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Roman Polanski To U.S.: No Extradition Without A Fight!
We are delighted to hear the news internationally renowned film director Roman Polanski is reportedly, “in a fighting mood”.
Some may wonder why we are so outraged by the actions of prosecutors in California, members of the federal justice department and the department of state. These authorities are upholding a thoroughly abhorrent American tradition in law enforcement. The long arm of the law has a very long memory. It was not so long ago in the United States where a slave was a slave forever. Operating under the rule, “Once a slave, always a slave”, despite emancipation by an owner in one state, one could always be arrested and enslaved again in another jurisdiction. America has a tradition of turning likely productive citizens into fugitives.
The timing of this arrest of Polanski and the ensuing attempts to have him returned to the U.S. could not have come at a worse time. President Obama is trotting all over the globe attempting to improve our image among the world community, when some bonehead judge, assisted by an equally incompetent prosecutor, in flaky California, decides his ego is too big to let a 76 year-old man live in peace; he has to cause an international incident, disrupting the life of a great artist and his family in order to satisfy the arbitrary whims of government. This is major bullsnit and the whole world knows it.
We are happy and glad to know there are at least two countries in the world with the courage to speak up on Polanski’s behalf; of course doing so may very well cause the French government and the government of Poland to incur the wrath of the United States. As someone once said, “No good deed goes unpunished.” Especially when a not-so- super power opposes the United States of America in matters pertaining to liberty. We seem to think we’ve cornered the market in that area. Imagine that. The big lie appears again.
Polanski is in detention after Swiss police arrested him Saturday on an international warrant as he was arriving in Zurich to receive a lifetime achievement award from a film festival.
We say American authorities are foolishly belligerent about a matter that at this point is of no consequence. Samantha Geimer, who was the young girl involved in the sex scandal more than 32 years ago, has settled with Polanski for an undisclosed sum of money; she says she wants the case to be over. Are you listening Mr./Ms Los Angeles Prosecutor.
The original judge in the matter, who has been found culpable for his misconduct in the case–seems he agreed to a plea bargain and then tried to renege on the deal. This anti-judicial role model is dead.
We are appalled to know the current Los Angeles judge hearing the case, the one who refused Polanski’s request for the dismissal of the case, has a huge ego, no compassion and watches HBO dramatic presentations pertaining to the cases for research when making decisions which will influence the lives of plaintiffs and defendants whose case are brought before him.
As Blanche Africa Reilly Dark, mother of Clark Dark and a very wise lady would say, “Y’all need to stop it! Just stop it!”
We paraphrase the words of the late Godfather of Soul, “Give it up! Turn’im loose!” Free Polanski Now!
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