" In the Chellew homicide, suspects were arrested promptly; Zimmerman, who admitted to the killing, was not arrested for more than 40 days.
" In this homicide there is already a national publicity effort by a dedicated corps of partisans; in the Zimmerman case, coverage developed more slowly, and then only because there were no charges against the admitted killer.
" In this homicide the authorities appear to be doing their job; in the Zimmerman case, authorities including the police, coroner, state attorney, and jury failed in a variety of aspects of their jobs.
" In this homicide, the case is fresh and still under investigation, which makes comparison to a case that's had a jury verdict meaningless at best, dishonest and manipulative at worst.
JackB and friends carry on about "justice," without ever saying what they mean. What "justice" is missing here? Justice is a function of the legal system (in theory) and so far the legal system in Georgia appears to be on a path of justice (except, perhaps, for the hit-and-run driver). Calls for "justice" in this case would be about what? Probably not the driver.
These calls for "justice," framed as mockingly as they are, have no substantive meaning. They are fundamentally dishonest in denying centuries of actual injustice perpetrated by white people against the whole range of people of color. The way JackB uses "justice" it's just a coded style of race-baiting.
This is probably not what JackB had in mind for an RSN article supporting those demanding justice. But that's what it is.
UPDATE: As of the morning of August 16, the four accused remain in the custody of the Cobb County Sheriff's Office at the 2,100-bed Cobb County Adult Detention Centre in Marietta, Georgia.
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