Crews Letter #2008 10
A
Justice System Foundering
If you grew up in the South in the 50’s, you
must have heard this joke:
Two black kids are
riding double on a bicycle in their neighborhood. A sheriff’s deputy hits them from the rear
doing over 50 miles an hour. This is a residential street, not a highway.
The kid on the
handlebars is thrown to the pavement and killed. The bicycle driver, Leroy, is
thrown 50 yards and lands safely in a tree.
The Sheriff’s
Department investigates the event.
The deputy is escorted home and consoled.
Leroy is arrested for leaving the scene of the accident and
criminal negligence resulting in death.
It is against the
law in
Good
Morning Crew;
It was not funny then. It is not funny now.
The state is
Check it out at:
ABC7 Fatal Boat Crash Local TV News
Defense blames deputy in boat crash
And you thought the Old South was backward. Good ‘ole boys take care of their own.
Sails,
Full and By,
Phyl
and Fred
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