Woke judges bend the law to excuse non-white criminals

It used to be said that there was one law for the rich and one law for the poor. Now it's one law for the white, and one law for the non-white, particularly when it comes to criminal "justice". And, unlike in the 19th and 20th centuries, it's the non-whites who get the benefit of the doubt, or should I say, liberal guilt. 

Yesterday, Walt held up the trials of "rap artist" Kodak Black as a horrible example of the reverse racism shown by American prosecutors and judges in dealing with a drug-addled habitual criminal who happens to be as black as  his name. Three Hail Mammies and it's back on the street for Mr Black.

The situation is no better in Canada, the only difference between the American and Canadian "systems" being that it's not just blacks but also Indians First Nations indigenous Canadians who are disproportionately charged, convicted and incarcerated.

This is not because of "systemic racism" as claimed by the SJWs, but because it is the BIPOCs are responsible for way more than their share of serious crime, particularly violent crime. They do the crime, so they have to do the time. But now, our sometimes-resident legal beagle, Agent 3, reports a recent example of activist judges bending the laws of the land to achieve equity and "social justice". In other words, to let BIPOCs of the hook easily.

Late last month, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled, in the precedent-setting case of Regina v. King, that the criminal records of Indigenous Persons can be excluded from their trials to "preserve fairness." 

Dale Burningsky King, pictured, was found to have fatally shot Yosif Al-Hasnawi [What part of Ireland was he from? Ed.] in Hamilton ON in 2017. Both men were 19 at the time. 

Mr Al-Hasnawi was a medical student. Mr King was a daily user and dealer in methamphetamine. On the way, with a friend, to a meth sale, Mr King had an "interaction" with an older man on the street where Mr Al-Hasnawi, unarmed, was gathered with his brothers getting fresh air during an event at a mosque. 

Mr Al-Hasnawi called out to Mr King [a friendly greeting, perhaps? Ed.] and Mr King and his friend approached. After some "talking", the friend punched Mr Al-Hasnawi and the two ran off. Mr Al-Hasnawi gave chase, until Mr King shot him in the stomach.

Mr King claimed self-defence and was ultimately acquitted of second degree murder. The appeal court agreed with this result. On appeal the Crown objected to the fact that part of King’s lengthy criminal record was suppressed at trial. The trial judge had reasoned that this was fair because of "systemic discrimination" against indigenous people and (of course) Mr King's "lived experience" -- the latest buzzphrase -- of family separation, transience, addiction and abuse. The trial judge felt disclosure of Mr King's full criminal record could prejudice the jury against him due to "racial stereotyping", so kept some of it out.

Ontario's top court thinks what the trial judge did -- creating race-based procedural rules to make up for the supposed effects of systemic racism -- was fair and just. It was not. In Canada, just as in the US of A, justice is no longer colour-blind. Softening laws which are supposed to apply to everybody, regardless of race, colour or creed, creates two "justice" systems -- one for whites and another for all the minorities who have been oppressed for centuries by the evil white colonialists. It isn't fair.