Empowerment.

If you found this blog, chances are you have experienced court corruption, or unfortunately, are the corrupt.

My personal first experience as the victim of systemic corruption was when I was subjected to the anti-family court in California. I decided to divorce an abusive man in my early 30s. When Commissioners Robert Zakon and Alan Friedenthal got involved, I was like a deer in the headlights. My protectors were worse abusers than my ex could be. They got me in their sights and opened up on me.

I was unequipped to protect myself or my children.

A question I ask often: How do African Americans handle the kind of injustice that is prevalent in our legal system?

I love the YouTube video posted above. Empower yourself. I think every person should be taught law, just like we profess to teach each person to read. Anyone who is willing to expend the time should leave school able to take and pass the bar, without being saddled with student loans. Each person who is able to pass the bar should be required to log a significant number of hours of pro-bono representation.

When lawyers are as numerous as plumbers and teachers, hourly rates for lawyers will come down.

Perhaps some of the hours giving back for the free education should be spent reviewing cases that never made it to appeal. Suspect situations should be brought to the attention of the relevant judicial ethics commission.

We must stop accepting corrupt conduct from officers of the court. We must provide justice for all.

Empower the people.