Over the past few months, as Donald Trump was indicted, booked, fingerprinted, tried and then convicted on 34 felony counts, his campaign has been sadly pushing an incredibly racist argument that these convictions would only make him more relatable to African American voters.
Waving a red flag to remind everyone about the murder of Ahmaud Arbery in Glynn County, GA. in 2020. He was jogging on a street. Director of the GBI Vic Reynolds held a presser. ( You’ll recall a video of the killing was publicly released by a n attorney). The GBI also conducted an investigation of Trump’s false claims of Georgia election results & concluded they were bs. Reynolds is now a Superior Ct. Judge in Cobb County GA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9JS9WTBm60
Thanks for your work and writing as always, Dr. Kruse!
I might add a D) Trump is certainly guilty of breaking the law and has earned the punishment, while Black men in Alabama in the 50s were sometimes (often?) completely innocent, like Ahmaud Arbery and so many others.
Iʻd like to say that the whole, "Trumpʻs a victim being persecuted" is laughable, but itʻs not laughable when family and loved ones have been jailed for so much less than what Trump has done. A month ago, my favorite Black man in the world was arrested and jailed for literally following the law!! Seriously. Our society is completely screwed up when good people going about their lives and following the laws get undeserved punishments, while rich white men commit all sorts of crimes with zero or tiny consequences.
Waving a red flag to remind everyone about the murder of Ahmaud Arbery in Glynn County, GA. in 2020. He was jogging on a street. Director of the GBI Vic Reynolds held a presser. ( You’ll recall a video of the killing was publicly released by a n attorney). The GBI also conducted an investigation of Trump’s false claims of Georgia election results & concluded they were bs. Reynolds is now a Superior Ct. Judge in Cobb County GA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9JS9WTBm60
Excellent reminder.
Thanks for your work and writing as always, Dr. Kruse!
I might add a D) Trump is certainly guilty of breaking the law and has earned the punishment, while Black men in Alabama in the 50s were sometimes (often?) completely innocent, like Ahmaud Arbery and so many others.
Iʻd like to say that the whole, "Trumpʻs a victim being persecuted" is laughable, but itʻs not laughable when family and loved ones have been jailed for so much less than what Trump has done. A month ago, my favorite Black man in the world was arrested and jailed for literally following the law!! Seriously. Our society is completely screwed up when good people going about their lives and following the laws get undeserved punishments, while rich white men commit all sorts of crimes with zero or tiny consequences.
Very good point, yes. Though I suspect that's why they're making this argument -- they think Trump is being persecuted for no reason too.
The sick part is that the people these asinine comparisons are aimed at won't know and/or won't care how disgracefully inappropriate they are.