In light of the extremely lenient sentence that ex-BART cop Johannes Mehserle received last week for killing an unarmed Oscar Grant, it seemed appropriate to post this excerpt from a speech William Kunstler gave in the 1970s regarding the legitimacy of the United States justice system.
The above video is also included in the thought-provoking documentary William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe.
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I have a relative who did 14 years for assault and battery. This blows the mind.
I’m presuming your relative was not law enforcement.