The recent trial of 47-year-old computer tech Michael Dunn, for the killing of teenager Jordan Davis and attempted murder of three other Black youth, is a fitting reminder of the real state of Black people in America during Black History Month. While he had a hung jury in the Davis murder, the convictions for attempted murder essentially delivers a life sentence, some said. Right.
People are hoping, and reporters are all but predicting, but be not surprised if the three attempted murder convictions are reversed by a state appeals court for failure to prove specific intent against the boys. and Dunn is free as a proverbial bird. This is, after all, Florida. Moreover, it’s America.
Be not surprised. The courts of the nation aren’t your courts. The judges of these courts see you as aliens in the land of your forefathers, who’ve been here for almost 500 years. It was ever thus. This may be Black History Month, but that ain’t changed. From in prisone nation, this is Mumia Abu-Jamal.
These commentaries are recorded by Noel Hanrahan of Prison Radio.
