Until now, the justice system was not only dismissive of, but too-often contemptuously disinterested in, an inner city Baltimore defendant’s word. Consider the notion that the justice system imploded in part because our residents’ voices were silenced on the faulty assumption that the truth was in sole possession of our police force. The justice system needs a new mantra. As Martin Luther King said in his letter from a Birmingham jail, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” This trial proves his point. Until we heed the #MeToo siren for change, our mass incarceration lies on the foundation of mass corruption.

Source: Daily Sun February 05, 2018 12:22 UTC