It is the tolerance of racketeering that allows the racism. An entire Louisiana legislature should be under ethical review for attempting to control the will of the electorate. Mr. Calvin Duncan was freely elected by the people and the corrupt Louisiana legislature is attempting to end the free will of the people.
Mr. Duncan is a survivor of racism. He withstood the ravages of incarceration to reclaim his life and wants now to assure the people no such corruption will ever beset them or their loved ones again and he is correct. It must have been an enlightening moment to realize their votes belonged to him.
Racism is oppression. Mr. Duncan lived under racism all his life. To realize he was wrongfully accused, tried, and convicted is a complete failure of a free society. What a tragedy his life has been at the cost of hate within the society of Louisiana. Racism reaching to the highest levels of government is a corrupting factor creating a very dangerous society, hence, racketeering. Basically, anytime a white person was in trouble or unable to solve a crime just reach into the bag of tricks and level authority at a black person.
Mr. Duncan is still fighting the oppression of long ago. How cruel is this? Where is the morality in the Louisiana legislature? There is none. There is only abuse of power. Those words should mean something and not just be a cliche. Abuse of power. It is what Mr. Duncan has faced all his life, including currently. Members of the Louisiana legislature are practicing outside ethical standards to allow corrupting hatred to rule the lives of the citizens in that state. The hate is vicious. The hate is obvious.
I already know the dialogue. “Who let him out of jail?” See the corruption has to be so complete it reaches all the way into the conscience of the legal society of Louisiana. “How did he ever qualify to vote yet alone win an election?” Basically, what is going on to treat this man civilly. “Have people in this state not yet learned what is best for them?” Where is the racist whip? The need for control is so great that the corruption must have control of the minds of every voter.
Yet, here stands a man being the best he can be, believing in the system even after it ruined his life, and wanting to be the one court in Louisiana that carries out truthful, diligent, and reasonable justice under his conscience rulings in this courtroom. That is a victory for this democracy. A lot of moral decisions were made after the wrongful conviction to place such trust in Mr. Duncan. Now, after all the moral actions along the path of Mr. Duncan the old racketeering paradigm raises its ugly head in the Louisiana legislature to remove JUSTICE from the people yet again.
Hello?
“We’ll teach them who is boss.”
See, knowing what is best for one’s life under oppression has nothing to do with free will. The people of Louisiana have to feel the racist whip to live their lives as the racist society wants it. The people forget the social order. The social order first was disrupted and then destroyed by amazingly brave people like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr..
There are major ethical issues among the Louisiana legislature. The state attorney general and the legal society of Louisiana need to address this miscarriage of legislative hubris destroying the democratic process called “the vote.” Every Louisiana voter is under attack by the Louisiana legislature and that cannot stand.
But, as Alito would say, “It’s just politics.”
