By E. Faye Williams
The Washington Informer
Reprinted – by Texas Metro News
https://www.washingtoninformer.com/
I’m in full support of President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter, as well as Attorney Marilyn Mosby. But for the fact that Hunter is President Biden’s son, this would have been unnecessary. Like Mosby, Hunter hurt nobody but was selectively prosecuted. I can truly understand why Hunter’s father changed his mind about the pardon after Donald Trump threatened all of us with retribution and chose so many unbelievable people to handle justice in our country — promising retribution against anyone he chose if they weren’t following his orders.
Despite others demanding a pardon for Trump, I would say, “Absolutely not.” The cases are not the same. Hunter was betrayed when those who had the authority to be fair chose not to do so. Hunter didn’t steal anybody’s money. He didn’t disregard the rights of women and call them disrespectful names as Trump continues to do. Trump should definitely not be pardoned with 34 convictions under his belt and more charges rightly waiting in the wings. Neither Hunter nor Mosby threatened retribution against New York state Attorney General Letitia James for doing her job.
Hunter didn’t make threats against people like Baltimore State’s Attorney Mosby, who was just doing her job. What did Trump say about her doing her job? He said she ought to prosecute herself for trying to bring justice for Freddie Gray, who died in the custody of Baltimore police. He said she ought to prosecute herself when he wanted to have her area of jurisdiction invaded by officers who may have been found on the wrong side of the law.
Hunter was dealing with his challenges, unlike Trump, who continues to openly show his disregard and disrespect for many — women, people of color, people who choose not to be unfair to others unlike him in their views, and people who attempt to hold him accountable for outrageous behavior.
Just look at the outrageous choices he has selected to run our nation — many of whom have already threatened retribution as Trump has been doing for months. He has shown his disdain for educated people who, through experience, have shown themselves to be qualified and loyal to the rule of law and to our democracy. His choices are what could be called “in your face” choices and disrespect for friends, while knowing some of his choices have done outrageous things such as being disloyal to the country. France deserves a better and different ambassador from the one Trump plans to send to represent the United States.
He has disrespected many NATO allies, while his Supreme Court has given him blanket immunity. He then slid back into office to stay out of prison. An ordinary person would have been locked up by now!
He seems to have a special disdain for Black women and Black nations. To be true to who I am, and for the love of my people, I cannot trust him, honor him or wish him well because I have seen too much of his outrageous behavior that no Black person would ever get away with.
I pray for our nation because we know how many of our people suffered under leaders like him, but we worked through it and some tragically had begun to believe things were getting better, that racism and sexism were settling their ugly heads down, only to find all we needed was Trump to set us back to the Stone Age. How any woman or Black or brown person can support him is a mystery! Many who voted for him or didn’t bother to vote at all are already having regrets as they take the time to learn who Trump really is and what he has in mind for all of us!
Williams is president of The Dick Gregory Society (www.thedickgregorysociety.org).
