Why Do Europeans & Immigrants Get to Break the Law?
Rhetoric Versus Reality: How to Replace the American Dream with the Reality of the United States Code of Permanent Laws, the Constitution, and the Big Joker In the Deck.
In his 2014 memoir, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Bryan Stevenson recounted the details of the case against Walter McMillian, a Black man sentenced to death for a murder he didn’t commit.
In 1986, McMillian, a Black pulpwood worker in Alabama, was convicted of the murder of an 18-year-old white woman, even though McMillian had a background of being a respected local worker with no prior felonies or convictions and an airtight alibi of being at a fish fry with numerous witnesses.
McMillian lost nearly six years of his life on death row based on the coerced testimony from a white career criminal, Ralph Myers, who later recanted (to publicly withdraw a previous statement or declare that a particular opinion or belief is no longer held. To lie or perjure oneself).
To recap, a white woman was murdered in 1986, and despite an airtight alibi or being innocent until proven guilty, Water McMillian was sentenced to death in 1988. To overturn that wrongful conviction, Bryan Stevenson and the Equal Justice Initiative had to expose the evidence suppressed in the case, but it wasn’t until after several appeals in 1993 that the truth of the police misconduct and flawed trial process was finally revealed, and McMillian was freed from incarceration.
Later, the story of McMillian’s false incarceration became a New York Times bestselling book, Just Mercy. The book won numerous awards, and was released as a major motion picture starring Michael B Jordan in 2019.
But McMillian’s story was not unique. This wasn’t the first or only time that European whites falsely imprisoned an innocent assumed descendant of US chattel slaves regardless of evidence that proved innocence beyond a reasonable doubt. Not only was an innocent man incarcerated but the real murderer went free.
The Key Aspects of Rhetoric vs. Reality
Unfortunately, McMillian’s case was not the first or only case of the Ellis Island Europeans ignoring obvious clues, credible witnesses, or airtight alibis. McMillian’s case was not the first or the only case of “European Hypocrisy.” European Hypocrisy describes the gap between a European’s stated humanitarian values (like human rights, openness, rule of law) and their actual values.
“Hypocrisy kills hope because hypocrisy does not allow us to face reality. A hypocrite presents himself as something he is not. Because of this now widespread hypocrisy, we are not able to understand well who are the good and who are the bad. Sometimes we think that there are really good people based on their appearance, their attitude, their presumed seriousness, and competence. But often even the one we consider good is actually a bad guy like the other bad guys, thanks to his hypocrisy, lies, and fake news,“ Giorgio Spagnol wrote in a 2025 article about Europe’s Hypocrisy published for the IERI (Institut Européen des Relations Internationales).
Under the reign and terror of hypocritical Europeans, millions of assumed descendants of US chattel slaves, like Walter McMillian, became worldwide global phenomena by navigating a legal system created by immigrants confused about their identity. Around the turn of the 20th century, immigrants from about 27 independent countries or European sovereign states entered the United States through Ellis Island and assumed political, social, and economic control.
Known for their famous line, “My family never owned slaves,” immigrants from Europe landed in the United States and took political control by the same violent force we saw running amok in 2025. Since 1892, Ellis Island Europeans have been masquerading as Mayflower colonists (the real White Americans), who assumed control over all government and law enforcement in the United States by intentionally ignoring all constitutional protections for people like Walter McMillian.
The Mayflowers created a hierarchy based on skin color (race), and the Ellis Island immigrants took advantage of it, but both sets of immigrants lacked the compassion to follow the rule of law. Historically, the United States “legal justice system or slave catchers” was always based on skin color. Before immigration, the war between opposing sides was undeniable. The war over control of the United States was simple. It was whites vs blacks. And whites were hypocrites.
Before The 1965 Immigrants Arrived
Even before the brown immigrants arrived, the Ellis Island and Mayflower Europeans (“White Americans”) were always steadfast hypocrites. Notorious liars, cheaters, and treaty breakers. Europeans famously brought their diseases and issues from the Old World and infected the Americas.
