I can read, and on page 12 of the legal brief it says all you need to know. Or nation’s first amendment cannot be deleted Just because some local authority put in writing a probation order. And while that debate rages, The Rev. should be released on bond.

I’m sad that other newspapers and media outlets have ignored this. Does our “rule of law” allow the power of a judge and his fellows in the “criminal justice” system to put a man behind bars for writing the word “curse” or “stupid”. Those are not true threats as stated in the brief.

It is clear that Rev. Pinkney is being treated differently that the history of 71 related cases mentioned by the ACLU in the brief that show the precedent in our nation. I guess the local courts in Michigan feel they are something different. This whole trial and events afterward are very questionable and there are valid questions and feelings about racism: an all white jury, one juror on record with statements of a drug deal in the parking lot of the trial building. In domestic violence men often know the best defense of their abuse is to go on the offense and blame the victim for a far minor flaw.

It is nearly impossible to cause any change in a Judge. The only way to use energy to move forward is to stop people just because they are democrats in the hope they will find a spine. They won’t take a risk for justice if it is a risk to their re-election. Avoid lawmakers who give words to social justice and instead volunteer for and elect those who have lived their lives for justice, and then you get better judges.

Thank God we have independent news like the Bayview Reporter.