Allie Beth Stuckey
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And so I can't follow every single trial and every single case that goes on in the country, but this one especially caught my attention for a variety of reasons.
Also because it speaks to this larger trend of Western institutions having over-corrected in their approach to racism.
So in an effort to make up for past discrimination, especially in the
Um, and in order to avoid accusations of racial bias, really the justice system and the media often show greater sympathy toward minority offenders than toward white victims.
And that's wrong.
That is unjust.
It is just as unjust as discriminating against black people because of the color of their skin are showing more sympathy, um, toward white people because of the color of their skin.
It's wrong.
In both cases, lady justice is supposed to be blind.
And we don't just see this trend here in the US with Austin Metcalf and Carmelo Anthony.
We also see it with the tragic case of Henry Novak.
We've watched that trial.
We watched that trial and the verdict take place when it comes to that crime and Henry Novak losing his life.
And we'll get into more of that today as well.
It shows that the sin of racial partiality is actually blinding Western culture today.
to true justice.
And it's a deadly evil.
Both killers were found guilty, thank the Lord, but the police negligence in Novak's case and the massive support of Carmelo Anthony that he was able to garner show how deep this rot is defending murders on the grounds of so-called anti-racism.
So that is why I'm looking at both of these cases.
And while the verdict ended up in the right direction in both, I'm still worried about aspects of how the conversation went, how the debate went, and what it speaks to when it comes to how we define and carry out justice.