needs to be applied to everyone else.

Guilt for a Conservative can only occur if there is evidence in incredible excess beyond a reasonable doubt. It must be an absolute metaphysical certainty and even then the conservative should receive a pardon.

For Liberals, Conservatives believe an allegation is enough to prove their guilt and Liberals can only be acquitted if they submit to Trial By Ordeal and even then the Liberal is probably still guilty.

Related:
Fox Republican Propaganda parrot Sean Hannity will be having a one-on-one interview with Domestic Terrorist James O'Keefe.

One of the Watergate Jr Domestic Terrorists Stan Dai has to overcompensate for a having a 'teeny' problem by writing MY PENIS IS ANGRY!!!!!!!