The Only Justice Michael Brown Will See…

After the Justice Department decided not to bring criminal charges against former Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson, sadly, the only justice Michael Brown will see was in last night’s episode of ABC’s Scandal. With an ending that many had hoped for and can hope for in so many real-life injustice situations, like the Ferguson case, the brilliant writes of Scandal served justice for the victim.

The talented cast, and crew of Scandal did a fantastic job. And one is not alone with thinking that the phenomenal talents of Courtney B. Vance (who played the father Clarence Parker) and Michael Welch (who played Officer Newton) deserve an Emmy for their performances.

Now back to reality. The Justice Department said they found racist e-mails written by Ferguson police and municipal court officials, according to The Washington Post.

Here are the emails as described by the Justice Department:

November 2008: An e-mail said President Obama would not be president for very long because “what black man holds a steady job for four years.”
March 2010: An e-mail mocked African Americans through a story involving child support. One line from the e-mail read: “I be so glad that dis be my last child support payment! Month after month, year after year, all dose payments!”
April 2011: An e-mail depicted Obama as a chimpanzee.
May 2011: An e-mail said: “An African-American woman in New Orleans was admitted into the hospital for a pregnancy termination. Two weeks later she received a check for $5,000. She phoned the hospital to ask who it was from. The hospital said, ‘Crimestoppers.’”
June 2011: An e-mail described a man seeking to obtain “welfare” for his dogs because they are “mixed in color, unemployed, lazy, can’t speak English and have no frigging clue who their Daddies are.”
October 2011: An e-mail included a photo of a group of bare-chested women dancing, seemingly in Africa, with the caption, “Michelle Obama’s High School Reunion.”
December 2011: An e-mail included jokes that are based on offensive stereotypes about Muslims.

Let’s just hope we see more justice in real-life than we do through T.V. Every life matters.

“The ignorant will not make the color of my skin a sin” -Dominique S. W.