For Tamir our hope isn't in the law, but it can help
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Maybe it’s because I have very low expectations of our justice system and, particularly, how it prosecutes law enforcement officers, but I was not surprised when I heard that 12-year-old Tamir Rice’s killers were not indicted. Despite my lack of surprise, it was a distressing confirmation of the reality of who has the keys to the city in the United States. The law protects itself and its enforcements, not me. It doesn’t save me; it tries to control me and my actions for its enforcers and its creators’ end.
For Tamir our hope isn't in the law, but it can help
For Tamir our hope isn't in the law, but it…
For Tamir our hope isn't in the law, but it can help
Maybe it’s because I have very low expectations of our justice system and, particularly, how it prosecutes law enforcement officers, but I was not surprised when I heard that 12-year-old Tamir Rice’s killers were not indicted. Despite my lack of surprise, it was a distressing confirmation of the reality of who has the keys to the city in the United States. The law protects itself and its enforcements, not me. It doesn’t save me; it tries to control me and my actions for its enforcers and its creators’ end.