What is Justice?
I have been plagued by the meaning of 'Justice'. I have come to the conclusion that 'Justice' isn't punishing evil and rewarding good. No, Justice is putting in the constant effort to fix what we call injustice, not focusing on the specific individuals involved. The system is the problem, not the individual. While I see the frustration and anger at the people involved in the 'Justice' system, it is not the end all be all. We shouldn't focus on just the cops involved or the fumbling actions of the DA and the Attorney General, but the implicit actions of the Criminal 'Justice' System. The facts are clear on this issue, those who are black/brown as well as poor are unable to fight a system that is designed to criminalize the color of their skin, as well as their poverty.
'Justice' is the idea of changing corrupt systems, that is the leftist perspective. That the system is working as designed. The liberal perspective is that if we get rid of certain corrupt individuals then the system will work properly. The dichotomy is that of the institution versus the individual. The institution is the problem, believe me, the system is working because by it's very nature it is exploitative and corrupt. Just getting rid of a couple of corrupt individuals would not fix the vast majority problems, but just bring a kind of personal satisfaction. And to be fair, Breonna Taylor's law is landmark, in which it targets "No Knock" warrants as inherently bad and corrupt, as well as abolishing the practice of the "No Knock" warrants in Louisville, KY. But my hope is that those same people could push themselves to understand the aspects of what 'Justice' truly is and see it in all forms of social change throughout the world, not just individual parts, maybe embrace the holist perspective of 'Justice' and fight for that. It is what my predecessor's did and what I continue to strive for and do.
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