Hillary Gaston's blog

Incredulous, unbelievable, unreal and surreal were a few of the thoughts, I am able to place in print, that fleet through my mind as I listened to the verdict handed down by Judge Arthur Cooperman on Friday, April 25, 2008, in a Queens courtroom in New York City. The previous evening when discussing the case with friends and relatives, some who are current police officers said the officers would not be found guilty, but would walk. I guess my naiveté and belief in the judicial system, in this case, gave me hope that the jurist would give the family some justice. As a man who is a descendant of the African Diaspora, this verdict reinforces the adage that there is a war on black males, as well as others of color in the streets of the city and the wider country.