There’s been quite a bit of outrage about Eddie Jordan lately. Seems one of the biggest murder cases since Katrina has been bungled. The day after he dropped the charges against the man accused of last summer’s quintuple murder because the key witness couldn’t be found, NOPD promptly located the witness within hours of their finding out about Jordan’s dilemma.
To top this off, last night every TV news outlet showed lawyers pointing out that Jordan’s negative comments about the witness compromised the case by shedding doubt on her integrity. A District Attorney who calls a key witness a liar on television is either trying to get the murderer off the hook or a complete idiot. I don’t know which one, but my question is this: Why all of a sudden is Jordan not good enough to be our DA?
Nobody (almost nobody) got pissed and asked for his resignation when he was found guilty of racial discrimination by a federal jury. I don’t remember a city council member asking for his resignation then. If someone is found guilty of hiring and firing folks based on race, why would you think he would do a good job?
If he hires prosecutors based on race, why do you think his office can do a good job? This isn’t a new development. We’re just seeing the consequences of looking the other way AGAIN when someone breaks the law or is incompetent or both.
Why should we be asking for a boycott of New Orleans? Not because of Eddie Jordan. It’s because we don’t care enough to demand that those who serve us do so with dignity, honesty, and integrity.
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