What the McMichael/Bryan and Kyle Rittenhouse trials say about America | Arwa Mahdawi
by Arwa Mahdawi from on (#5RW8M)
The dynamics of each case make it clear who the overwhelmingly white and male US legal system is designed to protect
The comedian Beth Stelling once described the US legal system as the white man's FUBU: just for us, by us". If you had any illusions that this description was a comedic exaggeration then the past week should have shattered them. Two high-profile murder cases have shone a bright light on the inequities of the justice" system and made it very clear who the law is there to serve.
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