All you say is true. We grew up thinking that if someone who is innocent is accused, a committed judge, or prosecutor, or investigator would see to it that justice was done. They were supposed to be on the side of justice, not on the side of whoever claimed they were hurt.
But it doesn't work like that, even when the police find out they're off base in investigation. They fear civil suits, so they tend to avoid apologizing for wrongly accusing someone or otherwise dealing with it appropriately. And ego plays a role. DAs tend to think everyone accused is guilty of something, so they all deserve punishment of some kind.
That is why we must all begin to watch out for each other. We must all rally to the aid of those unjustly harmed. It isn't just about the poor Iraqis, the poor Africans. If this nation goes down, who will the poor Iraqis and Africans turn to? If this nation cannot get its moral compass fixed in the near future, who will defend the defenseless? If blacks in America cannot move forward, they will be trampled under. There's a hungrier, more dedicated class of immigrants -- no, not just Mexicans -- from all over the world who will take the places that should have been theirs. Nobody seems to get it. It's like talking to a wall.
I and my husband have spent our lives believing in civil rights. He in the brokerage business and then in education - trying to educate the disadvantaged, and I in the law. I'm in Immigration Law (something I hesitate to disclose, lately). We have been wounded beyond measure by what is happening and has happened to us. May God help this country if families like ours can be thrown to the lions.
It's a real shame that many of us no longer have faith in prosecutors and judges to do the right thing.