First, Europeans were sent to North America on behalf of European nations. England, France, Spain, Germany, etc. But, due to a disagreement about taxes and allegiances between Europeans, those settlers/scouts disowned their home nations. Those immigrants willingly renounced their European citizenships and ethnic identities (English, Irish, Italian, etc) then chose to identity as a “White American.” That is how Europeans lost their ethnic identities and willingly chose to take on the identity of, or be referred to as, a color: white. Nobody forced them.
Originally, “American“ referred to the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere, but the term evolved to describe European colonists and then, post-revolutionary war the term came to refer to all citizens of the United States. Bastard leaders like George Washington encouraged newly arrived Europeans to shift to the American identity ass a means to foster a national identity amongst the Europeans who renounced or lost their citizenships, inheritances, bloodlines, aristocratic titles, or offices of power. That means, contrary to Tucker Carlson’s statements Europeans have a homeland, “It makes no sense that White people can’t have a homeland to themselves. Every other group in the world has the right to its own homeland.”
For sixty years after the Civil War, waves and waves of Europeans left their homelands and immigrated to the United States through Ellis Island. As each new wave of European invaders increased in North America, so did the number of incidents of violence, insurrection, and riots. But before mass immigration, identifying the opposing side of the war between good and bad was easy. The enemy was easy to identify. Depending on one’s skin color or viewpoint the enemy was either black or white.
“Justice Jackson wrote in her dissent that the betrayal of the Supreme Court had concrete effects. Enslaved Black people had built great wealth, but only for enslavers. Freedmen leapt at the chance to control their own labor and to build their own financial security, yet White southerners often “simply refused to sell land to blacks,” even when not selling was economically foolish.” - Students For Fair Admissions
Fast forward to 2026 and the families of the former slaves are wondering if they are the largest non-immigrant class, ethnic group, or voting bloc in the United States. Constitutionally recognized as the wives and children of colored soldiers (Chapter 4 of the U.S. code, Section 65, R.S. §2037), Freedmen might be the only non-immigrant class of law-abiding citizens in the nation.
Until recently, the former slaves assumed most whites in America were Mayflowers (former slave owners, White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, WASPs) but after Biden announced he was an immigrant in his State of the Union address (treason), but that was when the identity of the Ellis Island European became visible. Now in 2026, the families of the former slaves are asking themselves: Why Are Europeans & Immigrants Rewarded for Breaking the Law?
“The inability to build wealth forced some Black people into sharecropping roles, where they often found themselves in debt to the landowner by the end of the growing season, with no recourse against the landowner’s manipulation of the books.” - Students For Fair Admissions
The United States Code, Permanent Laws of the United States.
Why do assumed former slaves, such as Walter McMillian, go to prison for crimes they did not commit? In McMillian’s case, his entire family was his alibi. Walter was on the opposite side of town when a white woman was murdered. But European hypocrisy isn’t new for Freedmen; that’s why FBA families are constantly reminding one another about the permanent laws of the United States Code.
The United States Code is the codification of general and permanent laws of the United States by subject matter. Prepared by the United States House of Representatives, the United States Code is prepared and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel (“OLRC”) of the U.S. House of Representatives pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 285b.
As the families of Civil War heroes, Freedmen understand the legitimacy of permanent laws in the United States. Freedmen remember ICE officers are sworn federal law enforcement officers that operate within the confines of the law. Pursuant to federal law, ICE officers have the authority to arrest undocumented immigrants without a judicial warrant.
Contrary to popular belief, Title 18 (18 USC Ch. 73: OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE) clearly states penalties, fines, and prison sentences for knowingly and willfully obstructing, resisting, or opposing any officer of the United States. Especially when attempting to serve the court. §1501 identifies officers of the United States as process servers. Then everything from §1502 (Resistance to the extradition agent) to §1521 (Retaliating against a Federal judge or Federal law enforcement officers) directly addresses how to punish offenders.
Under federal law, obstructing an officer in the performance of their official duties is a serious offense. Federal law also prohibits harboring undocumented immigrants (Title 8: Bringing in and harboring certain aliens), a criminal offense commonly referred to as aiding and abetting fugitives. Under this law, individuals who shield undocumented immigrants from detection, or attempt to conceal, harbor, or shield undocumented immigrants, are supposed to face felony charges.
