Journey Toward Justice 21

This chapter is titled 'Six Days in South Africa'. In this chapter Nick tells about his experience in Apartheid South Africa where a man named Allan Boesak was to appear at the Court hearing to get bail. Nick was called in to appear in defence of Allan. There were charges against giving bail to Allan by the police. One of them was that his freedom will cause riot. So called proof was provided to the Magistrate to deny him bail. On one occasion it was argued that his speech on certain at certain place cause riot. But then it was disproved as Allan was able to provide proof that he was abroad that particular day. Point was that at the end of episode, the Magistrate refused to entertain the charges brought by the police since they were without evidences and even rebuked the police. Yet the government refused to abide by the Magistrate's order; they refused to obey the law. The government that gives so much importance to the 'supreme value of law and order' refused its own law when the law goes against itself. The government 'prize order -- their order -- more than law'. Such can be the heart of humans!