If there was ever a case in which I was compelled to stand against the "Prison Pipeline" it would be the case of the Black man who was exercising his Second Amendment RIGHTS, accidentally shot himself in the leg and was arrested for violating an UNCONSTITUTIONAL law that the powers agree to look the other way rather than dislodge it from the books.
NFL player Plaxico Burress was summarily taken away from his family, stripped of his earning potential and thrown into the Prison Industrial Complex - for others to profit off of him - because New York has a set of laws that are unjust and unconstitutional. The refrain used to speak against the "War On Drugs" - "He didn't hurt anybody" is surely the case here.
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| Article: (2009) Plexico Burress and Wife Expecting A Second Child |
The police tactic of "Stop And Frisk", adopted by several "Mission Accomplished Cities" on the east coast is more strongly implanted in the context of programs to remove "illegal firearms" from the street than with search for illegal drugs. Yet the authorities that have implemented these policies suffer few consequences with the voters that placed them into office. (note: certain big city police chiefs that implemented "Stop And Frisk" in their original beat - got recruited to a new job - at the request of the newly elected mayor - to implement "Stop and Frisk" in his new job).
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| 2 Year Sentence For Plaxico Burress |
Plaxico Burress most certainly has faults that have kept him as a spectacle in the news camera's lens long before his gun arrest. If the common goal is justice and the allocation of punishment commensurate to one's act against the society then Burress' prison sentence which looked past his Second Amendment rights should be labeled as a violation of his civil rights.
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