Obama’s kindly Uncle Raila Odinga “kicks off fresh amnesty storm”
“Prime Minister Raila Odinga kicked a fresh storm demanding yet again the unconditional release of more than 300 post-election violence suspects.
“‘We are not calling for amnesty. The youths are not guilty. There is no evidence but just trumped-up charges against innocent ODM supporters,’ Raila said.
“In a new development, Raila called for an independent body to investigate and prosecute cases related to post-election violence…
“”The police are partisan in their arrests and cannot prosecute the suspects in this case. They are themselves suspects,” Raila said.
“He added: It is not about amnesty but about justice. The people must be released without conditions,’
“‘Amnesty presupposes guilt. There are two sides to the conflict. Security forces were following orders of the PNU, but they also killed nearly half of those who died in the violence,’ Raila said.
“Raila charged that the police officers should be similarly arrested and charges preferred against them…”
This line of argument sound familiar? Bill Ayers couldn’t have said it better… The old victimology one-two. In a postmodern world, everybody’s equally guilty and everybody’s got their “narrative”…