Are we all Victor Frankenstein?

*There is an interesting debate going on in political circles and in the media as well as the pundit class about who is responsible for the rise of Donald trump. Apparently "decent Americans" still can't believe that they created this misogynistic, self-centered, xenophobe.  They are now collectively trying to figure out how the monster grew so much.

Of course we all know that they all should take some blame. When Donald trump was running around with his racist and preposterous rant that the president of the United States is not a citizen, some people chose to ignore the racist implications, and others chose to embrace and buy into his screeds.

Had the GOP disavowed and condemned trump then, they probably would not be having this trump problem within their party now. Sadly,  condemning trump when he was on his  mission of hate would not have done much good, as many among the republican base thought that he (trump) was on to something.

The president said as much a few days ago, and he was spot on.

“I don’t think that I was the one to prompt questions about my birth certificate, for example,” the president added. “I don’t remember saying, ‘Hey, why don’t you ask me about that?’ or ‘Why don’t you question whether I’m American, or whether I‘m loyal or whether I have America’s best interests at heart?’ ... So what you’re seeing within the Republican Party is, to some degree, all of those efforts over a course of time creating an environment where somebody like a Donald Trump can thrive.” [Source]

So trump is their monster, and he is one that they (and the rest of us) have to live with, for better or for worse.

Finally, here is another case of a citizen just trying to get her work on, only to be falsely imprisoned by a SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority) police officer.

"ON CHRISTMAS DAY two years ago, Muibat Williamson, a neurology nurse at Einstein Medical Center, received a concussion and a set of handcuffs for the holiday when a SEPTA cop allegedly rammed her head into an ATM machine and detained her for trying to file a complaint against him over an encounter the two had at Dunkin' Donuts in Suburban Station, according to court documents.
This year, Williamson is giving that former SEPTA police officer, Douglas Ioven, a Christmas present of his own in return - a civil lawsuit.

"What did I do to this man for him to treat me like this?" Williamson said in an interview. "Every time since then when I see the police, I still remember that day and I back away from them."

Williamson, 54, a native of Nigeria who moved to the U.S. in 1982, said when she ended her 12-hour shift at Einstein around 8 a.m. on Dec. 25, 2013, she headed to the Dunkin' Donuts at Suburban Station to get a coffee for her train ride home to Prospect Park, Delaware County.

According to the lawsuit, which was filed Dec. 11 in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Ioven cut in front of Williamson in the Dunkin' Donuts line and then stepped on her foot. Williamson said when she asked the officer for an apology, he refused.

"He said 'I will not apologize' and I said 'But, you're a policeman!' " Williamson recalled. "A gentle lady in line said to us 'This is Christmas, let's have a nice day,' and I said 'OK.' "

However, when Ioven left, Williamson said that same "gentle lady" urged her to file a complaint.

"The woman said 'You don't know what he's doing to other people. He looks like a bully,' " Williamson said.

When she went to file the complaint at SEPTA police's Suburban Station office, Ioven saw her knocking and ran over, she said. When he asked what she was doing, Williamson told him.
"I said 'I'm going to report you' and he said 'Get the f--- out of this place or I will cuff you,'" Williamson said. "I didn't listen. Then, he put the coffee and donuts down, and I ran and he ran after me."

Williamson said she tried to run back to where there were other people to witness the alleged attack, but she was first cornered near an ATM, into which Ioven allegedly rammed her head.
"He put my head in like POW!" Williamson said. "I said 'OK, I need to save my life. My life is in danger.' "

Williamson said three other SEPTA cops arrived on scene. A supervisor took her to file a report against Ioven, she said.

According to her suit, Williamson suffered a concussion, headaches, a hand injury, a cervical sprain and emotional trauma as a result of the incident. She is seeking more than $50,000 from Ioven and SEPTA, which is also named as a defendant in the suit.

Andrew Busch, SEPTA spokesman, said he could not comment on pending litigation. He did, however confirm that SEPTA dismissed Ioven in March 2014, following an internal investigation" [Source]

Unlike the police officers in New York, Mr. Ioven was dismissed, and he was convicted of false imprisonment, today. All the other charges against him were dismissed.

*Pic from www.aljazeera.com