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This was morally outrageous. But apart from the deranged individual, a Black male , was there a CLASS/RACE factor here? We hear and witness that our whole country is smoldering with RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE . Here the legal machine of American capitalism provokes fury. Sorry , but lawyer Atticus Finch of " To Kill the Mockingbird" fame got it all wrong with noble intentions : [“Our courts have our faults, as does any human institution, but in this country our courts are the great levelers, and in our courts all men are created equal.” This line comes from Atticus's closing argument to the jury at Tom Robinson's trial. " ] And remember Atticus LOST the case !