officer is a tragedy and the fop and brother organizations in the situation responded, as they should, in order to protect their men and women. in the civil rights committee, the case has come to symbolize how black people have a hard time getting justice out of the justice system. this is fueled by the belief that the trial was marred by bias and questionable witnesses. amnesty international s detailed report on this trial concludes that, he deserves a new trial because his trial failed to meet minimum international standards safeguarding the fairness of legal proceedings. the appeal was uphead, but now it s easy for some to use it as a new willie horton, politically toxic for all who come near him, just as easy as those who are tone deaf to many americans. he should never been been nominated, the problem is that it bolsters the idea that attacking lawyers because of