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Justice is Blind, and Apparently Anonymous

By "Milbarge" and "Fitz-Hume"

Via How Appealing this weird and sad story about a man who was charged with threatening several famous black people. It's disturbing and distressing because, if it's true, the guy is evil and/or mentally ill, but one part kind of amused me a little. The indictment used initials for the victims, but the AP didn't have any trouble identifying "L.N." as basketball star Larry Nance and "A.J." as singer Al Jarreau. But curiously, they seemed befuddled by the charge accusing the man of sending a threatening "communication addressed to an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, who is a black person known to the Grand Jury (referred to herein as "C.T."), 1 First St. NE, Washington, D.C." Gee, I wonder who that could be?

It reminds me of the "Simpsons" episode where Lisa goes vegetarian. There are a ton of great lines in that one, but at one point, Principal Skinner gets on the intercom and discusses Lisa's complaints about the school's diet: "Good morning class. A certain...agitator...for privacy's sake let's call her...Lisa S. No, that's too obvious...uh, let's say L. Simpson...."

Full post as published by Begging the Question on April 10, 2008 (boomark / email).