Advocating to overthrow the Government is addressed in § 2385 of Title 18: Crimes and Criminal Procedure (18 U.S.C. § 2385 - U.S. Code). According to federal law, “Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States [or the government of any State, Territory, District or Possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision therein], by force or violence, or by the assassination of any officer...” Those persons shall be fined or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years following the conviction.”
The Big Joker In the Deck
As descendants of those emancipated by the proclamation of 1863, as the children of Revolutionary War soldiers, the War of 1812, and lastly, the Civil War, there is a great comfort in understanding the founding documents of this nation. Citizens with Freedmen status remember that the United States was founded on the principles of the Declaration of Independence first and foremost.
As persons with the bloodline of pre-colonial North American ancestors, present before the formation of the United States, in 2026, descendants with Freedmen status remember that the Declaration of Independence was written first. In chronological order, the Declaration of Independence was written first. The constitution was written later and this is the second edition.
Yes, the original U.S. Constitution protected slavery. It prohibited Congress from regulating the transoceanic slave trade. Originally, the Constitution protected slavery by increasing political representation for slave owners and slave states. It included key provisions like the Three-Fifths Clause (counting enslaved people for representation), the Fugitive Slave Clause (requiring return of escaped slaves), and the Importation Clause (delaying a ban on the slave trade until 1808), all without using the word “slave,” making it a “pro-slavery” document that granted political power to slave states.
After the Civil War, the Confederate states had to agree to unite under a new constitution. A constitution that did not include slavery. The agreement was:
If the state (miniature country) complied with the conditions of the new Constitution, then that state would be allowed to benefit from the institutional construct of “the union” (the federal government’s network of funding, food, shelter, comfort, and resources).
The second constitution consolidated Union and Confederate states under one set of national laws and policies, and thus was created the United States of America.
However, one things for sure, and two things are for certain: If one was written, then so can two. And if two were written, then so can three. In 2026, citizens with Freedmen status remember that United States was founded by the Declaration of Independence. It is the nation’s founding document and the Big Joker in the deck.
The Declaration of Independence outlined specific complaints that gave the colonies the legitimacy for independence. Specific complaints and grievances, presented as “injuries and usurpations,” were the core justification for the European colonizing settlers’ right to self-governance and declaring independence from the King’s tyrannical intent.
King George III repeatedly imposed unjust laws like taxation without representation, obstructed justice, and interfered with legislation. King George committed a famous list of abuses and usurpations (abuses of power with no right to do so). He wrongfully seized power and infringed on people’s rights. Thus, the Declaration of Independence specifies the duty citizens have to respond after a government denies certain unalienable rights, life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness:
“That, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.”
The Declaration of Independence holds such truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator. That means, in 2026, if your 9th & 10th great-grandfathers fought in the Revolutionary War of 1776, then you remember that this government is supposed to secure its rights from the men who instituted it.
That means the United States federal and state government derives its powers from the consent of the citizens governed. The consent of the grandchildren of Revolutionary War soldiers such as Captain Joseph Johnson SAR 14106, 42551 (1702 - 1768) and Captain Joseph Johnson (1726 - 1787). Illegal immigrants are definitely not governed citizens, but do legal immigrants count as governed citizens?
European “whites” have always had a history of only following laws that were convenient to them, but in 2026, why is it okay for Europeans AND immigrants obstruct justice? Why do brown immigrant politicians get to commit treason, too?
Is the European idea of a “free country“ a place where no one follows rules?
Brillant breakdown of how the legal system's application becomes the real measure of its worth. The McMillian case really captures how stated principles can collapse when power structures are invested in maintaining certain hierarchies. I saw this firsthand working on immigration cases where enforcement discretion was basically code for selective prosecution. What's wild is how the cycle becomes self-reinforcing, credibility gets eroded not just through the hypocrisy itself but through the refusal to even acknowledge the gap.