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Silence, Fear, & Willful Ignorance Are Threats To Democracy

As President Donald J. Trump continues to brazenly break the law, it must be said that he cannot perform such illegalities alone. He is an extremely dangerous scofflaw, who openly flaunts a major disregard and disdain for the law. As recent as yesterday, he and his personal lawyer, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche created and executed the biggest crime against the US Treasury by any one person in the history of this republic. They guised justice in the form of a $1,776,000,000.00 ($1.8 Billion) reparations slush fund to be paid to the January 6 insurrectionists. Yet, the scales of justice that are supposed to balance this democracy remain silent.

How can America in its present condition course correct when all three of its branches of government are aligned and complicit? It takes courage of a few Republicans in the Legislative branch of government to reset the clocks of justice. The Executive branch of government is run by President Donald J Trump, a convicted felon. The Legislative branch of government is lead by two complicit Republican-led Trump sycophants Rep. Michael Johnson and Sen. John Thune. Finally, the Judicial branch of government is lead by a weak Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and consist of 8 additional associate justices. Yet, they continue to rewrite laws that appeases the Will of President Donald J Trump.

While I can write a book on this crap, it has too many layers that a social media post cannot address. However, one thing I know is that silence is often a sign of ignorance and complicity. We cannot remain silent or willfully ignorant in the face of injustice. Silence, Fear, & Willful Ignorance Are Threats any Democracy.

W h e r e I s J u s t I c e

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Often when Blacks publicly complain about the criminality of President Trump and the partiality of the US Justice System, many of his diehard supporters have spouted that our positions are polarizing and based in self-victimization. Some of those supporters responded to my posts as race baiting and victimizing ourselves, after speaking out against this white, privileged, criminal, who happens to be the President of United States. One of my White friends had the audacity to say, “Michael, everything is not about race.“ I agreed before telling him about the unparalleled outcomes Blacks have historically experienced by the same US Justice System. Yet, the prosecutorial outcomes are staggering between Black and White offenders.

Yesterday, Elizabeth (Liz) G. Oyer, former United States Pardon Attorney at the Department of Justice, explained the high crime of a criminal conspiracy between President Donald J Trump and the United States Justice Department. Despite historic crimes committed by many people of political power and privilege, what Donald J Trump has done is straight criminal. Sadly, the same laws that were designed to cover and protect all citizens, tend to turn a blind eye when it comes to equal justice under the law. President Trump is the product of a complicit majority white republican Congress that has failed to hold their chief racists advocate accountable. President Donald J. Trump cannot do any of this on his own. It takes many willing sycophants for him to execute his crimes.

So, as a Black man in America who has witnessed the partiality of an unfair justice system in America, it is not surprising to see the system of justice complicit in criminal activities. If and when this justice system decide to move to CONVICT and IMPEACH President Donald J Trump, I can hear Bro. Malcolm X voice saying, the chickens have finally come home to roost. Until then, it is incumbent upon every American to speak out against these injustices. 😡🇺🇸