by: Dr. Samori Swygert
The rapture-like incarceration of African Americans has decimated the African American community. It’s blatantly clear that two systems of justice exist for blacks and whites. The selective enforcement of authority and skewed application of justice are at work NOW.
The African American community needs to flood their local congressman, President Obama, state legislators, and civic organizations’ offices with letters, emails, and phone calls.
Tea Party-Backed, Republican Florida State Representative of the 19th district, Trey Radel, is allowed back to work as a UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN after being caught and arrested for purchasing cocaine in the Nation’s Capital.
HOW CAN TREY RADEL RETURN TO STATE LEGISLATURE AND PASS LAWS, WHEN BLACKS THAT SERVE TIME ARE PAROLED AND NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE??? I remember when this occurred at the close of 2013, and it quietly got swept under the rug and muted. I knew this was going to happen.
When a congressman who knows the crime of narcotic possession and use, intentionally ignores the law and conducts an illegal narcotics transaction, he should be punished to the fullest extent of the law and serve the same FEDERAL MANDATORY MINIMUMS that the average young black male has been incarcerated for. He went on an apology campaign and enrolled in a rehabilitation program, and has been vindicated.
Countless African Americans have said “sorry,” and the judge accepts their apology, but reads them their sentence, bangs the gavel, and sends these young men and women away for 10 years. Why is Trey Radel different?
He is a lawmaker, he is fully cognizant of what the law and penalties are. This sets up the precedent for “above the law” behavior, impunity, and carte blanche attitudes.
So I’m not just asking to relieve him of his position, I’m encouraging each and every reader to either call for his imprisonment, or release all nonviolent drug offenders that have been jailed!!!!! If you are African American and have any concern about the unjust incarceration of our people, you need to flood social media the and airwaves about this. This is a slap in the face of JUSTICE.
You all should be tired of seeing black family members and friends doing time in jail, but white offenders either receive rehabilitation, hours of community service, a $1,000 fine, or are characterized with a mental illness to defer and reduce the full criminal punishment.
Here are further examples of the differing systems of justice that exist for black and whites:
Paris Hilton, Heidi Fleiss and Lindsay Lohan versus Darrell Padget
Paris Hilton (white female actress and heir to Hilton family) was pulled over in 2010, and lied to an officer, saying that one gram of cocaine in her purse was not hers and doesn’t know how it got there. Later she admitted that the cocaine was hers, and apologized. The felony cocaine possession charge was dropped, and she was granted a misdemeanor and a fine.
Lindsay Lohan (white female actress) crashed a car while driving drunk, and fled the scene of the crime. Lindsay also admitted to using cocaine, she only did 14 days in jail, and underwent psychotherapy and performed community service. She has had numerous subsequent brushes with the law and narcotics. Technically, Lindsay Lohan should be serving 25 years -to-life in prison, according to the California 3 Strikes Law, because she has exceeded her 3 violation threshhold!!!! However, she is not. She is as free as freebase!
Heidi Fleiss (famous white female call girl pímp) was busted with 392 marijuana plants at her home without a manufacturing and growing license, but was considered cooperative and had exotic birds to take care of, so she was not arrested.
Why are black drug offenders not offered the same opportunities to remedy their drug violations and receive exoneration? Dr. Boyce Watkins alerted many people to the story of Darrell Padget (an African American male) who served 20 years in jail for possession of one gram of crack and charged with intent to sell. Click here to read more about his case.
The investigators should mandate they reveal who their supplier is. Failure to do that makes them complicit and allows drug dealing to continue. The media and their suppression tactics of stalling and deliberate failure to report, perpetuates this “under the radar” Cottonelle Charmin justice.
Winona Ryder versus the average African American thief In 2001 Winona Ryder (white actress) was busted trying to steal $5,500 worth of high-end fashion clothes and accessories at Saks Fifth Avenue. That amount of money fits the eligibility criteria to charge her with Grand Larceny. Ultimately, she was sentenced to 3 years probation, 480 hours of community service, and ordered to pay fines and reimburse Saks Fifth Avenue. How many African American youth are serving jail time for petty theft?
The list goes on and on, and I can furnish the comparisons. However, the first stop is TREY RADEL! This is a horrible example of American Justice, and a perfect example of its double standard. Again, specifically call for his resignation and time in jail. Call for the release of nonviolent drug offenders and provide rehabilitation and job training. We don’t need drug addicts making and passing our laws. What type of sick society are we condoning?? EQUALITY, EQUITY, AND NON-BIASED, UNIFORMED APPLICATION OF THE LAW IS WHAT WE DEMAND REGARDLESS OF RACE OR SOCIAL CLASS!!!
LOCK HIM UP, STRIP AWAY HIS RIGHT TO VOTE, AND HAVE HIM ASSEMBLE OFFICE FURNITURE AND APPLIANCES FOR UNICOR IN THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, LIKE THE REST OF THE INMATES! ARE YOU COOL WITH YOUR TAX MONEY FURNISHING THIS COKEHEAD’S HABIT?
