WILLIAMS: No One Is Above the Law?

By E. Faye Williams
Washington Informer
https://www.washingtoninformer.com/

All my life I’ve heard “No one is above the law.” If you’ve heard that and believed it, you’ve probably done all you could to stay out of trouble. Others don’t believe it’s true because they’ve seen too many people who look like them prove that statement wrong and wonder if that law only applies to Black people! When they see many of their friends in prison for minor crimes, they must be confused.

When they hear news about someone they know who has avoided the law repeatedly, they wonder what the exceptions are when they do something far less harmful yet end up behind bars. What they ultimately determine is that someone is above the law! That person is never Black!

With good reason, some people actually believe there is someone above the law, and they believe they are the one because they’ve always been able to live above punishment due to their skin color. It’s always been that way, so I urge any Black person to look at the exceptions before thinking about committing a crime. You are not now, and never have been able to use “I am above the law.”

Now look at who has been living above the law all his life. He has been labeled “the most corrupt and dangerous president in history.”

Just look at what this person has repeatedly done to prove he is above the law! Here’s just a sample of what he’s done, and he’s still adding on, confident he’ll never serve time for his recent crimes:

– He unlawfully attempted to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. We heard him on the phone trying to persuade an official to join him in committing a crime.

– He was indicted in New York for falsifying business records to cover up “hush money” payments to Stormy Daniels.

– He was indicted for retaining top-secret national security documents at his private residence.

He led an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol to stop the certification of the 2020 election results, causing severe injuries and deaths — but Trump’s answer is “Pardon them all!”

What is holding up a pardon by President Joe Biden for former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who was prosecuted for doing her job? She didn’t destroy public property. She didn’t kill or hurt anybody as Trump’s supporters did — supporters he promises to pardon once back in office. More than all those white people, Marilyn Mosby deserves a pardon for being convicted for doing her job.

Biden will be leaving office soon. Please sign the petition for him to pardon Attorney Mosby at justiceformarilynmosby.com. If Trump is above the law after 34 convictions, why should Marilyn be punished for doing her job?

Because he’s gotten away with so much due to his allies on the Supreme Court giving him sweeping immunity, he thinks he’s completely off the hook!

Trump has been convicted of 34 crimes by a unanimous jury. Judge Juan Merchan, presiding judge in Trump’s “hush money” case, has said Trump must report to court Jan. 10 for sentencing but already added he will not receive jail time!

Those of us who aren’t above the law just shake our heads and wonder what this man must do to be properly punished for his convictions and still be president!