Cruel But Not Unusual: Clarence Thomas Writes One of the Meanest Supreme Court Decisions Ever

mizjenkins:

Both Thomas and Scalia have produced what can only be described as a master class in human apathy. Their disregard for the facts of Thompson’s thrashed life and near-death emerges as a moral flat line.

This absolutely sickens me. I swear…going to Hell might be worth it just to watch Clarence Thomas burn.

If you are not familiar with the facts and circumstances of this case (Connick v. Thompson) I implore you to PLEASE take time to read it. If not now, click the “like” button so you can come back and read it later.

What happened to John Thompson - and more importantly the cold, dismissive tone and the deliberately tortured logic from our nation’s highest institution of justice in reaction to what happened -  is key to understanding the current state of Black America. This is NOT an isolated incident. Cases like this one and the conviction of John Burge in Chicago should serve as the background for any discussion of African-American crime and imprisonment rates. They should serve to lift a sizeable burden of suspicion against Black men and place it squarely on the shoulders of the judicial system and law enforcement.

Fundamentally this country STILL does not treat Black men with an equal measure of human compassion, empathy or fairness.

The full text of the opinion in Connick v. Thompson can be read here.

addendum from Moses (because i’m tired):

I feel like if you’re calling clarence thomas a racist against black people, you should probably qualify it by saying, “he has a long history of self-hatred, stemming from …” because I think the person that you reblogged simply doesn’t realize that clarence thomas isn’t a white man.

yeah.