Forum Post: Unequal Justice - Banker Arrests O; Protester Arrests 4,542
Posted 1 year ago on Nov. 16, 2011, 8:48 a.m. EST by CoExist
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Since the start of the financial crisis, Americans have wondered why, if laws were broken, none of the occupants of Wall Street or other financial centers have been arrested..?
Now arrests are starting to happen with growing frequency. To date, an estimated 2,511 people have been arrested on Wall Street and elsewhere for activities related to the crisis. Unfortunately, it’s the protesters who account for these arrests. The current tally: 2,511 people arrested for disturbing the peace and related activities; no arrests for any of the financiers who broke the law and plunged millions into untold misery.
“Equal justice under the law” is a cornerstone of the American Republic. In statues, Lady Justice is blindfolded to symbolize that justice is blind to the differences between the powerful and the weak, the rich and the poor.
Today, I fear that Justice’s blindfold is in tatters, and equal justice under the law has become a myth in the American economic system. Almost 5,000 people have been arrested for activities that caused minimal, if any, injury to our society. At the same time, no financiers have been arrested for blatant legal violations, probably including extensive fraud, which have led millions of people to suffer and have practically brought our great nation to its knees.
YES!
Without Justice There will be no peace!!
Tweet that!
If the legal system will not enforce the law then all that remains is the law of Vigilante!!
or Tweet That!
Or Corporations Do Not Have Tongues!!
and Gimme the Visegrips!!
King Louis XIV - "It is legal because I wish it"
The People - "Kerplunk!"
While I agree that it's shameful, pathetic that NOBODY was held legally accountable for the vast amount of screw-ups that led to our current economic situation, if no laws were broken, on what grounds should people have been arrested? (This is why the focus should be Occupy Washington, DC, in my opinion).
Regarding the arrests of protesters, I have not yet heard of anyone being arrested that did not, in fact, break any laws.
Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected.
their protection makes them weak
And with more laws, we get less justice.
2,511? Wrong. The correct figure is 4,542 as of 11-17-11.
To keep up to date bookmark this twitter feed: http://twitter.com/#!/OccupyArrests
Thanks for the update
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
The message to people, large and small, is that they cannot rely on a blind justice system.
Unfortunately, what many people forget is that judges are just lawyers in robes.
All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.
yup, yup
It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.
justice begins with respect. law begins with fear
Well said
the respect/fear fulcrum is a balancing act. want to play on the teeter totter?
Justice delayed is justice denied.
if the balancing act is not obtained, we can always play on the merry go round. lol
Lady Justice where thou are you? Lets play on the Ferris-wheel, I like it because it also goes round and round.
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