The "Presumption of Correctness" In Ferguson, Mo.
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- Category: Justice
- Published: Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:13
- Written by Attorney taleph Haynes Davis, Esq.
Introduction by Lawrence A. Robinson
On the matter of unrest going on presently in Ferguson, Mo. where police shot dead an unarmed Black youth, Attorney taleph Haynes Davis, Esq. issued a statement. Attorney Davis is from E. St. Louis, Illinois, which is in the general area of the Ferguson community in Missouri. Attorney Davis actually worked the Ferfuson-Florissant Missouri community as a young broadcaster at KMJM-FM "Magic 108" in St. Louis, Missouri.
Although it is a general statement, it is clearly aimed at the fact that the police are killing Black males,
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young or otherwise. Attorney Davis believes that until this discussion begins in earnest at the LEGISLATIVE LEVEL, his words and words of others, really means nothing.
by taleph Haynes Davis
The question is the "presumption of correctness" automatically given to the police (and the apparent monopoly that the police have on the presumption) in matters of violence and the presumed "legitimate use of lethal deadly force" given to police (and the apparent monopoly that the police have on that presumption.) If you remove both of the aforementioned presumptions, then the playing field is more balanced with the citizenry.
Related: The Dred Scott Rule: Why White Men Get Away With Killing Black Men
You have yet to hear any so-called leader or elected official articulate the above suggestion at all in legislative matters nor have you heard the above suggestion articulated in the national discussion, legislatively or otherwise (other than in the "cable news analyst world" which may or may not have any effect on real life) on relations between the armed police force and the citizens of this great nation.
The question is the "presumption of correctness" AUTOMATICALLY given to the police and the apparent monopoly that the police have on the presumption in matters of violence and the presumed "legitimate use of lethal deadly force" given to police and the apparent monopoly that the police have on that "legitimate" presumption when dealing with citizens of this country, must be part of the policy articulated by the people who are elected by the citizens of this great nation at the legislative level. Those elected officials represent the ideals and opinions of the citizens, all of them, who elected the officials.
Only then will the citizens of this nation begin to level the playing field when it comes to the presumption of correctness of the use of lethal deadly force against the citizens by the government by and through the police force. And that discussion must begin now.
At the end of the day, when you look at the now tragically iconic photo of the late Michael Brown dead in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri on that fateful August 9, 2014 day as a result of the Ferguson Police and their presumed "legitimate use of lethal deadly force", there are some citizens of this country automatically assuming that the now deceased Michael Brown "must have done something wrong" in order for the still un-named police officer to act with this shroud of the "presumption of the legitimate use of deadly force."
That misguided assumption must end now.
Attorney taleph Haynes Davis is a well respected Orlando trial attorney who has appeared on several national news outlets as an analyst for high interest court room cases. Our Offices: 150 North Orange Avenue, Suite 415, Orlando, Florida 32801-2317
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