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COURTING CONTROVERSY

By JAABLOG

We just got back from the TJ Reddick Press Conference about the targeting of minority judges, and the total failure of the JNC appointment process to adequately represent our minority communities on the Bench.  Just before the presentation began, we also got a call from one of our favorite (and most influential) local newsies, telling us that the publication was getting a ton of calls because of today's wild JAABLOG WELCOME photo.  Both events dovetail in truly disturbing fashion. First of all, the reporter, a regular reader of the Blog, did nothing wrong by simply following up on a lead, which is why it wasn't fair for us to blow up and start screaming down the other end of the phone (we apologized, but it still wasn't right).  Our anger was misplaced, borne out of frustration that critics, establishment types with agendas, or even regular supporters, would be so bent out of shape by a bit of clever near porn to raise a ruckus, when none of them have ever made a public peep regarding institutional racism, double and triple standards of justice, corruption, wrongful convictions, the execution of an innocent man, misbehaving judges, and today's issues presented by TJ Reddick (amongst many others)...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on April 23, 2010 (boomark / email).