Friday, August 29, 2014

"Make-up Call" Justice

    There are times during athletic contests when an official, after making what he/she may realize is a bad call, will find an opportunity to make another call later in the contest which will go in the direction of the other team.  This is often referred to as a "make-up" call.
    It appears to me that our country's present Department of Justice, under the leadership of Attorney General Eric Holder, is in the business of "make-up call" justice.  AG Holder must feel it necessary to make his decisions based upon what he perceives to have been many lousy calls made throughout America's history, especially regarding African-Americans.  I think the most notable examples of this occurred when his justice department disregarded all charges made against two members of the New Black Panther who were videoed outside a polling place in Philadelphia brandishing weapons, thus intimidating the entering or exiting voters.
    In an athletic contest, it may be justifiable in an official's mind to issue a "make-up" call.  However, it would make no sense for a different official to issue a "make-up" call to rectify a lousy call made years earlier by someone else. 
    Justice is portrayed as a blind person holding the scales of justice.  This justice department seems to have one eye open, tipping the scales in a preferred direction.  This is not justice at all.

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