Killing Black Males is Still Not Illegal?

The lop-sided justice system has failed us again. It must not be illegal to kill young black males anymore. For those of you who don't know 14 year old Martin Lee Anderson died after a severe beating from guards in a Florida bootcamp in 2006. A video surfaced showing four guards beating him prior to his death while a nurse watched, after the savage beating the CHILD was carried off on a stretcher. He later died. This past friday those same four guards and nurse were all found not guilty in the criminal case that spawned from his death. How can a judge say that his death was in no way connected to the beating on the tape. This is the same justice system that was foaming at the mouth with anticipation of putting Mike Vick in prison for fighting dogs, but will allow four grown men to murder a child on tape. Have we come to a point in this country where the life of a dog is more important than that of a child. Or a justice system that would rather lock up high profile celebs than lock up real criminals that are a threat to our children. We agree to send our children to these bootcamps hoping that it will help set them on the right path, but instead we are losing them in the process. How much of a threat can an unarmed 14 year old boy pose to four armed guards. None.

It is ok to give two black males from Florida A&M University two years in prison for hazing a willing aspirant because you want to send a message, you want to get in the law books having the first prosecution under a new law. But Where is the message being sent to these bootcamp guards, Martin Lee Anderson was not the first and will not be the last. So when will someone be held responsible. Bootcamp deaths are not a racial issue most of the kids who have died in the past have been white, but when you have evidence like a video tape of the event and still get a not guilty verdict from an all white jury, it seems terribly reminiscent of past hiccups in the system where race was an issue. The bottom line is all four of these guards and the nurse should all be in prison, experiencing the same kind of mis-treatment that they handed out to thier jailed victims, that is true justice.