Ferguson MO grand jury no bills the officer that shot Michael Brown

[Peter Lemkin]

When the State or agents of the State [down to local Police and Officials] are suspected of criminal activity, they often resort by hook or crook to not having a trial - if it is not in the interest of the State to have a trial....be it Ferguson 2014 or Dallas 1963. In either case, had there been a trial, the Truth might have come out and Justice might have been done. While I'm not comparing the two matters, the fact that political/judicial manipulations were used to ensure there was no trial and no jury of peers, no real attempt at looking at the evidence and weighing it, in that way the two matters [as with so many others] bear similar patterns. The Grand Jury system, as with the larger Legal System has long been broken and easy to manipulate in favor of the State or even local powers and prosecutors. Even when there are trials, they are often [too often] manipulated in various ways - but to not have any trial erodes what little is left of the (in)justice system, IMO. Police are not held to account for possible crimes, nor use of overly aggressive and deadly force. Intelligence Agencies and the State - both the visible and Hidden 'States' [and their officials/hidden leaders] are not held to account for their crimes - nor are the rich and powerful. Laws, courts, police, prisons, etc. are basically used for keeping down and 'in line' the poor and middle class (the disenfranchised), as well as those who have interests other than those of the State. Hardly the hallmarks of a functional democracy - and IMO getting less so by the day. Looks more and more like a repressive Oligarchy to me - and has looked like one to me since 11/22/63 when a secret coup d'etat was allowed to go un-investigated and unpunished. If those kinds of crimes can not be held to account, it should come as no surprise that those of a 'little' policeman in the middle of 'nowhere' will, as well. Meanwhile many totally innocent people languish in prison or are even executed - before or after trial. The increasing use of brute forces over moral and legal ones - inside the nation, as without it - continues apace.

What is happening now in Ferguson was all too predictable and part of a pattern I see from sea to shining sea. In this case, institutionalized racism plus a general disregard for those who are not rich and powerful was played out. It happens regularly and increasingly, all over the Nation.