I just heard about verdict and I just can't get the words of lawyer, Benjamin Crump, out of my head:
"You kill a dog, you go to jail. You kill a little black boy and nothing happens."That's all I have to say about that, right now.
"You kill a dog, you go to jail. You kill a little black boy and nothing happens."That's all I have to say about that, right now.
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I hadn't heard of this case, but both crimes are heinous. I think that comment is slight and misplaced.
Slight? Howso?
Is he saying that because the victim was a little black boy, that's why nothing happened? And if the boy was a dog, then there would've been a conviction? That distinction really doesn't need to be made.
While race is at times a factor, I don't know how this particular case played out, so I don't know why the men weren't convicted. Perhaps the prosecutor wasn't up to snuff, and thats why "nothing happened". Maybe the men really aren't guilty......I don't know.
But I don't think its "fair", if you will, to compare the two cases. I think its a tacky comment, and it does nothing to bring closure to this little boy's demise.
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