the mob

  I'll preface this by stating that I am not a big sports fan, not a follower of anyone in particular and in this instance I am 100% nonbiased. It was announced by the NFL that Justin Tucker has been suspended for ten games, although he hasn't signed with any team as of yet. He's being suspended based on allegations. He has not been criminally charged with anything. There has been no trial, no hearing. or anything even close to that. The Baltimore Ravens, his former team didn't renew his contract with them, they called it a football decision. Given the fact that Tucker has been the most accurate kicker in the history of the game one does have to question the coaching on that call. A football decision? No, I think it was a public relations decision. And just what has been alleged about Tucker? An ever increasing number of ladies that work at the massage parlors clammed Tucker exposed himself to them and brushed up against them! It was over ten years ago that the behavior supposedly took place. That all seems totally unjust. The NFL  basically gave him a guilty sentence. I question why? I can only surmise that is because of "societal expectations" and the threat of a boycott should the Ravens and the NFL not comply with the court of public opinion. 

  In other news a school teacher was accused of sexual misconduct with his students. This male teacher was accused of inappropriate touching those young girls. There was a full investigation and a trial was held. He faced 21 charges. He was found not guilty of 18 of those charges. There was no decision made on the the remaining three. Those three remaining charges are assault in the second degree. He had been held in prison for over a year prior to the trial. Following the trial he was released and a hearing is scheduled to discuss the remaining three charges. His career is ruined and indeed his life changed forever by this. The public is up in arms about the verdict and demanding he be retried. In short, the court of public opinion is demanding a verdict of guilty, anything else is unacceptable. Even the states attorney is on television in support of this course of action. He would retry the case and issue a verdict of guilty! That should be troubling to anyone that has any concern for justice.

  I'm starting to see a pattern here. Certain crimes need only be alleged, not proven for a guilty verdict. If the court of public opinion declares your guilt, you are guilty regardless of judge or jury. Either that or whatever you are accused of having done is bad for business, I don't want to be associated with you and so distance myself  by whatever means I have available to me at the moment. Whether that is refusing to renew your contract or putting my support behind the court of public opinion for political reasons. It's like all this "woke" stuff that has been taking place. But, on a positive note a great deal of that stuff is going away do to public opinion. Go woke, go broke summing that up nicely. 

  I keep hearing that being in the country illegally isn't a crime, that those folks don't have a criminal record. The reasoning being, they haven't had a trial, they haven't received due process of law! The law could exonerate them of having broken the law because, well, they had a good excuse. Yes they broke the law, but it shouldn't be a law, so that doesn't count. It's bad for business! Just who is going to do the plantation work? The only solution is to make the illegal, legal. Problem solved. 

 The public will decide the outcome of all trials from now on. We will just establish a social media site for that purpose. You just cast your ballot, it is instantly recorded and counted and a date set for final balloting. Then, you are guilty or innocent based on that poll. Juries are not necessary! We can vote from home and we can determine guilt and innocence based on media reporting. A jury of twelve is just outdated, that needs to change. It's like only having nine justices on the supreme court! We need a lot more than that is order to secure a fair opinion on anything. Heck, there are more constitutional scholars on Facebook alone than there are in the halls of government. The public should decide by popular vote. Whatever is best for business. 

  Our entire judicial system is predicated upon the acceptance of the verdict. Yes there are provisions for appeal based on legal actions. An appeal can't simply be based upon, I don't agree with the verdict. That is the case with that school teacher. The families of those children are upset, disappointed and angry that a not guilty verdict was returned by a jury of their peers. What actions are to be taken on the three unresolved charges has not been decided. But there is a public demand for another trial, one with the desired outcome! I don't have an opinion on his guilt or innocence, I haven't listened to any testimony. His defense team succeeded in their efforts. As far as I know there were no procedural errors, nothing irregular about any of that. The prosecution failed to prove their case. We are supposed to accept the verdict. I'm not saying you have to like it, or to agree with it, but you do have an obligation to accept it. 

The buck really does stop with you. That is how liberty and justice for all is achieved. Failure to do so causes civil unrest. Mob rule is no rule at all.