CBS News' excellent special 'Justice For All' ran at 10 p.m. this evening. This should have been a three-hour event. It was thoughtful, thought-provoking, and heartbreaking.
Watching story after story clearly illustrates we in America have such a long way to achieve Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King's dream.
The sad thing is this one hour program could not begin to scratch the surface of issues we face.
Gale King was the perfect host for this event. She is a great interviewer and the other reporters all illustrated the thorny issue that we MUST conquer! Or we will fall.
One thing I resented, and for most of you who may read this, this will not be an issue unless your CBS affiliate is owned by Sinclair like WSBT is.
Halfway through the program, WSBT ran a (approximately) two minute Sinclair moment that basically played a "let's just get along" diatribe. I almost expected them to break out in song singing kumbaya.
Sinclair couldn't stand the thought of letting CBS present the view that so many police forces across America have sewed the seeds of distrust and discontent that they now face. The political stance of "tough on crime" has seeped into law enforcement in ways that condone brutality and excessive force.
Police officers who once commanded respect and friendship, now face fear and yes, hatred.
I fear that with America's short attention span, these issues will be forgotten once the next news cycle takes over. We cannot let that happen.
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