Vernon Jordan on the Killen Verdict
Posted on Tue Jun 21, 2005 at 08:14:59 PM EST
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Vernon Jordan, over at Huffington Post, has this to say about the Edgar Killen manslaughter conviction today:
...it demonstrates that the South in general and Mississippi in particular are no longer places where racists can get a free pass for their atrocities. What happened today was a kind of justice very different from historic Southern and Mississippi injustice. While it cannot restore Michael Schwerner, James Earl Chaney, and Andrew Goodman to the lives so viciously taken from them in their youth, it has redeemed to an extent the honor of the region, the political courage of its leaders, and the integrity of its justice system. It also proves again what I learned at my mother's knee, that "the Lord moves in mysterious ways his wonders to perform."
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