Justice

A Face Book friend reminded me recently (without any supporting documentation) that the judicial system in this country is broken. 

I am reminded that very recently several very high-profile trials happened in different parts of the country. 

In Wisconsin Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted in the deaths of two rioters and the wounding of a third. 

In Georgia, three men were convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery.  They await sentencing.

In Oregon white nationalist and Proud Boy Alan Swinney was convicted of 11 criminal charges and sentenced to ten years in prison.

And in Virginia a civil conspiracy case was tried against Neo-Nazis and white nationalist groups that organized the Unite the Right rally.  A federal jury in Charlottesville awarded a total of $26 million in damages against the 17 individual defendants and white nationalist groups. 

Finally,  actor Jussie Smollett was found guilty on five of six felony counts of disorderly conduct for making a false report to Chicago police in a hate crime hoax. 

In all of the foregoing examples the courts and juries got it right.  

The judicial system works. 

Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.