It was recently reported that John William King, the supremacist, was sentenced to die. “Justice was served” is what may have readily come to mind; but for what was done, there can be no justice. Although it was noted that blacks and whites were pleased with the verdict, there was no need to mention race–people were gratified to know that what had happened could not be tolerated regardless of who was the victim.
The fact that King chose his victim on the basis of race alone makes the crime even more repulsive. Many of us need to find something of benefit in the midst of such hatred and cruelty. Perhaps it is that King will no longer be able to spew his hate freely to those who might choose to listen. In prison he will no longer have his accompanists, and those like him are never brave alone.
