We are still one nation but we do run risks in the future as Far Right extremists call for Civil War and local corruption violates peoples rights. I'm the type of person that fights for togetherness and I encourage people to work out their differences. There are so many people trying to "pull the wool" over each other's eyes seeking some advantage for their particular cause.
Because of people's agendas the right thing doesn't always come through. When you do and say the most reasonable thing and it falls flat on its face your realize something is not right.
This crowd of "super cools" put me and my family at risk, lied about a great many things to defame, had financial incentives for engaging in these behaviors, and could have really hurt someone (...my son being one of them. Who gave them the right to make choices over others? I didn't give it to them and I'm going to do my best to ensure the courts don't give it to them.) They were intentionally harmful and destructive! Simply, giving them a free pass based on their social connections, race-religion, or any other superficial difference is against everything I think is appropriate and in line with our American values.
(Not the values many of our politicians profess but the real one's that connect generation to generation.)
I have advocated for positive change in ways that help resolve the problem for the long term future. The people who started this likely have mental health issues (One was already diagnosed and the other two need to be evaluated) and their close police friends (not the 90% of good officers) that engaged in coordinated targeting crossed some important civil rights boundaries (...and truth boundaries). I have advocated for group learning, help for the perpetrators, and a correction of that department so as to protect the public from future defaults.
The problem we face is that if a local judge views themselves as extensions of this group and wants to please only a small fraction of their stakeholders we have bigger issues that federal or state courts should intervene. Bias is when a local judge comes down to the same conclusion every time regardless of fact and events. In other words, they are potentially misusing the law to protect their "in-group" consciously or unconsciously (Whether that is some misperceived notion of "local"/social, race, religion, politics or other. In this case its likely social, race, and religion oriented. However, I'm never 100% sure and we have to wait to see how things ferret out. I could be wrong but I think there was a lot of bad things on in the background and a judge would be the person who could have held them to account. The initial chase stopped but it appeared this group had an "understanding" and moved into micro aggressions where the law has a hard time regulating. The problem was that some of the initial behavior almost caused violence more than once and further encouraged local corruption.).
I'm not sure how anyone else views it but we started this country based on freedom of religion because people suppressed our forefathers. After the American Revolution we created doctrines that protect religious freedom and freedom of speech. We are now in a spot where life (my families life), liberty (the right to not be attacked by bigots or their police extension), and pursuit of happiness (not to be harassed, have things stolen, or have names smeared by bigots) are either lived values or just hypothetical in orientation.
I hope that these words still mean something to the many people that have fought for them (That includes myself). Right now....I'm not sure that is the case. 😥 Me, I will continue to peacefully push for a stronger, better, and more functionable nation that has a higher purpose than extremism, hate, clan or even political loyalties. Our politicians and our judges will have to determine what is most important to them. It comes down to their essential value system on a deep neural level (i.e. what defines them). Before they jump to a quick conclusion remember what is most important in the long run for their stakeholders.
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