Terry Mitchell

CNN Attack Dog Should Leave Jackson Alone



Posted: Tuesday, May 19, 2009

by Terry Mitchell
http://commenterry.blogs.com

The other day, Jane Velez-Mitchell (who, fortunately, is no relation to me) was at it again -- ragging on pop superstar Michael Jackson for standing on top of a van and creating a spectacle during his child molestation trial.
 
Why does Velez-Mitchell, a victim's rights advocate and attack dog who hosts her own program on CNN Headline News, have such a problem with that? Isn't it time for her to just let it go?
Besides, the only victim I saw during that trial was Jackson, who spent much of his personal fortune on his defense. Personally, I was cheering him on. The "spectacle" he created was his way of thumbing his nose at the so-called criminal justice system that brought those trumped up charges against him. Of course, he was later vindicated when a jury concluded that he was completely innocent of all charges.

How are people, pray tell, supposed to act in this situation? Should we expect them to have reverence for the court and meekly go about fighting the charges? How then are they supposed to get back at those who are bringing the charges? I would have done something similar to what Jackson did if false charges were brought against me, i.e., instead of showing any reverence, I would be telling everyone what I thought about their little kangaroo court.

Hooray for Michael Jackson!
 
Terry Mitchell is a software engineer, freelance writer, amateur political analyst, and blogger from Virginia, USA. He posts a least one article a day to his blog - http://commenterry.blogs.com - on subjects such as current events, politics, technology, society and culture, religion, health and well-being, self improvement, personal finance, trivia, and sports.

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