No surprise here: The Rev. Jesse Jackson looks like he might be heading back to Lima to lead a protest or demonstration or something in the aftermath of the Joe Chavalia trial.

So, for all the law-and-order types, I hope the celebration of the acquittal was fun. The city is likely to lose the civil lawsuit the family of Tarika Wilson filed (and the city should lose), an officer’s career likely is over, Jackson is probably coming back to Lima to highlight the problems here, and this country continues to spend billions each year to make drugs more dangerous than they need be. (We also did this with alcohol last century, but got over the Puritanical urges after 15 years; something about crime, gangs and the problem not going away.) But, hey, you put a drug dealer in prison for a couple years.

The news about Jackson, from The (Toledo) Blade:”LIMA, Ohio - The Rev. Jesse Jackson Thursday called the acquittal of Lima Police Sgt. Joseph Chavalia ‘an injustice,’ and said the organization he founded, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, plans to intervene under the leadership of Lima’s Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance.

Lima ministerial group to discuss action regarding police shooting verdict

“Sergeant Chavalia was found not guilty Monday by an all-white jury in the Jan. 4 shooting death of Lima resident Tarika Wilson, a biracial woman who was shot in her home during a police raid while she held her 13-month-old son, Sincere Wilson, in her arms.

“Sincere was also shot in the shoulder and hand and had a finger amputated as a result. “Both were shot in front of Wilson’s five other children who were hiding in an upstairs bedroom while police searched for Wilson’s boyfriend, Anthony Terry, who was wanted on drug charges.

“The Rev. H. Frank Taylor, pastor of Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in Lima, who is also president of the city’s interdenominational alliance, said the alliance will take action as a result of Sergeant Chavalia’s acquittal. He also said 32 to 40 ministers from black churches in Lima will meet Monday at Shiloh Missionary Church in the city to determine the course of action.

” ‘We will see what we need to do to show our displeasure,’ Mr. Taylor said. ‘Whether that will result in a march or some other action will be determined after our meeting Monday… We want to bring the attention of people across the nation to the injustice that was done here.’ “ 

One of the arguments I hear most about drugs is those who use or sell them get what they have coming when they are killed, beated up, etc. So, tell me, dear reader, did these two shooting victims get what they deserve or, as has been stated, could it be that the war claims a lot of innocenents?

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