Is it me or is everyone tired of seeing people judged through the media and the world even before they are given a fair trial or even a chance to defend themselves.
No matter what Bill Cosby does in his remaining years, he will always be guilty in the court of public opinion. His great stand up, his humanitarian genorosity and his great television does not matter anymore. All anyone will ever remember about him is the allegations that are against him when it comes to raping the women.
Even his current shows are being protested and he has not even been found guilty of anything, he has not even been charged with anything despite all of the these confessions. But I can guarantee you that in the new few months we hear about alot of women getting alot of money.
Now I am not saying that Mr. Cosby is not guilty, if he is found guilty of these crimes then he deserves what he gets. This is about being judged for something before all of the facts are in or even before someone has been charged with the crime. Our justice system is suppose to be innocent until proven guilty but that never seems to be the case especially in this time of world wide communication. It is getting so bad that now we are talking about incidents that happened over the span of a 50 year period of time when times were different and people's way of living was different.
O J Simpson's life ended the day he was riding in that white Ford Bronco. No matter what happened he was always going to be judged as being guilty. He was found innocent in a court of law as per our due process yet he will always be judged as guilty in the court of public opinion.
The most recent Ferguson incident. A white police officer killing an unarmed black kid, automatically it is judged as being a racial incident. Doesn't matter what the office says or how much evidence there is to the contrary, he will always be judged as what he did. Again, doesn't matter that he was exonerated, he had to resign and you can bet his life will never be the same.
That is something for us to think about the next time we are glued to our televisions watching endlessly as these things happen. Just ask yourself one question, what if it was you, would you want to be judged fairly or would you want to be judged in the court of public opinion.
No matter what Bill Cosby does in his remaining years, he will always be guilty in the court of public opinion. His great stand up, his humanitarian genorosity and his great television does not matter anymore. All anyone will ever remember about him is the allegations that are against him when it comes to raping the women.
Even his current shows are being protested and he has not even been found guilty of anything, he has not even been charged with anything despite all of the these confessions. But I can guarantee you that in the new few months we hear about alot of women getting alot of money.
Now I am not saying that Mr. Cosby is not guilty, if he is found guilty of these crimes then he deserves what he gets. This is about being judged for something before all of the facts are in or even before someone has been charged with the crime. Our justice system is suppose to be innocent until proven guilty but that never seems to be the case especially in this time of world wide communication. It is getting so bad that now we are talking about incidents that happened over the span of a 50 year period of time when times were different and people's way of living was different.
O J Simpson's life ended the day he was riding in that white Ford Bronco. No matter what happened he was always going to be judged as being guilty. He was found innocent in a court of law as per our due process yet he will always be judged as guilty in the court of public opinion.
The most recent Ferguson incident. A white police officer killing an unarmed black kid, automatically it is judged as being a racial incident. Doesn't matter what the office says or how much evidence there is to the contrary, he will always be judged as what he did. Again, doesn't matter that he was exonerated, he had to resign and you can bet his life will never be the same.
That is something for us to think about the next time we are glued to our televisions watching endlessly as these things happen. Just ask yourself one question, what if it was you, would you want to be judged fairly or would you want to be judged in the court of public opinion.
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