This song is over twenty years old, and sadly in light of grand jury decision in Ferguson, it is even more relevant today. The way Michael Brown was killed is one thing, but the way the entire case has been handled from the beginning is like having the system stick a gigantic thumb in the eye of the black community:
1. Police and paramedics let Michael Brown’s body lay in the street for hours.
2. Officer Darren Wilson was not arrested, or even forced to give a public statement on the incident.
3. The prosecutor working on the case comes from a FAMILY of police officers.
4. They set up a grand jury process that clearly favored Darren Wilson.
5. A series of announcements and leaks for weeks in advance of the decision that telegraphed Wilson’s acquittal.
6. They decided not to prosecute him.
7. They waited until after dark to make their announcement.
This is a big miscarriage of justice. I am going to go hug my children right now. I had hoped that they would not have to grow up with the same system of injustice that many of us had to live with at their age.
