But there's more to the story![Epoch Times] If Tennessee and all Americans aren’t prudent, they’ll cast only a cursory glance at the recent and controversial conviction of Black Lives Matter (BLM) Memphis Chapter founder Pamela Moses for illegally registering to vote as a convicted felon, taking no more stock of it than a splashy headline on par with the resignation of BLM founder Patrisse Cullors after the discovery of her "Black Lives Manors." Indeed, Moses’s six-year prison sentence has far greater implications for the 2022 and 2024 elections.
Most mainstream coverage on Moses’s conviction is shocking: If you know the real, unfiltered story, you’re shocked that they de-emphasize how she accrued 16 criminal convictions prior to running for mayor illegally in 2019 and casting six illegal votes before being caught. If you know only the watered-down version presented by most outlets, you’re shocked at what you believe to be harsh treatment of this woman for mere misunderstanding.
Even the headlines lend a friendly disposition to her plight, painting her as a woman simply trying to vote and serve her community, unaware that her righteous work in political activism had resulted in felony charges. By all their accounts, she’s a go-getter who wants to lead others: a hometown hero. After all, she brought the first BLM chapter to majority-black Memphis. In reality, Moses’s sentence of six years ties back to run-ins with the law spanning two decades.
Only a broken system would enable Moses to cheat the system six times. It should go without saying that every state needs a modern, fail-proof system for verifying voter registration information and detecting unauthorized voting from people who cast votes illegally.