Justice

Friday 19th of April 2024

Justice I feel so relieved. I feel relieved. I don't see how it could have been otherwise, but I do know that it could have been otherwise. As an African-American women, I am glad that I have lived to see this in my lifetime. I never thought I would live to see it, and I'm 91 years old. Woman interviewed by Shomari Stone of NBC News after the announcement that a  white Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, had been convicted on all counts of murdering George Floyd, a black man © 2021 Kwiple.com
Justice It is time to understand that the logic of remdial justice and universalist justice are complementary and have to move forward in concert, the one supporting the other. Thomas Piketty, A Brief History of Equality © 2022 Kwiple.com
Justice Justice delayed is justice denied adage © 2015 Kwiple.com
Justice Justice is never in a hurry. Politics usually is. Edward Luce, Financial Times, March 30, 2023 © 2023 Kwiple.com
Justice A measure of justice isn't the same as equal justice. Kamala Harris, commenting on the conviction of white Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin on all three counts related to his May 25, 2020, nine-minute-and-twenty-nine-second knee-on-the-neck murder in public of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man pinned face down on the street against the tire of a police cruiser  © 2021 Kwiple.com
Justice Ours is not a system of justice where foot soldiers go to jail and the masterminds and ring keaders get a free pass. Jamie Raskin, in his opening remarks before the final public meeting of the January 6 committee, just before announcing criminal referrals of Donald Trump and other high-ranking Trump adminisgration officials to the Department of Justice for their roles in the January 6 insurrection © 2022 Kwiple.com
Justice That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are wise. Her bandage hides two festering sores That once perhaps were eyes. “Justice” by Langston Hughes © 2017 Kwiple.com