Thursday, February 4, 2010


Would you look at that, after all we went through to challenge the Separate Car Act the Supreme Court still managed to flub the verdict. In a 7-1 vote they ruled the act as constitutional. Seriously what is the country falling to. I feel bad for Mr. Plessy, he will probably have to go to jail now. It's a shame really, sending a man to jail for standing up for what he believes. But, that seems to be the concept of our judicial system so there's nothing I can do about it.
There was one man, John Harlan, the lone dissenter. He seemed like he had the right head on his shoulders, giving a strong opinion. Who knows, maybe one day his dissent will be used in future cases.

When I publicly arrested Mr. Plessy he went to criminal court in LA. It turns out that they ruled the act constitutional. This surprised me but it's really not so bad. Now we can take it to the Supreme Court and get rid of the act once and for all. Who knows, maybe the Supreme Court will be ignorant too. With the people in the government, these days you can never tell.

I had a chance to speak to Homer Plessy before the train ride. I asked him why he would do this voluntarily and put himself at risk of being imprisoned. He simply said he was doing it for his country, to protect his rights and others. Honestly, I couldn't believe the bravery in this man. I know I couldn't do it but at least I was playing a role. I know that, that helps me go to sleep every night.
When I heard about the Separate Car Act in the news I knew trouble was coming. Come on America, did we really fight this war to go back to degrading separation? I didn't think so. When the committee came to me with this proposition I was skeptical. But hey, they were offering good money and no consequences so nothing to loose right? Right so I did it. To me all the Separate Car Act does is separate blacks and whites on trains for no real reason. So I helped the committee, for money and values.
I woke up on Tuesday with a plan. Some might say I'm a lucky man... Being payed to arrest a man who is also being payed to go onto a train and announce that he has black ancestors. You know what it is my lucky day. There have been cases that have taken months to complete and the pay, well it was awful. But here, I mean this was another story all together. Being payed the big bucks for a five minute job, and all I had to do was declare this man violated the Separate Car Act.