All charges being dropped

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Somer,

If equality is what is being seeked, then we MUST treat each and every case the EXACT same. It shouldn't have mattered what color her skin was... I don't give a shiat if she was white, black, green, purple, red... pick a color! This is what I don't understand... how we can expect equality in this country when people insist upon treating cases like this differently because of the color of someone's skin???

The case should have been treated the same regardless of her skin color or the boys...the fact is it was the DA who treated it differently! Since he needed the votes of blacks, he played the race card early and often. Black leaders have a responsibility to demand justice in such a case and that they did...so why blame them instead of the white man who was responsible??? You know, all this "we're all the same" sounds pretty hollow to a people who were beaten, tortured, murdered and enslaved not that long ago. Folks seem to want the black community to accept that there is a level playing field when clearly there is not! True equality won't occur in this culture...for women, racial minorities or gays until those with the power to change things start walking the walk instead of spouting a bunch of mindless crap....the reason this case hit a sore spot in the black community should be clear. When folks who are discriminated against start to see real change then color, sex and other stuff won't matter...but expecting folks to trust that they will be treated fairly when they never have been...well, that won't work!