If We Had a Justice System

I am outraged.

I am disappointed.

What I am not, and have not been for a very long time, is surprised.

We don’t have a Justice System in the US, we have a legal system.

If we had a Justice System police would face charges for killing unarmed and non-threatening individuals.

If we had a Justice System police would face charges for killing a bystander.

If we had a Justice System police wouldn’t smash in the door of someone’s home in the middle of the night to serve a search warrant for drugs. If we had a Justice System there would be no search warrants for drugs.

If we had a Justice System the courts would prosecute not only the officer that failed to shoot Breonna Taylor, but also the officer that shot her, and the officer that killed her. And the officer that sent them there.

But, we don’t have a Justice System in the US we have a Legal System. And Black people, other People of Color, and Poor People of all races and backgrounds are more often crushed by it than they are served by it.

In one sense our Legal System is broken, but, more appallingly, it is working exactly as it is designed. The Legal System is designed to support and defend the wealthy and their property and in the US the wealthy and the property owners are mostly white. And thus, the US Legal System is a pillar of white supremacy and , as it stands, needs to be abolished.

For Breonna Taylor.

…and for so many others