By Paul Gottfried
In a critical assessment of the Rittenhouse trial, Conrad Black denies that the outcome of the case vindicated the American justice system
Because of the confluence of a competent and determined judge, courageous and diligent jurors, ludicrously incompetent and dishonest prosecutors, and enough intelligent media attention to counter the 15 months of biased reporting that could easily poison the jury pool, justice was clearly done, to peals of horror of the Americophobic riffraff that infects most of Americaâs media. It would be a tragedy if this exemplary outcome were to whitewash what is in large measure an evil justice system.
Black is mainly concerned here with the plea-bargaining system that state prosecutors use to condemn defendants even before a trial has taken place. But this is not the part of Blackâs criticism that riveted my attention. The American justice system has become âevilâ for a reason that Black only mentions in passing, namely the role of the media in inciting mob violence by racializing criminal cases…
