Review of Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger (2014) by Jeramie K — 21 Sep 2015

It's truly fascinating how a documentary can make you feel or call you to act in a certain manner. And that is exactly what Whitey: United States of America V. James J. Bulger does -- it moves you to feel and to draw lines in the sand you may not have before.

There is no denying James Bulger and his Winter Hill Gang are terrible people who have done terrible things. For their crimes against humanity and their tyrannical reign over south Boston, they should pay the consequences.

The film takes it a step further in dashing our hopes of idealistic justice and replacing it with a scene of corruption and cover-ups beyond the persons whom are obviously corrupted and criminal in nature.

Bulger's conviction and trail are merely a platform for the prosecution and the government behind them to operate and cover up their own criminal behavior and corruption.

It's justice to see James Bulger finally caught and sentenced to consecutive life sentences. It's not justice to see one corrupt FBI agent sentenced to 40 years in prison for a murder he likely didn't commit while his partner and supervisor gets nothing. It isn't justice to see Kevin Weeks strike a deal to serve 4 years for the deaths of 4 people. It isn't justice to see gang executioner, John Martorano serve 12 years for the murders of 20 people for his cooperation.

It isn't justice to see straight, innocent agents cross examined as if they were the bad guy. It isn't justice for the prosecution to shut down questioning by the defense that would have given the victims' families the closure they finally deserve.

We must ask ourselves who and what we put our faith and trust in. Are we comfortable with that reality and the reality of our situation? Those questions are subjective and will vary from person to person.

But one undeniable truth remains... The blindfold sported by Lady Justice is not the symbol of objectivity, but that of selectivity.