Not too long ago, the Justice Department recommended no charges to be brought against Officer Darren Wilson. The story has gotten so much attention, that Micheal Brown, Darren Wilson, and Ferguson, have all became emblematic of issues like police brutality, police militarization, and the racial divide. However, addressing these issues is seen as "race baiting", "anti-police", and "defending the evils of blacks (or "thugs")" by a bunch of people in this country. Since so much seemed to hang on this case, whether you believe in Wilson's innocence or not, clearing him of any possible charges is most likely going to send the wrong messages to the public.
To most people most of the time, the justice system decides what is right or wrong. When they rule guilty or not guilty, people usually figure it was done fairly and justly, case closed. However, that is not always the case, especially when there is legal abuse, technicalities, or other shady factors. Major cases, like the Micheal Brown's Shooting, is one of those stories where things are too muddled to make a clear distinction. For that reason, the Justice Department has decided to clear Darren Wilson of any potential charges. This choice may produce the following adverse effects:
Emboldening the Ignorant
To get us started, here are some gems I read, posted by several of the smartest and loveliest people who chimed in:
Janice Jarvis · Top Commenter
All that destruction , rioting, stealing and showing your asses for nothing! How do you feel now? Like idiots, I'd bet.
Manny Reznick
You don't get it, do you? The rioters, looters, and race baiters have a totally different view of things. They knew from the start that Brown was a thug. This is how the left believes they can get out the vote in 2016. Keeping our Country in a constant state of racial strife.
Kofi Adams · Top Commenter · Nkwatia secondary school
The Police protect us all so we have to respect them. Never disrespect The Police. At worse , if you don't agree or the police mistreat you bad, just take him to court but never argue or disrespect him.
Michael DeMarco · Senior Case Technician at Social Security Administration
You mean it's possible that the news media and race baiters were wrong?!?! I'm at a loss for words!?!
Wendy Harrison · Top Commenter · Owner, Have Pen Will Travel LLC (www.assistyoursenior.com) at Self Employed (Business)
After all the hoopla, trying the case before all the evidence was evaluated, besmirching the name of the officer (and all officers), NOW the Justice Dept. states there is NO evidence to bring charnges agaitns him. The officer should sue the Justice Dept., specifically Eric Holder.
William Scott Jordan · Top Commenter · Hard Knocks High
WOW, you mean to tell me that Holder couldn't find anything to charge the Officer with. Now how aout that. I guess Justice was served.
Soon as the news from the Justice Department broke, the "Blue Good, Black Bad (BGBB)" crowd came out of the woodwork to gloat, celebrate, and be as ignorantly ugly as they could. Clearing Wilson of any charges whatsoever, wasn't just a win for those who supported the man himself, but a win for those who feel all cops are infallible, all blacks are thugs, and all perceived as liberals are race baiters. To the BGBB crowd, the clearing of charges is the legitimization of any police-related killing, and anybody killed by them (especially blacks,) deserved it. The BGBBs were already difficult to deal with before, but they're now so emboldened by the win that they're going to be near impossible. There is no such thing as police brutality, and no such thing as prejudice towards blacks by any part in the justice system. If there is prejudice against your race, then it is your race's fault for some reason. God bless America and its justice system. (Unless you are part of the Obama administration) Let freedom ring.
Further Weakening of Movements
Let's face it: Popular social justice movements in recent years have largely suffered from short shelf lives, due to somehow allowing themselves to be easily dismantled through demagoguery and abandonment. The movements for pro-accountability, police demilitarization, and racial relations, have already suffered from the martyring of the two NYPD officers. The Justice Department's choice to clear Wilson may kill off any hopes in actually seeing any real changes in how the justice system operates. These movements may suffer so much demoralization, that it may go the way of OWS, and all but completely collapse from the lack of support.
No More Attention from the Rest of the Population
Such issues like police brutality and racial injustice, are persistent problems that need people to understand that they are major problems. Clearing Wilson will probably give the more uninformed and unfamiliar individuals the wrong impressions. As I mentioned before, when a case gets closed, the majority of people often figure it was done fairly and justly and leave it at that. No more news is really reported on the subject, and people tend to forget that the underlying problems still exist. The ones still on the fence, will likely fall in line with the BGBBs, figuring they're right if the federal government has sided with Wilson. All of this will deprive the problems of any viable solutions, which need the support of as many people as possible.
There are so many people out there, who have been killed or brutalized by police for much less; victims, who could have been picked up as symbols for real huge problems. Instead, somehow, the Micheal Brown Shooting was picked up and carried as the prime example of those very problems. Now it is crumbling, taking the movements against an increasingly corrupt and unjust system with it. Unless something happens soon to refocus the general public's attention back onto the main causes, it will all eventually be swept under the rug again, left to fester with no resolve.