America cares for you – until you start asking questions | #Gary_Younge | Comment is free | The Guardian
▻http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/12/us-justice-laid-bare-paternalistic-logic
When Ray Kelly, the man Barack #Obama is currently considering to lead homeland security, was the New York City police commissioner, he allegedly had a policy of terrorising black and Latino neighbourhoods.
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Following Zimmerman’s acquittal, Obama was keen to point out that “America is a nation of laws”. Nobody doubts that. What is less clear is whether it is a nation of justice.