Idealistically, law is suppose to be the vessel of justice, and in the more chaotic times of our antiquity there was a much clearer path to that interpretation.

As time has accrued, law has taken on a more sophisticated form in modern day society. It now serves as a mere balancing sheet for lawmakers to differentiate the cost of the quality of human life versus economical wealth. From such a vantage point, law and justice lie on opposite sides of a gap that is trending a wider course as distrust in the government grows more rampant.

The mold that is justice used to shape the law is ornamented in such a way that it has become almost indiscernible. The common American is overwhelmed with the law’s immense frame of reference that has come to exceed far beyond the general welfare of its citizens. In our capitalist society, the average citizen has no time (thus no money) enough to give to the task of deciphering the justice in law today.

Plus, for too many people take for granted the influence environment has over their innate sense of justice. It takes virtually no effort to feel and a relatively great deal more effort to analyze. This dynamic form the basis for the average Americans susceptibility to being told what justice is. As of a consequence of this dynamic, they are led further away from how justice feels. This product is the cornerstone of the demagogue politician’s playbook.

The irony of former President Trump and his allies to proclaim that the justice system is being “weaponized” against the former President speaks volumes to the malleability of our understanding what the American justice system is. Yet, it brings forth this unsightly truth about our justice system– that is can and HAS been used as a weapon time and time again. This devious application of justice system is not particular to America nor is it particular to this era in time. Justice systems have been utilized since the times of antiquity in order to dispatch unsavory people who may potentially pose a threat to an establishment’s order– as did the Romans use the justice system to incarcerate Jesus.

Understand, I am NOT relating Trump to Jesus! I deem Trump’s situation to be ironic because it was his blatant abuse of power that allowed me to see the stark contrast between law and justice. Now, as he stands convicted of 34 felonies (in a state court outside of the pardoning power of a sitting president), he now wants to direct the public’s attention to the weapon-ready capabilities of the justice system. So far after this same system has wrongfully claimed the lives of countless, unprivileged, disadvantaged people. All under the guise of justice.

As it stands now, a person can be found not guilty of a charge they stand accused of, yet, be serving a life sentence for it. How can this be? Certainly, this is NOT justice, but it is the LAW. (reference Waverley VA case, man wrongfully accused of killing a police officer, found not guilty but serving life).

This is not an undressing of a completely corrupt system, overtly debased and unsalvageable. In our overly sophisticated society, there has been great work on part of noble lawmakers who still seek to reflect justice in their policymaking. Still, they are trying to re-right a ship that has been off course for far more than 200 years. All this, in addition to being up against a monumental force that refuses to die out quietly.

Regardless of this, they press on. This is cause justice is not a mere thing subjected to the laws of entropy– it cannot and will not die. It is a spirit that eternally lives within the heart of the human soul. Those of us who will not cower to the inner corners of ourselves, writhed with fear and desperation, will be its vessel. Those ones will serve as a torch, burning bright, the light of justice.

In the words of the famous Black psychologist, Bobby E. Wright

“A luta continua– lisima tush inde mbilshaka”
(The struggle must continue– and we will conquer without a doubt)

Love, peace, and power
Q.